Understanding PM Schedule Creation

You create a PM schedule for each piece of equipment that you want to maintain. On each PM schedule, you indicate all of the service types that you want to associate with the piece of equipment. You also specify the rules governing how and when the service types are performed. Service types can be for regularly scheduled maintenance as well as for unscheduled maintenance tasks, such as cleaning on an as-needed basis or repairing at the point of an equipment failure alert.

In addition, you can use PM schedules and service types to signal warranty service; equipment messages such as warnings and problem reports; and other planning events that are not necessarily associated with preventive maintenance tasks, such as license renewals and recertifications.