February 2022 Maintenance App Update
Features: Suggested tasks can be turned into real tasks without required approval, missed tasks now visible in the Task view
Release Date: February 2022
- February 2022 Maintenance App Update
- āDonāt Require Approvalā Plan Setting
- How to Turn on this Setting
- Changes to Tasks Screen, Outposts and Scoreboards
- Schedules
- Viewing Missed Tasks
- Missed Tasks
- Example
- Show Completed Tasks
- How to get started
- November 2021 Maintenance App Update
Amper has released 2 new updates to the Maintenance app. New features included in this release:
- Donāt Require Approval Plan Setting: Maintenance Plans can now be configured to show suggestions as tasks automatically in the Tasks view, allowing users to easily view and edit suggested tasks without approval from a Maintenance Manager or other team member.
- Viewing Missed Tasks: To prevent you from losing track of any missed maintenance tasks, missed Tasks will now be visible in the Tasks view. You can also filter out Completed Tasks from the queried tasks list.
āDonāt Require Approvalā Plan Setting
Sometimes maintenance activities require approval and scheduling, and other times they donāt - thatās a fact! Weāve made it easier to get maintenance done for pre-approved activities.
Plans can now be configured to not require approval in the . When plans generate suggestions, you will be able to view, edit, and complete them without the need for a Maintenance Manager or other team member to first approve them.
This saves the person scheduling maintenance activities tons of time!
How to Turn on this Setting
This setting can be found in the same place where you create or edit a Plan. If you want to allow suggested tasks to show up as real tasks that donāt require any approval, check the Donāt Require Approval box.
Changes to Tasks Screen, Outposts and Scoreboards
When the Donāt Require Approval setting is checked āļø, the suggestions will automatically populate on the Tasks view, Outposts & Scoreboards. These suggested tasks will appear alongside other tasks and function the same way.
If this box is not checked ā¹ļø, suggestions will still need to be approved and converted into a real task before they show up in the Tasks view, or on Outposts & Scoreboards.
Schedules
They will still appear and provide the same functionality regardless of how the Donāt Require Approval setting is configured.
Viewing Missed Tasks
Have you been wanting an easy was to see all your Missed tasks and close them out? The page now has a table of Missed Tasks to view.
Missed Tasks
The Missed Tasks table shows tasks that are missed/overdue. Missed tasks are considered any tasks that are scheduled for (but not completed ) before the start date of the query. The Missed Tasks table helps keep users aware of any outstanding tasks of which they might lose track as time goes on.
Example
In the image below, we have set a date range from 2/24/2022 ā 3/3/2022. This sets the bounds for tasks that populate the table titled Tasks. However, youāll see there is an overdue task that was scheduled for 2/12/2022 (before our query date range), so this task will populate in the Missed Tasks table.
If you wish to only see tasks within the requested range, you can check āļø the Hide box in the Missed Tasks header row.
Show Completed Tasks
In the page, the Show completed tasks toggle will control whether the Tasks list shows completed tasks or not. By default this box is unchecked ā¹ļø.
When Show completed tasks is checked āļø, tasks that are already completed will appear in the Tasks list. This is great for making any edits or notes to completed tasks!
Conversely when the box is unchecked ā¹ļø, the completed tasks will be filtered out.
How to get started
Now that you've learned about each section of the Maintenance menu, you're ready to get started.
- Add any Static Assets.
- Create a Plan database. Some examples of plans:
- 6 Month PM
- 480 Hour PM
- Weekly Coolant Change
- General Non-Recurring Requests
- Enter in the Missing Task Records
- Review the Schedule and assign Task Owners and Due Dates
- Set up Scoreboards or Print out PDF's of the Schedule
- Train your team on how to complete the tasks
- Kick it off!