Maintenance on Linear Asset—Exercises

Required Data

Create Linear Asset

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to set up the linear asset that is required for performing the exercises below.

  1. Create a new linear asset with the ID M6EB.

General exercise for Creating Linear Asset

Create Segments

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to set up the segment that is required for performing the exercises below.

  1. Create a new segment with the following information:
    Segment ID Description Start Point End Point
    M6EB-L1 Inside Lane 0 2,8

General exercise for Creating Segments

Create Elements

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to set up the elements that is required for performing the exercises below.

  1. Create segments with the following information:
    Element ID Description Start Point End Point
    0 Start of Road 0 0
    5000 Mile marker 5 5

General exercise for Creating Elements

Main Exercise

Purpose: The purpose of this lesson is to report maintenance work on a linear asset.

Windows:

        Service and Maintenance/Work Order Management/Fault Report/Service Request/Create Fault Report Assistant

Create Fault Report with Assistant

  1. Open the Create Fault Report Assistant.
  2. Choose the option Linear Asset, press Next.
  3. Use the List of Values in the field Linear Asset ID and select M6EB.
  4. In the Fault Location field enter the text "Wildlife fence needs repairing".
  5. As Start Reference Information enter 0 in the Element ID field and set Offset X to 10.
  6. As End Reference Information enter 5000 in the Element ID field and set Offset X to 10.
  7. In the Detailed Fault Location information fields enter 2 in the Distance field and use the List of Values in the Segment ID field to select M6EB-L1.
  8. Click Next.
  9. Use the List of Values in the field Maint Org to select a value that is available for you and the company your user is connected to.
  10. In the field Directive, enter the text "Fix wildlife fence".
  11. In the field Fault Desc enter the text "There is a rip in the wildlife fence."
  12. Click Finish.
  13. A dialog box with the question "Work Order XX has been created. Do you want to view the work order?" Press Yes to view the work order directly in the Prepare Work Order window.