Maintenance
The Maintenance section is located in the Actions area of each project office and is structured on two main levels:
- Plans: define the maintenance needs for material resources and PPE within the office.
- Orders: represent the scheduling of maintenance interventions.
This section also allows you to:
- Record the outcome of a maintenance task and certify its completion.
- Generate a maintenance certificate, which can be saved, edited, exported, or printed in various formats using the “Print” button.
Add a Maintenance Plan
Section titled “Add a Maintenance Plan”- Click New and select New to open the plan creation window.
- The plan may concern a single equipment item (e.g., overhead crane) or a homogeneous group (e.g., elevators). You can later link equipment registered in the Material Resources section.
- Set the validity of the maintenance, i.e., the interval between one order and the next.
- Assign the roles of Manager, Assignee, and Watcher, choosing from people, roles, or users of the office. These roles will be automatically inherited in the planned orders for that plan.
- Save the plan.
After saving, the plan will appear in the list with all indicators set to zero. If you don’t see it immediately, click Refresh in the toolbar.
By selecting the plan row, the tabs Details, Recipients, Orders, Required by, Events and Attachments will be activated below, useful for quickly reviewing or editing data.
A double click opens the plan sheet, allowing full management of the plan data and its associated orders.
Associate Equipment to be Maintained
Section titled “Associate Equipment to be Maintained”You can associate equipment intended for maintenance as follows:
- Go to the Recipients tab.
- Click New and choose among the available options:
- Equipment
- Work Environments
- PPE
- Offices
Example: by selecting Equipment, you’ll access the list of registered resources.
- Select the equipment to include and press Save. They will be listed as Recipients of the plan, with their corresponding Status:
- New: not yet managed
- Valid / Expired: based on whether a valid or expired maintenance certificate is present
Associate Resources
Section titled “Associate Resources”From the plan’s “Requested by” menu entry, you can specify which company resources require maintenance. This allows you to keep track of the link between maintenance and the specific needs arising from equipment, environments, etc.
- Select the resources to associate from:
- Equipment
- Environment
- Substance
- PPE
- Work Phase
- Task
- Homogeneous Group
- Click Next to select from registered elements
- Select the resources and click Confirm, then Finish
Schedule an Order
Section titled “Schedule an Order”Once the maintenance recipients are associated, you can schedule an order.
- From the Orders menu, click New
- Select the Maintenance Plan using “Select” All available maintenance plans for the office will be shown. If the desired plan is not listed, it needs to be created in the “Plans” section.
- Check the validity of the plan
- The roles of Manager, Assignee, and Observer are inherited, but can be edited for the specific order. If they are users, they will also be recipients of notifications for this task.
- Click Save
Register Recipients for an Order
Section titled “Register Recipients for an Order”- Select the maintenance order
- Click Recipients, then New. Only resources already linked to the maintenance plan will be available. If no recipients are associated with the plan, no resources will be shown for order enrollment.
- Select the resources to register for the order and click Save
The initial status of the order will be To be filled.
Checklist Management
Section titled “Checklist Management”This feature allows you to create and customize checklists as reminders (to-dos) for maintenance actions. Each task entered represents a necessary step to consider the activity completed.
Creating Checklists
Section titled “Creating Checklists”The creation of task lists (to-dos) is accessible from the checklist function in the maintenance actions menu of the office.
There are two ways to access the creation or editing of a checklist:
- By right-clicking on the desired action to open a contextual menu, from which you can select “Checklist”;
- By using the “Checklist” button available in the toolbar of an action’s detail view.
When accessing a checklist from a maintenance action, the interface acts as an editor, allowing you to define or modify the list of operations to be carried out.
Filling Out Checklists
Section titled “Filling Out Checklists”Once the content of the checklist has been defined, it can be used. To access the list, simply select the recipient of the maintenance order, open the related detail window, and click on the checklist icon in the toolbar.
In this mode, the document is ready to be filled out, and the operator can:
- Check off individual items
- Add their signature
It is not allowed to edit the text of the items, add new ones, reorder them, or delete them, since this phase is exclusively intended to record the progress of the operation based on a predefined template.
The document can be printed.
Checklist from the Schedule
Section titled “Checklist from the Schedule”It is possible to complete checklists directly from the Schedule. The corresponding button, available in the toolbar, is active when a row related to a Procedure or Maintenance action is selected.
How to use:
Section titled “How to use:”- Select the row in the Schedule corresponding to the due action of interest;
- Click the Checklist button;
- Specify the date on which the session recorded in the checklist took place;
- The system checks for sessions already recorded on the selected date, allowing you to choose an existing session or create a new one;
- The checklist associated with the selected session opens.
If the checklist has already been completed previously for the selected recipient and session, the interface displays the existing completion status.
Register the Outcome of a Maintenance Order
Section titled “Register the Outcome of a Maintenance Order”You can record the outcome of an order in two ways: individually or using bulk mode.
Single Mode
Section titled “Single Mode”- Open the order detail by double-clicking the enrollment row.
- Fill in the form by selecting the outcome:
Passed
orFailed
. - Save.
Bulk Mode
Section titled “Bulk Mode”- From the edition toolbar, click Wizards, then select Bulk Edit.
- The list of resources linked to the order will open.
- Click the status badge to change it.
- (Optional) Check the “W” (warning) box to visually flag a record that needs attention: an icon will appear next to the corresponding row.
- Press Confirm to save all changes.
Generate a Certificate
Section titled “Generate a Certificate”After recording the outcome of the order as “passed”, you can issue certificates:
1. Wizard for Bulk Certificate Creation
Section titled “1. Wizard for Bulk Certificate Creation”- Click Wizards in the toolbar
- Select Bulk Certificate Creation
- A list of enrolled resources will be shown
- Select the resources for which you want to issue certificates
- Click Confirm
2. Issuance from Enrollment Details
Section titled “2. Issuance from Enrollment Details”- Open the enrollment details (double-click the row or click the
- Check the start and end validity dates
- Click the badge icon, which will automatically issue a certificate for the selected resource.
Once done, the certificate is valid and visible in the expiration schedule.
Manage a Certificate
Section titled “Manage a Certificate”In the Certificate column of the “Recipients” tab, the certificate icon is now visible. It gives access to the certificate sheet, where you can:
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Print
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Download
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Attach a document.
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Click to open the certificate sheet.
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All information related to the order and the result is shown here, along with optional notes and fields. The editable dates relate to the issue and expiration of the certificate.
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To export the document, click the Print icon
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Click ”…” to access the list of available templates.
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Select the desired template from the list and click Save, then Next to access the document preview.
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Click the “Print” icon for local printing, or click Next to export or archive it in “Files”.
Attachments
Section titled “Attachments”In “Attachments” you can link files related to the maintenance plan:
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by adding links to existing files in “Files”
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by uploading a new file