Assigning a parent to a work order

You can assign a parent to a work order and assign tasks to that parent. When you assign work order records to a parent, they become child work orders records of the parent record.

About this task

You cannot assign parent records to closed work order records. If the parent has a value in the Priority field, and the child or children work order records do not, the child or children work order records inherit the parent priority value.

Procedure

  1. Open an application and display the work order record that you want to update.
  2. On the List tab, select the task that you want to update.
  3. Select the Assign To New Parent action.
  4. Select the work order record that you want as the new parent.
    The asset management system displays the parent work order number in the Parent WO field.
  5. Click Save record.