Creating equipment from asset structure

Create Equipment

This page allows you to create equipment from the asset structure that is already defined. Tell me more

Select the “Create Equipment” link in the “Select Asset Structure Code” page. Alternatively, select the hyperlinked asset structure in the multiline of the same page.

The “Create Equipment” page appears.

The system displays the following fields:

Asset Structure

The asset structure from which you wish to create the equipment.

The description of the asset structure is displayed alongisde.

Zoom facility available.

Type

The type of the asset structure, which can be “Rotables” or “Normal”.

The system displays the following fields in the “Equipment” multiline:

Asset Structure	The asset structure from which you wish to create the equipment.
Type	The type of the asset structure, which can be “Rotable” or “Normal”. On clicking the “Create” pushbutton, the system assigns the asset structure type as the equipment type.

Click the “Skip” pushbutton, if you do not wish to create equipment from the asset structure.

Note: The system clears the asset structures from the multiline and retrieves all their child asset structures in the multiline.

Enter the following fields in the multiline:

Eqp.

A unique identifier for the equipment (Alphanumeric, 30) Mandatory. This field can be a combination of alphabets and numbers and cannot be left blank.

Note: If the selected Asset Structure code, Prefix & Starting number have been already saved, then the system will generate the Equipment Code automatically.

The system doesn't allow you to enter the equipment code manually in the multiline.

Desc.

The description of the equipment (Alphanumeric, 150).

The system displays the following field:

Parent	The parent equipment of the equipment that is being created.
	The system retrieves the parent asset structure of the asset structure from which the equipment is being created.
	The corresponding equipment that has already been created for the parent asset structure is displayed as the parent equipment.

Enter the following field in the multiline:

Placeholder

A unique identifier of the placeholder (Alphanumeric, 30). Data entry in this field is mandatory, if the asset structure is of type “Rotable” and if the “Parent” field is not blank. Leave the field blank, if the asset structure is of type “Rotable” and if the “Parent” field is blank.

Note: The system displays an error message, if you specify a placeholder for a “Rotable” type of equipment for which there is no parent equipment displayed in the “Parent” field. This is because a placeholder cannot exist without the parent equipment.

Location	The location to which the equipment belongs (Alphanumeric, 30). Mandatory. Ensure that the location has already been defined in the “Define Location“ activity of the “Maintenance Organization” business component and is in “Active” status. Help facility available.
Item	Enter the item number as defined in the “Item Administration“ business component of the ”Inventory Management System” module of “Ramco Corporate Solutions”, if the equipment being created is of type “Rotable” (Alphanumeric, 32) Mandatory.
	This field can also be entered, if you have specified a placeholder in the “PlaceHolder” field, to indicate the item number of the rotable to which the placeholder must be attached. Help facility available.
Variant	The variant of the item (Alphanumeric, 4) as defined in the “Item Administration“ business component of the ”Inventory Management System” module of “Ramco Corporate Solutions”. Data entry in this field is mandatory if the variant is defined for the item. Leave the field blank if the equipment is of type “Tool”.
Serial No.	The serial number of the item (Alphanumeric, 40).
Installation Date	The date on which the equipment was installed in the organization (Date Format) Mandatory. Ensure that the date entered in this field is not later than the current system date. The system displays the current system date, by default.
Attachment Date	The date on which the equipment is attached to the parent equipment (Date Format). Mandatory. Ensure that the date is not later than the current system date. The system displays the current system date, by default.
Spare Structure	The spare structure to be specified for the equipment (Alphanumeric, 30). Ensure that the spare structure has already been defined in the “Create Asset Structure” activity and is in “Active” status.
	Help facility available

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline, to select the equipment that you do not wish to create from the asset structure.
Click the Delete icon in the tool bar above the multiline, to delete the selected equipment.
Click the “Create” pushbutton, to create the equipment.

The system performs the following:

If the “Type” field is “Normal”,

	the system creates equipment of type “Normal”
	considers the equipment displayed in the “Parent” field as the parent of the equipment
	saves the placeholder, if any, that is created for the equipment

If the “Type” field is “Rotable”,

	the system creates equipment of type “Rotable”
	considers the placeholder, entered in the “Placeholder” column of the mulitline as the place on which the rotable equipment must be fitted
	saves the equipment that is displayed in the “Parent” column of the multiline as the parent of the placeholder and also the equipment on which the rotable equipment must be fitted.

Attaches the trouble shooting guides, parameters and tasks and procedure categories that were defined for the asset structure, to the equipment that is created.
Attaches the spare structure to the equipment. The spares that are defined for the spare structure can be utilized for carrying out maintenance on the equipment.
Refreshes the page with the asset structures that are defined in the next level to the asset structures in the multiline.

The system displays the following fields in the “Record Statistics” group box:

Created By	The login ID of the user who created the equipment from the asset strucutre.
Created Date	The date and time on which the equipment is created.
Last Modified By	In this activity, the system displays the log in ID of the user who created the equipment from the asset structure.
Last Modified Date	In this activity, the system displays the date and time on which the equipment was created from the asset structure.

Creating equipment from asset structure – An overview

This page allows you to create equipment from the asset structure that is already defined. The system retrieves in the multiline the asset structure that is selected from the “Select Asset Structure Code” page. You can create equipment from the asset structure by defining the following details:

A unique code for the equipment and a description.
If the equipment that you are creating is of type “Normal”, you can specify the placeholder for the equipment.
If the equipment that you are creating is of type “Rotable”, you can specify the placeholder on which the equipment must be fitted.
The location of the equipment.
The item, variant and the serial number of the rotable equipment.
The date on which the equipment is attached to the parent equipment.
The date on which the equipment is installed.
The date on which the equipment is attached to its parent equipment.
The spare structure to be attached to the equipment.

The system creates the equipment from the asset structure and attaches the trouble shooting guides, parameters, spare parts and task or procedure categories to the equipment. The system also establishes the parent - child relationship among the equipment based on the hierarchy of the asset structure.

Prerequisites

Create Asset Structure Code.
Define Asset Structure Hierarchy.

What you can do in this page

Create equipment from the asset structure

You can create equipment from an asset structure in this page. The equipment so created automatically inherits the trouble shooting guides, spare parts, parameters, inspection points and the task or procedure categories that are specified for the asset structure. The equipment also inherits the parent – child relationship, which has been defined as hierarchy for the asset structure.

Enter an identifier for the equipment in the “Equipment” field.
Specify the location of the equipment in the “Location” field.
Enter the installation date of the equipment in the “Installation Date” field.
Click the “Create” pushbutton to create the equipment from the asset structure.