Replace Serial
Explanation
This activity is used to replace a serial in a serial structure. Before
a serial can be replaced in a serial structure, observe the following guidelines
for more accurate replacement of the serial.
- A
serial with an operational status of Planned For Operation can be replaced
with a serial that has any of the following operational statuses: Planned
For Operation, In
Operation, Out Of Operation.
- A
serial with an operational status of In Operation or Out Of Operation
can be replaced with a serial that has any of the following operational statuses:
In Operation, Out Of Operation.
- A serial with the operational status Scrapped cannot be used to
replace another serial.
- The serial to connect cannot be locked.
- A serial can only be replaced with the same prime
part or with one of its alternates (position or template alternate). If an
alternate is to be replaced, it can be replaced with the same part number or
another alternate, i.e., an alternate to the part being replaced. Note that
when you are performing a replace, the rules of interchangeability
will not apply to serials that are Planned For Operation, i.e., the
serials can be replaced with any prime parts or any valid alternates defined
for the structure position to be replaced.
For more information, refer the activities
Define Alternate Parts
per Position and
Define Alternate Parts in Template.
If
access control is established, you can only replace the serials to which you have access.
Establishing access control is done by assigning a user to an access group defined in basic data. The access
groups will be used to extend access to all or selected parts and serials in a
structure. When a serial is removed from a serial structure, you can specify the
access rights you want to keep for it. You can select to either keep the current access
rights for the serial, update the serial with the default part access, or select
the access groups you want to keep for the replaced serial.
Prerequisites
- A
disconnected serial with the correct status and configuration must exist. A
serial can only be installed in a serial structure whose configuration
(serial structure template) allows it to be installed. This means that a
part number or revision combination not existing (as prime part or alternate)
in a level in the serial structure template cannot be installed in this
level in the serial structure, and vice versa. For more information, refer
the activity Define
Template Part.
- If you want a location code to be displayed
automatically when performing a structure change on a work order, the
location code must be connected to the workshop to which the work order is
distributed. This should be done in the Serial Basic Data/Location
Code per Workshop
tab.
System Effects
- The
disconnected serial is installed in a serial structure, while the replaced
serial is no longer in a serial structure. A replacement historical record will be created.
- If
the serial installed is defined as an alternate with interchangeability rule
Qualified Interchangeable, the alternate must be approved before the
operational condition for the structure can be set to Operational.
For more information, refer the activity
Approve or Reject
Structure Change
-
If the installed serial is part of the minimum
configuration and has the Non Operational operational condition, the
parent serial of the structure in which it is installed will also receive
the Non Operational operational condition.
-
If the structure change is performed from a work order, a mismatch record will be created if
the removed serial is not installed in the parent serial.
-
If the structure change is performed from a work order, a mismatch record
will be created if the installed serial is installed in another serial.
- The disconnected serial will receive the current access rights by default,
or the specified access groups defined for the serial.
- If the Print Serviceability Tag check box is
selected, the serviceability tag is printed for the serial being replaced.
The tag can be included with the serial when it is kept in a facility.
Serviceability tag refers to the tag used in the Aviation industry to
clearly identify an uninstalled component or assembly and its current
status.
The serviceability status is automatically determined by the system
based the operational status and operational condition of the serial.
Therefore,
- If the operational status of the serial is Scrapped, the
serviceability tag is printed with the Scrapped serviceability
status.
- If the operational condition of the serial is
Operational, the serviceability tag is printed with the
Serviceable serviceability status.
- If the operational condition for the serial is
Non Operational, the serviceability tag is printed with the
Unserviceable serviceability status.
Window
Serial Structure Information
Report In Work Order
Single Page Report
In Work Order
Flight Log
Related Window Descriptions
Structure Changes - Select
Action
Structure Changes/Replace Serial
Serial Structure Information
Serial Structure Information/Consist
Of
Report In Work Order/Operations
Single Page Report In Work Order
Flight Log
Flight Log/Fault
Procedure
Use this procedure to replace a serial in a serial structure:
- Open the Serial Structure Information window and query (F3) for
the necessary structure.
- In the graphical object structure, select the
serial that is to be replaced, right-click, point to Structure Changes,
and then click Replace Serial. The Replace Serial
assistant opens.
Note: This assistant can also be opened from the
Consist Of tab, by right-clicking on a serial record, pointing to
Structure Changes, and then clicking Replace Serial. When you are
working in this tab, and need to move down the structure, select the required
serial record, right-click and then click Next Level until the structure
level on which the serial to be replaced is displayed.
- Serial information for the structure in which the serial is to be
replaced appears
automatically in the Remove or Swap from area.
- In the Structure Pos field, the structure position in which the
serial is to be replaced is displayed. If needed, this value can be
changed. Click List to select a value.
- The values in the Part No/Rev and Serial Number fields
appear automatically.
