Troubleshooting
Problem
This document provides information about configuring LABTRANS conditional properties in Work Orders in Maximo.
Symptom
You may face the scenario where you are trying to have a conditional expression making Labtrans Memo field required and the result is that it is only
kicking in after the parent record (work order) has first been saved, in Work Order Tracking.
There is some information about having the conditional expression to be in effect as the user is entering a new work order.
In case you placed a condition against LABTRANS to enforce the field to be required, and face the scenario where this is not working when you insert a new record before saving, you will notice that if you save the record, and you try to add a Labor line, then it will force correctly the field required. But before saving, it is not working.
Resolving The Problem
The way you configure the conditional behavior is fine, so that it not an issue, however it will only work for existing records, which have already been saved and the reason on why this does not work while you are creating a work order before saving is because of current Maximo architecture.
The record will have to be saved first for the condition to work correctly on the LABTRANS. The reason being is the condition is run against the database, not what is in memory. Since this condition runs on LABTRANS it does not have access to WORKORDER data until it is saved. This is resolved by using Automation scripts in case you need to validate the condition before the Workorder record is saved.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
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