Defining linear equipment

Linear equipment occupies a length of space such as an interstate or bridge. Create work orders for specific points or segments of linear equipment records, allowing you to track work orders, costs, and events along the equipment.

After you define a linear equipment record, add linear references.

Note: You can edit Equipment Length or Equip. Length UOM for an existing equipment record as long as there are no linear references that fall outside of the newly specified length in the Linear Ref. UOM.

If you edit the length of a linear equipment record, the associated PM records may be automatically edited when installation parameter PMRVCTRL is set to No. If the new equipment length falls on or within the length of the PM, the To Point of the PM record is automatically updated based on the new equipment length. If the new equipment length falls outside of the length of the PM, the PM record is not updated.

Select one of these options:
- Equipment > Assets
- Equipment > Positions
- Equipment > Systems
Click New Record.
Specify the information necessary to define the piece of equipment.
Specify this information:

Equipment Length

Specify the length of the equipment.

Equip. Length UOM

Specify the unit of measure for the Equipment Length.

Linear Ref. UOM

Specify the unit of measure for linear references. The from and to point unit of measure for work orders are defaulted based on the Linear Ref. UOM. Linear references can have a different UOM than the Equipment Length. For example, if the system is integrated with ESRI’s GIS, the equipment’s map units may be in feet, but linear references like mile posts may be defined in miles.

Ref. Precision

Specify the number of decimal places to include in linear reference measurements.
Note: If you do not specify a Reference Precision, the precision is automatically defaulted to 0.

Geographical Ref.

Specify a geographical reference for the equipment.

Inspection Direction

Specify the typical direction in which an equipment inspection is performed.

Flow

Specify the typical direction in which the process flows.
For example, you can specify the traffic direction of a street or the direction in which oil flows through a pipe.

Linear Cost Weight

Specify a number for the weighted cost of the equipment. This weight attribute determines the percentage of the work order costs the equipment is assigned when costs roll up from the child to the parent.
For example, a railway asset in a city is shared by two different rail lines, and the maintenance costs of the railway asset must be applied to both lines. Without the weight attribute, all costs would be rolled up to both lines. If you want to split the costs evenly over both lines, you can enter a weight of 1 for both lines.
Click Save Record.