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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 at 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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Up Hierarchy Groups

When creating hierarchical relationships, you can use as many levels as you want; there is no limit on the number of containers you create or the number of components you connect.

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For more information on how components are affected when you create transactions with group equipment, see Transactions.

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Up Containers

You can use containers however you want; you could set up a complex structure of containers, several individual containers, or no containers at all. Containers can be added in two places: underneath the main (company) node and within another container. You cannot place a container underneath an equipment record.

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