You can assign existing work orders to the current work order, which makes them children of the current work order. You use the Select Work Orders dialog box, accessed from the Child Work Order table window on the Plans and Actuals tabs, to select existing work orders. Using the Select Work Orders dialog box, you can assign multiple work orders at once to the current record. For each work order you select, the system creates a new row in the Child Work Orders table window.
You also can create child work orders using the New Row button on the Child Work Orders table window of a work order.
Display the work order for which you want to associate child work orders.
On the Plans or Actuals tab, in the Child Work Orders table window, click Select Work Orders to open the Select Work Orders dialog box.
To narrow your search, click Filter.
To select a work order, select the Select Record check box. You can select more than one work order.
Note: To select all records displayed in the Work Orders table window, select the Select All Records check box in the table header.
To return the selected values to the record, click OK. Each selection creates a new row in the Child Work Order table window.
To return to the record without selecting a work order, click Cancel.
If appropriate, you can edit a child work order's details. To make changes, click View Details for the work order and edit fields such as Inherit Status Changes?, Accepts Charges?, Job Plan, and others as needed.
Click Save .
In the filter field for one or more columns, enter a full or partial value. For example, to only find values that contain the letter L, enter L.
Click Filter
Table to find all records that match the criteria you entered
in the search fields. To see the original
list of values, click Clear Fields
.
Tips:
The total number of values is displayed at the top of the table window (example: "1-20 of 155") .
To move between
pages, click Next Page and Previous Page
.
To move up
or down a row, click Next Row or Previous Row
.
To re-order columns for easier skimming, see Sort Columns.