You can automatically update equipment records in Equipment Management upon completing a task in Service Management. To do this, you associate Service Management tasks with a unit of measure and then use that task on a service call. If a numeric task response is entered in the Service Call Tasks window and the service call is linked to an equipment record in Equipment Management, and the task assigned to the unit of measure and equipment record matches, an operating log will automatically be created. The operating log will automatically update the Usage Life to Date field in the Equipment Manager window. See Completing the service tab and Viewing the operating log tab in the Equipment Management User Manual. The task response feature is an optional feature in Service Management.

Assigning tasks to a unit of measure

1. Choose Microsoft Dynamics GP > Tools > Setup > Equipment > Equipment > Units of Measure.
2. Choose a unit of measure.
3. Use the Tasks button to open the U of M Task Assignment window.
4. Use the lookup in the Task Code field to choose a task code.
5. Enter the task response number (1-9).
6. Choose OK.

Setting a response type on the task code

See Creating task codes in the Service Management documentation. The task code must have a response type of integer. Equipment Management uses the amount entered in the first field to create the operating log.