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TabWare provides a way to generate work orders by interfacing with data from sources other than TabWare. The interface uses this externally-generated data, combined with data available in TabWare, to generate work orders.
JobCop has a standard job that can be used to combine the data generated outside of TabWare with information stored in TabWare. You can use the JobCop standard job Process Work Order Interface to validate the Work Order Interface table and automatically generate work orders. You can view the Work Order Interface table by selecting PDM/Work Order Interface on the TabWare Power Panel. This table can view and edit either all the records of an unprocessed table or only the records that have been processed but, because of errors, have not been used to generate work orders and have been held over to be manually corrected and re-processed. Once the errors have been corrected, they will be processed the next time the JobCop process is run. If the work order is generated successfully, the row is deleted from the Work Order Interface table.
Work Order Interface accepts data from interface files that can be created by condition-monitoring equipment or other sources. These tab-delimited files are loaded, using either JobCop's Load File to Database process or any process that loads data to tables, into TabWare's work order Interface table. This table contains a Standard Request/Master Plan number, an alarm code, an equipment number, twenty (20) custom elements, and several other work order fields. For more information about loading your location's information into TabWare, see the Interface tab information in Work Order Setup Options.
To View the Work Order Interface Table:
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From the TabWare Power Panel, select PDM/WO Interface to access the Work Order Interface Transactions window. |
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Use the horizontal scroll bar to view custom elements by moving to the right. Click the down arrow at the bottom of the vertical scroll bar to move through the transactions one at a time. Click and hold the right mouse button and drag the slide bar down to move rapidly through the transactions. |
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Optionally, click the Show Errors Only button to view only the lines that contain errors. The error will be shown in the error field and the information can be corrected in this window. |
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Click the New button to enter a new record. |
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Click the Delete button to delete the current record. |
In order for TabWare to successfully generate a work order from the interface table, either a Standard Request/Master Plan number or an alarm code must be present. If, after loading the interface file, the interface table contains a Standard Request/Master Plan number but not an alarm code, the work order generated will contain an equipment number based on the interface file and then on the Standard Request/Master Plan. See Work Order Setup Options in Setup for more information.
If the TabWare interface table contains an alarm code but not a Standard Request/Master Plan, the alarm code must be defined in the Work Order Interface Setup and the work order will be generated based on the Standard Request/Master Plan associated with the alarm code there. The work order will base the equipment number first on the interface file. If that is not present, it will be based on the equipment number associated with that alarm code in Work Order Interface Setup and then from the Standard Request/Master Plan.
The work order Type will come first from the interface file, then from the Type associated with the alarm code in Work Order Interface Setup, if present. If the interface file does not contain a work order type or an alarm code, the work order will be Routine.
The other fields on the interface file are optional, but if present, will override fields on the Standard Request/Master Plan. Area, Department, Mechanical Integrity, Criticality, and ISO9000 will be taken first from the interface file, then from the equipment on the generated work order. Priority, Work Class, and Next Reviewer on the generated work order will come first from the interface file, then from the Standard Request/Master Plan, and then from the work order defaults defined for Routine or Emergency work orders.
The status of the generated work order will be set to the default status defined for Routine or Emergency work orders.