Creating Preassigned Work Center Links with Operations

You can define preassigned work center links on a first-level operation instance under the service workplan.

The source of the preassigned work center link is the operation in the service workplan context, which links to the assets structure. Its target is a work center reference.

Important: This capability is only available for first-level operations under the service workplan.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Open data containing an asset structure with at least one work center and a service workplan with at least one first-level operation.
See Also
About Capable Resources For Processes
Assigning Capable Resource References on First-Level Operations
Assigning Resource Usages to Capable Resource References on First-Level Operations

Create an Assets Structure for a Service Workplan

To create a preassigned work center link with an operation, you must create a link between the assets structure of the work center and the service workplan of the operation.

Note: You can only assign one assets structure to a service workplan.

  1. Select a service workplan.
  2. From the Authoring section of the action bar, click Manage Resources Structures .
    The Manage Resources Structures panel opens.
  3. Click Create Assets Structure , then select the assets structure from the tree.

The assets structure is now assigned to the service workplan.

Tips: You can manage the assets structure links from the Manage Resources Structures panel.
  • Click to delete the link.

Assign a Work Center to a First-Level Operation Under the Service Workplan

You can create a link between the work center and the first-level operation instance under the service workplan from the Manage Capable Resources panel.

Before you begin: The assets structure of the work center must be linked to the service workplan of the operation. For more information, see Create an Assets Structure for a Service Workplan.
Tip: To display additional information in the panel, click Show Preferences and select the following options:
  • Show Status Bar: Displays information about the objects, at the bottom of each panel section.
  • Show Advice Messages: Displays information about the actions, at the bottom of the panel.
  1. Select the first-level operation under the service workplan.
  2. From the Authoring section of the action bar, click Manage Capable Resources .
    The Manage Capable Resources panel opens.
  3. Click , then select the required work center to create the preassigned work center link.

The preassigned work center link is created.

Tips: You can manage preassigned work center links from the Manage Resources Structures panel.
  • Click to delete the link.