Assigning other resources to the work order

This page allows you to assign other resources required for carrying out the work order. Tell me more.

Select the “Other Resource Assignments” link from the bottom of the “Select Work Order” page.

The “Other Resource Assignment” page appears.

If you wish to assign other resources to a work order other than the work order selected in the previous page, enter the following field:

WO No.	The work order for which other resources are to be assigned (Alphanumeric, 18).
	Press <Enter>. The system retrieves the resources assigned to the work order. The system displays the description of the work order alongside. You can enter the modified description of the work order (Alphanumeric, 150).
	Zoom facility available

The system retrieves the tasks belonging to the work order in the “Assign To” drop-down list box. The other resources that are already assigned to the work order are retrieved in the multiline.

Enter the following field:

Assign To

Use the drop-down list box and select “Work Order”, to specify other resources for the work order. If you wish to specify other resources for the task belonging to the work order, select the appropriate task from the drop-down list box. The system displays “Work Order” by default.

The system displays the following fields:

WO Status	The status of the work order, which can be “Scheduled” or “In-Progress”.
Task Status	The status of the task.
Sch. Start Date	The date on which the work order is scheduled to start.
Compl. Date	The date on which the work order must be completed.
WO Date	The date on which the work order is created.
Work Group	The work group that is responsible for carrying out the work order.
WO Est. Res. Hrs.	The estimated number of hours for which other resources are required for the completion of the work order.
WO Assign Hrs.	The total number of hours for which other resources are actually assigned to the work order.
Planning Group	The planning group of the work order.
Task Est. Res. Hrs.	The estimated number of hours for which other resources are required for the completion of the task.
Task Assign Hrs.	The total number of hours for which other resources are actually assigned to the task.

The system retrieves the other resources that are already assigned to the work order or for the tasks that are specified for the work order in the multiline. If you are assigning other resources to the work order for the first time and if the status of the work order is “Scheduled”, the system retrieves the estimated resources in the multiline.

Enter the following fields in the “Assignment Details” multiline to specify other resources for the work order or for the tasks that are specified for the work order.

Other Res. Code	The other resource to be specified for the work order (Alphanumeric, 30). Ensure that the resource is already defined in the “Define Other Resource” activity of the “Work Group” business component and is in the “Active” status.
	Help facility available
Qty. (Nos.)	The number of resources which are assigned for carrying out the work order (Decimal). Ensure that the quantity entered in this field is not negative. The system defaults “1” in this field, if you leave it blank.
From Date	The date from which the other resource is assigned to the work order (Date Format). Data entry in this field is mandatory, if you have specified a resource in the “Other Resource” column in the multiline. Ensure that the date entered here
	is not earlier than the current system date
	is not earlier than the scheduled date of the task or the work order, if the scheduled date is later than the current system date
From Time	The time from which the other resource is assigned to the work order (Time Format). Ensure that you enter the time in this field only if you have specified a date in the “From” field.
To Date	The date till which the other resource is assigned to the work order (Date Format). Data entry in this field is mandatory, if you have specified a resource in the “Other Resources” column in the multiline.
To Time	The time till which the other resource is assigned to the work order (Time Format). Ensure that you enter the time in this field only if you have specified a date in the “To” field.
Hrs. / Day	The number of hours in a day, for which the other resource is assigned to the work order (Decimal).

The system displays the following field in the multiline:

Est. Duration (Hrs.)	The number of hours for which the other resource is required for the work order.
No. Of Days	The number of days for which the other resource is assigned to the work order.
Desc.	The description of the resource.

If you wish to view the details of the work orders to which the resource has already been assigned before assigning it to the work order,

Select the “Assignment Details” link from the bottom of the page.

If you wish to view additional information about other resources before assigning them to the work order,

Select the “Other Resource Loading” link from the bottom of the page to view the percentage loading of resources for the assignment period.
Select the “Estimated Resources” link from the bottom of the page to view the estimated number of hours for which resources are required for the completion of the work order.
Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to mark for deletion the assignment of the resource to the work order or task.
Click the Delete icon in the toolbar above the multiline to delete the selected rows.
Click the “Assign” pushbutton to assign other resources to the work order.

The system performs the following:

assigns resources to the work order or to the tasks that are specified for the work order
if the resources are assigned to any task of the work order, the total number of hours for which the tools are assigned to the task is calculated and displayed in the “Task Assign. Hrs.” field.
the total number of hours for which resources are assigned to the work order is also calculated and displayed in the “WO Assign. Hrs.” field

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

Created By	The login ID of the user who created the work order.
Created Date	The date and time of the creation of the work order.
Last Modified By	The login ID of the user who last modified the work order.
Last Modified Date	The date and time when the work order was last modified.

Assigning other resources to the work order – An overview

This page allows you to assign other resources required for carrying out the work order as well as for the tasks that are specified for the work order. You can assign other resources to the work order selected in the “Work Order Selection” page. You can also directly enter a work order other than the work order selected in the main page and assign other resources to it.

You can enter the resource directly or select a resource using the help facility. You can also modify the details of the resources that have already been assigned to the work order. Details such as the start date and time from which the resource is assigned, the end date and time till which the resource is assigned and the number of hours for which the resource is assigned in a day can be specified. You can also delete an existing resource from the work order or from the tasks belonging to the work order.

Note: You can also modify the description of the work order in this page.

Prerequisite

Define Resource of the “Work Group” business component

What you can do in this page

Assign other resources to the work order

You can assign other resources to the work order in this page.

Enter the resource to be assigned to the work order in the “Other Resource Code” field.
Enter the number of resources required in the “Quantity (Nos.)” field.
Enter the period for which the resource is required in the “From Date” and “To Date” fields.
Click the “Assign” pushbutton.