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Configurations & Create, Edit, and Delete Procedures

How to enable and create procedures for your work orders

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A maintenance procedure is a detailed, written list of instructions on specific maintenance tasks. To include Procedures in your work order, an Admin user must first make some configurations.

View the video or read the step-by-step guides below.

Procedures Video

Procedures Guides

Configuration Guide

  1. Select Admin Settings module from the main menu.

  2. Select the Manage Modules tab.

  3. Under the Settings section, select Work Orders.

  4. Choose if you want to turn on or off the rule that a comment must be added if any part of a procedure is incomplete.

  5. In the Available fields section, toggle on Procedures in the Visible column so the field displays on the work order form.

  6. Hit the Save button.

Configuration Gif

Create Guide

Once Procedures are enabled, create some Procedures in the module, to use in your work orders.

  1. Select Procedures module from the main menu.

  2. Click the +Procedure button to open the New Procedure form.

  3. Click in the Procedure name field and give your procedure a title.

  4. Click in the Description field to describe the procedure list you're about to create.

  5. Hit Save.

  6. Click on the New Item button to open the New Procedure Item window.

  7. Enter a name or description of what should occur in the task.

  8. Select one of the following task types from the Step Type dropdown menu:

    • Checkbox - requires a checkmark

    • Date - requires a date entry

    • Inspections - logs a Pass, Flag, or Fail

    • Multiple choice - allows more than one selection

    • Number - allows a numerical entry

    • Text - allows typed answer

    • Yes, No, or N/A - requires one selection

  9. Click Save and your Procedure template is now located in the module's list view.

Edit Guide

  1. Click the name of your Procedure from the Title column in the list view to open the Procedure detail card.

  2. Click the Edit button to reopen the original New Procedure form.

  3. Click on Edit associated with a specific procedure to modify.

  4. Hit Save to close one task window after you edit.

  5. Click Save to close the edit form and get back to the Procedure detail card.

Delete Guide

You can delete the whole procedure or tasks within the procedure.

Deleted procedures, or tasks remain on existing active work orders but won't be available moving forward.

To delete a whole procedure:

  1. Click on the name to open the Procedure detail card.

  2. Click on the three dots icon.

  3. Select Delete from the dropdown.

To delete a task within a procedure:

  1. Click on the name of the procedure.

  2. Click the Edit button.

  3. Click Delete button associated with a task.

  4. Click Save.

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