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You may, for example, want to create a container for a specific plant, inside of which is a container for each building. You may even have a container for each floor within a building. To locate the equipment record for a pump that is malfunctioning, you can drill down on the appropriate plant, building, and floor; this narrows the list of equipment records that you need to scroll through to find and create a service call for the correct equipment.
Containers can also be used for reporting purposes; by organizing equipment records per the example above, you can keep track of how much work and money is going into a specific building or plant. You can also analyze the amount of preventative maintenance vs. emergency repair service that is performed each level of the hierarchy; for example, if one pump has undergone more emergency repairs than the others, it may need more frequent scheduled maintenance or to be part of a replacement schedule.
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- On the information bar, details for that object. If you choose select a container, no details appear on the information bar.
- On the right window pane, anything directly underneath that object in the hierarchy. Objects that appear on the right pane can be ordered and multi-selected.
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Equipment | Site ID | ||
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MIL0016 | Home Site ID of MIL0016 |
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MIL0017 | Component Site ID associated with Home Site ID of MIL0016 | ||
MIL0020 | Component Site ID associated with Home Site ID of MIL0016 | transfer | |
MIL0021 | Component Site ID associated with Home Site ID of MIL0016 | transfer |
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Equipment | Site ID of the equipment is | ||
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MIL0016 | Home Site ID of MIL0016 | ||
MIL0017 | Component Site ID associated with Home Site ID of MIL0016 |
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MIL0020 | Home Site ID of MIL0020 | transfer | |
MIL0021 | Component Site ID associated with Home Site ID of MIL0020 | transfer |
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- Right-click on the node you want to create the container underneath, and choose select Add Container. There is a 30-character limit on the name that is saved for the container. If you wish, you can create multiple containers with the same name.
- After you set up containers, you can use them to organize equipment; drag and drop equipment records into the appropriate containers. If you move a parent record into a container, the entire group (consisting of the parent record and all its components) moves with it.
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Right-click the container you are copying, and choose select Copy Container. Right-click on the company or container that you want to paste the structure underneath, and choose select Paste Container. You can then rename and reorganize the copied containers if you wish.