This activity is used to view the resources (person groups and tool/equipment groups) required for the maintenance visit. When task cards and subtasks are added to a maintenance order, either directly to an event or by adding an event with predefined task cards for its event code, all connected resources will be retrieved. This makes it possible to view requirements as early as the planning stage of the visit.
You can view the planned quantity and hours for each resource demand. For example, for a given task card with a duration of 5 hours, there may be a demand for a technician for the entire task duration, a boroscope for 4 hours, and an inspector for 30 minutes. Additionally, you can view an aggregated summary of resource demands for the maintenance order, maintenance event, execution logic structure, or execution logic order using the Demand Roll Up option. For more information on releasing demands and viewing resource activities, refer to the Release Demands activity.
When the visit has started and resources have been transferred to a work task, it is possible to allocate a person or tool to the transferred resource demands. In addition, it is possible to specify additional resource demands on the work task. When the work task is finished, the reported time and costs will be transferred back to the resources on the maintenance order (or serial order history if the maintenance order has been moved to history). If there are additional resource demands for which time has been reported, this information will also be transferred. Reported time and cost is summarized per resource group and task card or subtask.
The following table describes how resources are transferred back to the maintenance order when the work task is finished:
| Action | Transferred to Maintenance Order (or Serial Order History) |
| Time has been reported on a transferred resource demand (i.e., from the maintenance order) | The corresponding resource demand line on the
maintenance order will be updated with accumulated reported hours and
costs. Note: Changes to the planned quantity and planned hours for resource demands on a work task will not be transferred back to the maintenance order or serial order history. |
| A resource demand has been added to the work task and time reported | A new resource demand line will be added to the
maintenance order with accumulated reported hours and cost. If a demand
already exists on the maintenance order for the resource ID, this demand
line will be updated with accumulated reported hours and costs. Note: The planned quantity and planned hours for resource demands originating from a work task will not be transferred back. These fields will be set to zero for the corresponding demands on the maintenance order or serial order history. |
| A transferred resource demand has been removed from the work task | The original resource demand line will remain on the maintenance order with 0 reported hours and cost. |
Planned and reported hours on resource demand lines can be used to compare actual resource usage with the planned usage, based on the task card library.
To view material demands, click the Resources tab from the Manage Maintenance Event page. If you are working with the Execution Logic Structure, select the relevant node in the graphical object structure from the Execution Logic Structure page and click the Resources tab.
As a result of this activity, resource requirements can be viewed at an early stage of the maintenance visit. Reported time and costs can be viewed for the resources that have been utilized.