Asset Field Automatically Filled in PM Work Order

Problem(Abstract)

In Maximo, if you are generating a work order from a PM record, the asset field will be automatically populated on the generated work order if the location field if the PM has a single asset on it.

Resolving the problem

Regarding the PM generated work order filling asset field automatically, the system automatically adds a single asset for you on tasks generated from job plans on PM WOs even though no asset was specified on either (just a location) if there is only one asset in the hierarchy under that location.

When creating a PM for a location who has only one associated asset, will generate a work order with the location and the asset.

The reason for this is that the location and the asset have a one to one relationship.

There are a few Workarounds;

1. Associate another ASSET/EQUIPMENT to the LOCATION (even if it's a DUMMY asset)

2. Remove the ASSET/EQUIPMENT from the workorder when the workorder is Generated


If the workorder is not editable due to the workorder being in WSCH or in APPR status, you can do the following;

Change the WPEDIT settings for the ASSET Field to make it Editable in APPR status

This has been reported before, and the following enhancement request has been previously submitted:

MR091907688 - Issue WO against location having one and only one asset

[Default behavior of standard Maximo]

(1) There exists one-to-one correspondence between asset and its associated location. When PM work order against the location is created by CronTask, due to that associated asset is automatically filled in by CronTask, auto-filled asset must be discarded manually. If an user specifies location upon creating PM work order against the location, PM work order application automatically fills in the associated asset in asset field on PM work order detail screen.

(2) When PM work order is manually created against location with only one asset associated as its child, the same situation occurs to PM work order. PM work order is issued against the asset instead of location which is one level upper in the hierarchy, a user intends to create PM work order against the location, though.


[Enhancement Request]
In work order tracking application, discard auto fill for asset field when newly creating PM work order against location having only one asset as its child.

This enhancement request has been acknowledged.

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