Functional locations are elements of a technical structure (for example, functional units within a system). You create functional locations hierarchically, and can also structure them based on the following criteria:

• Functional

• Process-related

• Spatial

Each functional location is managed independently in the system, so that you can:

• Manage individual data from a maintenance perspective for the object

• Perform individual maintenance tasks for the object

• Keep a record of the maintenance tasks performed for the object

• Collect and evaluate data over a long period of time for the object

You implement this component if:

• You want to represent systems or operational structures within your company according to functionality

• Maintenance tasks (in the broadest sense) are to be performed for the individual areas of your system or operational structure

• Records are to be kept of the maintenance tasks that are performed for the individual areas of your system or operational structure

• Technical data is to collected and evaluated over long periods of time for the individual areas of your system or operational structure

• The costs of maintenance tasks are to be monitored for the individual areas of your system or operational structure

• You want to perform analyses on the influence of usage conditions on the damage susceptibility of the pieces of equipment installed

• You require different views of a location structure (for example, a technical procedure view and a measurement/control technique view).

Pieces of equipment can be installed and dismantled at functional locations. The usage times for a piece of equipment at a functional location are documented over the course of time. If you want to use pieces of equipment, you need to implement the component Equipment.

• You can also work with reference functional locations within this component. When doing this, you only have to define each specific type of data once. The reference location provides the corresponding locations located horizontally with the type-specific data (horizontal data transfer).

• You can display the objects of the entire technical system using various structure views.

• You can create functional locations and reference locations much quicker using list editing, than by creating them individually.

• You can assign several labels to each functional location. You define the label that you work with the most as the primary label and all others as alternative labels. You use this function if different views of functional locations structures are required.