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Definition

Several internal orders are grouped into one order group to display a certain structure.

Use

You can use order groups for the following:

  • Planning

  • Overhead calculation

  • Settlement

  • Evaluation in reporting

Structure

You can set up order groups using as many levels as you wish. The orders themselves are always at the lowest level of the group. An order may be assigned to different groups at the same time. Groups are client-dependent so you may only use a group name once.

Example Example

You have three buildings (A, B, C) on which maintenance work is being done by three maintenance workshops (painter, locksmith, electrician). You create an order for each building and each workshop, then group these nine orders together to form the order group shown below:

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You create the top node and name it MAINT01 "Maintenance". You then add three further nodes, one each for building A, building B and building C respectively.

You assign to each building node the orders of the workshop that carries out the work on this building.

You use this group to analyze both the entire maintenance costs for the three buildings, as well as the costs for each individual building.

The above graphic displays order group MAINT01, which groups the orders according to buildings.

You can also set up a second group using the same orders. This time, instead of creating building nodes, you create three workshop nodes to which you then assign the respective orders. This alternative group allows you to evaluate the maintenance costs for each workshop.

The MAINT02 group contains the same orders as MAINT01, this time grouped according to workshop.

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End of the example.