How to create a related work order?

How to create a related work order?

Frequently, a maintenance technician is performing a work order and detects another problem, so he needs to solve it and log the work done. To log the work done, there are 3 options:
  1. Creating a new work order
  2. Adding additional tasks to the work order being executed
  3. Creating a new work order related to the one being worked on
To create a work order related to the work order being worked on, you must follow these steps:


  1. Access the list of work orders;
  2. Edit a work order;
  3. On the option (...) select "Create Related Work Order".
  4. The work order creation window is opened, copying all the original work order data and filling in the field "Source Work Order" with the original work order. Only attachments, follow-ups, additional tasks and cost details are not copied. The technician can also perform this operation.


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