Starting Scheduling in the Current Cycle 

Use

You can start scheduling in the current cycle for strategy plans. A start in the cycle is normally the start for a maintenance plan during data transfer from an old system. This function is useful, for example, if you previously managed your plant maintenance without an EDP system or with an EDP system other than the SAP System.

Example

The maintenance strategy which you have assigned to your maintenance plan contains two packages:

The table shows when packages are due:

1M

1M

1M

1M

1M

1M

   

3M

    

3M

 

You have carried out maintenance work, and the contents correspond to the monthly package. This appears in bold in the table.

When maintenance is next due you also want to perform measures included in the 3-monthly plan. From a strategic perspective, the function Start in Cycle allows you to start from the package you performed previously. This means that you use Start in cycle to confirm the monthly package that you just carried out (for example, without a data processing system). The next packages falling due in the example are 1M and 3M.

Procedure

  1. In the maintenance planning menu, choose Scheduling for Maintenance Plans ® Schedule.

    2. You reach the initial screen for scheduling a maintenance plan.

  2. Enter the necessary data and choose Continue.

    3. You reach the Schedule Maintenance Plan screen.

  3. Choose Start in cycle.

If there are still maintenance calls with status 'waiting', the system displays a dialog box. You can decide whether the system should delete or skip the calls.

The system displays the fields CompConfirmDate and Offset as ready for input.
  1. Enter the completion confirmation date of the last package performed, or the counter reading in the case of performance-based maintenance plans.
  1. Enter the offset directly (in the example this would be 2 MON) or select it using package selection.
    1. Choose Select package.

      2. You reach the Package Sequence screen and see the maintenance strategy, which is assigned to the maintenance plan, in graphical form.

    2. Select the package that you performed last by placing the cursor on it, and then choosing Set start offset.
    3. The system flags the new start offset with a call symbol. Scheduling begins with the package(s) after the start offset (see example).

      4. If you want to cancel the offset, choose Reset offset.

    4. Exit the function.
  1. The system calculates the next due packages based on the scheduling information in the maintenance plan. For performance-based maintenance plans, the system also considers the current counter readings.
  1. Save the maintenance plan.