Create Serial
Explanation
This activity is used to create a serial. Serials are
uniquely identified and followed up over time. If you, for the time being, do
not have all the information needed to fulfill the registration, you can start
and divide the procedure into several steps to postpone the completion. When you
enter a serial number you also have to enter the values that will update the
Part Serial Catalog with information on the new serial.
When a new serial is created, the next level of the
serial structure will be created automatically with empty structure positions in
the Serial Structure Information/Consist Of tab. Empty structure
positions, also called Not Installed structure positions, refer to the structure
positions where expected serials or parts are missing from the serial structure.
You can identify which structure positions are empty by the value of the
Item Installed check box. If this check box is selected, the
structure position contains an expected part or serial. If not, the structure
position is an empty structure position. The purpose of creating empty
structure positions is to provide a means by which you can quickly view where
components are missing when building a serial structure.
All the access groups assigned to the serial
can be viewed in the Serial Structure Information/Access tab. If the
serial is access controlled, only the users assigned to the access groups that
have the Has Access check box selected, can view and update
information on the serial. When a new serial is created, the following will occur in
relation to the Access Control feature:
- The serial will receive the access groups assigned to
the template structure to which the serial belongs.
- If the new serial is defined within a structure, the
serial will inherit the serial access groups from the topmost serial
of the structure. If the serial is not installed in a structure, it will receive
the access
defined for the part number and revision of the serial.
- If the parent of the new serial does not have a serial
number, the serial will inherit the access from the nearest parent that has a serial
number, from the structure. If the parent parts in the
structure do not have a serial number, the serial will inherit the access defined for
the part number and the revision of the serial.
When the serial is in either the In Operation or Out Of
Operation status,
a maintenance program must be defined for the serial on the Serial
Structure Information/General tab.
Prerequisites
- A serial template structure must exist for the utilization of the part.
- Part number must be a valid engineering part revision and coupled to a
manufacturer.
- The part number must be associated to a maintenance group and a repair
workshop.
- The access groups must have been extended to the current serial.
System Effects
- The serial is created and made maintenance aware for fleet utilization.
- The next level of the serial structure (based on the
template structure) is created automatically with empty structure
positions.
- You can identify holes in the structure, i.e., where serials
or parts are missing from the structure.
- All access rights defined for the current serial will
be updated on the Serial Structure Information/Access tab.
- Serials that do not have defined access groups can be
viewed by all the users.
- The access rights for the serial can be updated by
using the right mouse button options on the Serial Structure
Information/Access tab.
Window
Serial
Structure Information
Serial Structures
Related Window Descriptions
Serial
Structure Information
Serial Structure
Information/General
Serial Structures
Serial
Structure Information/Access
Procedure
To create a new serial:
- Open the Serial Structure Information window or the
Serial Structures window and create a new record (F5).
- Enter the desired part number and revision in the Part Number and
Part Rev fields. Use the List of Values to select a valid value.
- In the Serial Number field, enter a unique serial number.
- In the Vehicle ID field, enter a unique vehicle identification
number. Note: A value in this field can only be entered for parts
defined as vehicle parts.
- Click the General tab.
- The value of the corresponding template appears
automatically in the Template Part No field when a part revision is selected. If there is no
value in the Template Part No field, use the List of Values to select
the template structure to which the new serial will belong.
- Enter the
structure position of the template part by selecting a value in the
Structure Position field. Use the List of Values to select a
value.
- In the Part Serial Catalog area, enter values in the
Manufacturer No, Mfr's Part No and Owner Org fields. Use
the List of Values in the respective fields to enter valid values.
- If the manufactured date of the serial is known, enter this date in the
Mfd Date field.
- In the Ownership list, select the type of ownership for the new
serial.
- If a maintenance program is available for the serial, enter this in the
Maint Prog ID field. Use the List of Values to select a valid
maintenance program revision.
- In the Maint Group field, enter the maintenance group. Use the
List of Values to select a valid value.
- In the Workshop Code field, enter the primary workshop for the
serial. Use the List of Values to select a valid value.
- In the Location Code field, enter the current location of the
serial.
- Save the record (F12). The serial will be created with the status
Planned For Operation.
To update the access groups for the
selected serial
- Open the Serial Structure Information window,
and query (F3) for the serial number of the serial you created in the above
procedure.
- Click the
Access tab. All access groups
inherited by the selected serial will appear on this tab. The access groups
that currently have access to the serial, will have the Has Access check
box selected.
- To either select or clear the Has Access check
box, use the following right mouse button options
- Revoke Access Group for Serial - Select this
option if you want to clear the Has Access check box, and thereby
deny access to the new serial by the selected access group.
- Grant Access Group for Serial - Select this
option if you want to select the Has Access check box, and thereby
give access to the new serial by the selected access group.
Note: The data on this tab can only be updated
for serials that are disconnected from a structure and for the topmost serial
of a structure.