How Maintenance Works with Oracle Social Networking

This section explains the details for Oracle Maintenance business objects that can be enabled in Oracle Social Network to collaborate as social objects.

In general, these objects can be enabled for Maintenance:

  • Common Work Setup – Work Definition
  • Common Work Execution – Work Order and Exception
  • Maintenance Management – Installed Base Asset

In the Setup and Maintenance work area, use the Manage Oracle Social Network Objects for Supply Chain Management task in the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management offering to configure the maintenance business objects so that they're enabled for Oracle Social Network integration.

The following table lists the attribute details for Common Work Setup module and Work Definition business object:

Attribute Attribute Details
Item Work definition item, as set up in the item organization
Description Item description
Structure Name Item structure name
Name Work definition name
Version Work definition version
Start Date Work definition start date
End Date Work definition end date
Production Priority Production priority of the work definition

The following table lists the attribute details for Common Work Execution module and Work Order business object:

Attribute Attribute Details
Work Order Work order number
Start Date Work order start date
Completion Date Scheduled completion date of the work order
Actual Completion Date Actual completion date of the work order
Status Work order status
Item Work order assembly item number
Description Assembly item description
Quantity work order quantity
UOM Unit of measure of work order quantity
Customer Customer name, as applicable, for the work order

The following table lists the attribute details for Common Work Execution module and Exception business object:

Attribute Attribute Details
Exception Number Unique identifier of the production exception
Reported By User who reported the production exception
Reported On Date the production exception was reported
Expected Resolution Date Expected date for the production exception to be resolved
Expected Downtime in Minutes Expected time duration when the production activity is stopped or likely to be stopped because of the reported exception.
Description User description for the production exception
Exception Type User determined classification of the production exception
Resource Resource for which the production exception is reported
Component Component for which the production exception is reported
Work Center Work center for which the production exception is reported
Work Area Work area for which the production exception is reported
Exception Status Status of the production exception. Valid values are either Open or Closed.
Severity User determined severity of the production exception. Values are:
  • Critical
  • High
  • Medium
  • Low

The following table lists the attribute details for Maintenance Management module and Installed Base business object:

Attribute Attribute Definition
Asset Number Unique Asset Identifier
Description Asset Description
Item Asset item, as set up in the item organization
Item Description Item description
Serial Number Serial number of the asset
Location Type Type code for the location
Work Center Internal location of an enterprise asset
Location Physical location of an asset
Asset End Date Date that controls if the asset can be maintained
Definable Flexfields (DFFs) DFFs that are defined for an asset can be enabled

You can share all the attributes for a given business object, or selectively enable the individual attributes, so that only a few selected attributes are available on the social object wall.

Note: For more information about how to share a business object, refer to the Social Network chapter in the Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications: Using Common Features guide.For manufacturing scenarios involving external users such as contract manufacturers, refer to the Collaborating Through Social Networking for Outside Users chapter in the Oracle Cloud Using Oracle Social Network guide.