- In the Location Code field, enter the
location in which the disconnected serial (as a result of the Replace) is to
be placed. Click List to select a value.
- If needed, in the Oper Condition list,
select a new operational condition for the serial that is to be replaced in
the structure.
- In the Install or Swap into area, enter the
part number of the serial that you want to replace in the Part No/Rev
field. Click List to select a value. When you enter a value in this
field, the values in the Serial Number and Inst. Date fields
appear automatically.
- Select the Print Serviceability Tag
check box to order and print the serviceability tag report for the serial
being replaced. Note: If
the value of the PRNT_SERVICE_TAG_ACS object property in System Definition/Object
Property is set to TRUE, this check box will be selected by
default. The value of this check box can be changed, if needed.
- In the Workshop field, enter the workshop responsible for
replacing the serial. Click List to select a valid value.
- If you want to connect replacing of a serial to a task, click List
to select a valid value for the Task Number field.
- In the Str. Change Date field, enter the date
and time the structure change is to be performed.
- Select the Unscheduled Removal? check box if this structure
change is to be an unscheduled removal.
- Select the Keep Current Access? check box, in the Update Access Group Information area, if
you want the serial that is to be replaced to keep its current access
rights. This check box will be selected by default. Clear this check box if
you do not want the replaced serial to keep its current access. When this
check box is cleared the Default Access Groups? check box will be
made available.
- Select the Default Access Groups? check box,
if you want the replaced serial to keep its part access. This check box will
be selected by default. Clear this check box if you want only a selected
number of access groups to keep the part access when the serial is replaced.
- Select the Run in Batch? check box if you want access rights for
the replaced serial to be
updated through a batch job.
- Click Next.
- The Select Access Groups
assistant step opens. In this step, you can select the access groups you want
to keep for the replaced serial.
- The values in the Part No/Rev and Part
Description fields appear automatically and cannot be updated.
- Clear the Implement For check
box for the access groups you do not want to keep when the serial is
replaced.
- Click Finish.
- The Print Report dialog box opens.
- Verify that the print settings are correct. Click
Preview if you want a preview of the serviceability tag report prior to printing.
- Click Print. You can click the printer
button on the preview window as well.
- Verify that the structure change has been
performed and the report printed.
Use this procedure to perform a structure change, i.e., replace serial, on a
work order in IFS/Work Order Management:
- Open the Report In Work Order window and query (F3) for
the desired work order.
- Click the Operations tab.
- Right-click on the required operation line, and then click Perform Structure Change. The
Structure Changes - Select Action assistant step opens.
- Select Replace Serial and then click Next. The
Replace Serial assistant step opens.
- Serial information for the structure in which the serial is to be
replaced appears
automatically in the Remove or Swap from area.
- In the Structure Pos field, the structure position in which the
serial is to be replaced is displayed. If needed, this value can be
changed. Click List to select a value.
- In the Location Code field, enter the
location in which the disconnected serial (as a result of the Replace) is to be
placed. If a location is connected to the given workshop, this location code
will appear automatically in the field. If not, click List to select
a valid location code.
- If needed, in the Oper Condition list,
select a new operational condition for the serial that is to be replaced in
the structure.
- Select the Print Serviceability Tag
check box to order and print the serviceability tag report for the serial
being replaced. Note: If
the value of the PRNT_SERVICE_TAG_ACS object property in System Definition/Object
Property is set to TRUE, this check box will be selected by
default. The value of this check box can be changed, if needed.
- The workshop to which the work order was
distributed appears automatically in the Workshop field. If
necessary, you can change to another workshop using the List of Values.
- In the Str. Change Date field, enter the date
and time the structure change is to be performed.
- Click Finish.
- The Print Report dialog box opens.
- Verify that the print settings are correct. Click
Preview if you want a preview of the serviceability tag report prior to printing.
- Click Print. You can click the printer
button on the preview window as well.
- Verify that the structure change has been
performed and the report printed.
Use this procedure to perform a structure change, i.e., replace serial, on a
work order in IFS/Work Order Management using the Single Page Report In
Work Order page.
- Open the Single Page Report In Work Order
page.
- Query for the work order (F3).
- Click Place Serial in Structure. The Place Serial in Equipment Structure for Work Order window opens.
- Click List to select a part number for the
serial to place and click OK.
Use this procedure to perform a structure change, i.e., replace serial,
to the structure of the vehicle on which the fault was reported:
- Open the Flight Log window and
populate (F2) or query (F3) for your flight log number and/or serial.
- Click the Fault tab and select the
relevant fault number from the Fault Number list.
- Right-click and click Perform Structure Change.
The Structure Changes - Select Action assistant step opens.
- Verify that the Replace Serial option is
selected and then click Next. The
Replace Serial assistant step opens.
- Continue with steps 3 to 25 described in the in
the first procedure listed above.