Adding slack time to preventive maintenance records

Add slack time to one or more preventive maintenance (PM) records to allow the generation of weekly or monthly batches of work orders.

Procedure

  1. In the Preventive Maintenance application, on the List tab, select a set of records that you want to add slack time to.
  2. Select the Generate Work Orders action.
  3. In the Generate Work Orders window, specify the time value (in days) in the Generate WOs Due Today Plus This Number of Days field.
    For example, if you have a PM due to generate work orders every day, and you specify 10, 11 work orders are generated.
  4. Click OK to generate the work orders.