Scheduling Overview and Simulation: Simulate Changes

Use

In the scheduling overview and simulation, you can simulate particular changes for a maintenance plan in simulation mode.

This is very useful if you want to see the effect that shifting call dates has on the maintenance plan, or if you want to level off the capacity load interactively in the individual work centers.

It is not possible to simulate the shifting and fixing of multiple counter plans in any of the simulations (graphical, tabular, or tabular with navigation tree).

Simulation in tabular display

In the tabular simulation you can only shift/fix maintenance calls.

Simulation in graphic and in tabular display with navigation tree

The following table shows the functions possible for maintenance calls :

	Call	Shift/Fix	Ignore
Single cycle plan	X	X	X
Strategy plan	X	X	X
Multiple counter plan	X		X

You can simulate the following changes at maintenance plan level :

Date shift

You can shift dates provided that the call sequence is maintained. You cannot skip over earlier or later call dates. You can:
- Shift a selected date and all the subsequent maintenance call dates
  (Status fixed )
- Shift just the selected maintenance call date
  (Status fixed )
Status change for individual maintenance plan calls

You can change the status to:
- Released (with order creation for each maintenance item)
- Skipped
Status change for maintenance plans

You can change the status to:
- Locked
- Inactive
- Deletion flag

Procedure

Simulating Changes

Call up the scheduling overview and simulation directly from the maintenance planning menu .

If you are already in the graphical maintenance item overview (and have called it up directly), you can switch to the maintenance plan simulation. To do this, choose Environment Maintenance plan simulation.
You reach the maintenance plan simulation graphic.
Using the Edit menu, you can simulate the following changes:
- Date Shift
- Status Change
  
  For multiple counter plans, you can change the status, but it is not possible to simulate scheduling.

Resetting Simulated Changes Again

If you do not want the changes you have simulated to be transferred, you can:

Exit the graphic or the table with the structure tree

The simulated changes are not saved.
Choose Environment Reset

The original call dates are restored, and the colored boxes reassigned their original color.

Saving Simulated Changes

If you want to save the changes you have simulated, choose Start of the navigation path Graphic Next navigation step Save. End of the navigation path

The simulated changes are saved immediately. For example, if you have shifted a call date, the new (shifted) date becomes the new call date when you save, and is indicated accordingly in the graphic.