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The asset being tagged when the work order has nothing to do with the asset is making KPIs and traceability increasingly difficult. It is also causing confusion among technicians who need to perform work in that location. This seems like a no brainer option to include in the offering. Not everything is about assets, sometimes it's just about the location.
It is something that we employed 12 years ago when we put Maximo in, maybe it could be a switch that can have it turned on or off depending upon the need?
I have been waiting for this for 20 years and have had to develop work arounds multiple times for customers who do not want this functionality.
This is a good proposal, but in all cases when the PM is assigned to a location the asset field should not be populated while creating the WO
I think this proposal is long overdue. And as long as a client has to consciously disable the existing functionality, it shouldn't affect users who like the way it currently works.
Speaking from experience, trying to undue this behavior through a customization (including Automation Scripts) can get quite complicated due to the complex interaction between the Location, AssetNum, and GL Account and the prompts that pop up asking users to select an action.
This is an interesting proposal. I'm going to guess that it's a facility maintenance activity that does not involve the linked asset. You maybe shooting yourself in the foot?
There are a number of companies that have the PM set to the location because the asset (read single asset) may change by the time of the next PM and they desire that the asset get added. My question is then, when a PM is set to that asset, when the work order is generated, it would be removed leading to incorrect work allocation.
At the moment, I'm not convinced that this should be core product and would instead use an automation script combined with a flag (set on the location?) to remove the asset.