Create Maintenance Work Definitions
A maintenance work definition describes the material and resources to maintain an asset.
The steps to create a maintenance work definition are:
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From the Home page, click Navigator > Supply Chain Execution > Maintenance Management.
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On the Maintenance Overview page, in the Tasks pane, click Manage Maintenance Work Definitions.
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On the Maintenance Work Definition page, in the Search Results section, click the Add icon.
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In the Create Maintenance Work Definition dialog box, retain the New work definition option.
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Enter the code, name, and start date for the work definition.
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Enter a sequence, name, and work center.
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Click the Next button.
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In the Create Maintenance Work Definition: Create Operations dialog box, click the Add icon to create the operations for the work definition.
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Enter the sequence, name, and work center for the operation. You can add multiple operations for a work definition.
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Optionally, select the Count Point check box or Automatically Transact check box. The Count Point and Automatically Transact attributes are mutually exclusive.
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Click the Save and Edit button.
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On the Edit Maintenance Work Definition page, click the Parts List vertical tab. Add the maintenance parts list items by dragging and dropping the asset card into the work definition region. You can also right-click the asset card and from the Actions menu, select: Assign.
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Click the Resources vertical tab. Add the resources by dragging and dropping the resource card into the work definition region. You can also right-click the resource card and from the Actions menu, select: Assign.
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Click the Save and Close button.
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On the Maintenance Work Definition page, click the Done button.
Create Meter Template Definitions
The meter template enables you to:
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Control how the corresponding meter readings are recorded.
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Define specific data validation rules that can be enforced at the time of recording the meter readings.
You can create a meter for an asset in a two-step process.
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Define meter template in which you specify the behavior and validations for the meter.
You can create meter templates either individually using the Create Template page, or using the REST API.
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Associate the meter template to an asset for capturing the meter readings.
If you have an existing meter template that you want to use, then you can skip the first step and just associate an existing template.
You can associate a meter template to one or many assets that share the same type of meter. Also, you can associate multiple meters to an asset to track various parameters of an asset. When you associate a meter template to an asset, a unique relationship is created. The corresponding meter reading history of each meter association is also unique.
Item Applicability in Meter Templates
When you define or update a meter template using REST APIs, you can associate inventory items as child resources of the template using the Meter Applicability child resource.
When you create a new asset, either manually, or using services, or upload, the application searches if there a meter applicability for the asset's item. If there is a match, then the application automatically creates an asset meter for the asset. Thus, you get a seamless process for the automatic creation of asset meters and supports the standardization of asset meters across similar types of assets that share a common item.
The meter applicability is defined for the item at the master organization level. This is because items are uniquely created for the master and all its associated organizations. Therefore, defining the applicability at the master organization allows for any asset created in one of its associated organizations to be validated for the automatic creation of an asset meter.