Understanding Resource Master Records

You use the Resource Master program (P48310) to maintain information and attributes for individual and equipment resources. The system validates individual resources against the address book. Individual resources can represent either a crew of people or a single person. The system validates equipment resources against the Asset Master File table (F1201).

You can review resource information by resource type and resource number. You also can retrieve both active and inactive resources.

When you enter data using the Resource Master program, the system creates records in the Resource Master table (F48310). The system uses this table to determine which resources are available for work order assignments. After a resource exists in the F48310 table, you can add the resource to a resource assignment. You can also define an effective date range for the resource and associate the resource with a crew, supervisor, site, and lead craft.

When you enter a resource, the system populates the Calendar Type, Calendar Value, Branch, and Shift Code (if applicable) fields with the default values from the Resource Assignment constants. The system uses the Resource Assignment constants that are associated with the resource's business unit, as defined in the Address Book Master table (F0101), or the Asset Master File table. If no resource assignment constants are set up for the business unit, the system uses the default values for business unit ALL.

You can manually override any of the default information. Additionally, you can select the time zone manually or set up the system to use the value from the processing options.

You can also specify that a resource as inactive. The system does not display inactive resources when you perform an advanced search using the Resource Master Search & Select program (P48310S). In addition, the Resource Master program provides 20 user-defined category codes that you can use to further classify resource attributes.