Selecting a Scheduling Basis

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The scheduling basis for a unit maintenance plan is when MainBoss should start the clock ticking for scheduling future tasks. For example, suppose you're setting up MainBoss and you specify that a particular vehicle needs an oil change every three months. During set-up, you have to tell MainBoss the last time that vehicle had an oil change; then MainBoss can correctly schedule oil changes in future.

Similarly, when you buy new equipment that needs planned maintenance, you must specify when to start the clock for future maintenance. Usually, the scheduling basis will be the day you start using the equipment.

For tasks that are scheduled by meter readings rather than date, the scheduling basis is the meter reading on which to base future planned maintenance. For example, if a vehicle gets an oil change every 3000 miles, the scheduling basis is the odometer reading for the most recent time the oil was changed.

To set the scheduling basis for a unit maintenance plan, go to the unit maintenance plan viewer (Coding Definitions | Unit Maintenance Plans). Select the task whose basis you want to set, then click Select Scheduling Basis. MainBoss opens a window that contains the following:

Unit Maintenance Plan: A read-only field giving the unit maintenance plan record for which you're specifying a basis.

New Scheduling Basis: The date or meter reading that should serve as the basis for future task scheduling.

Comments: Any comments you want to record (e.g. an explanation of why a particular date was chosen as the scheduling basis).

Save & New: Saves the current record and sets up the window for you to enter a new record. Fields in the new record will be blank or set to default values.

Save & Close: Saves the current record and closes the editor window.

Cancel: Closes the window without saving any changes you've made to the record since the last time you saved. When you Save the record, the Cancel button changes to Close, indicating that you can safely close the window without losing any changes.

Close: Closes the window. This button only appears after you've saved changes with Save or before you've entered any data at all. Otherwise, the button is labeled Cancel.

For more on unit maintenance plans, see Unit Maintenance Plans. For more on viewing unit maintenance plans, see Viewing Unit Maintenance Plans. For more on editors in general, see Using Editors.

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