Equipment objects can be of two different types, functional or serial. Both will be in a certain condition at any given moment in the equipment's life time. With condition recording it is possible to add a number of Condition Parameters that will be weighted together to a condition score for the specific equipment. Condition Parameters are typically values that need manual input such as General Condition, Degree of Degradation, Corrosion, etc.
A parameter template is added automatically to an object when you add an Object Type, if there exists a Parameter Template with the same ID as an Object Type. It is also possible to add condition parameters manually on an object, either one by one or from a template. If added manually it is important to alter the weight to suit the equipment.
If a new template is created or an existing one is revised there is a possiblity to push this out to objects with the corresponding object type. A new template could be added on top of existing parameters or overwrite what is already there.
A Condition Parameter consists of at least two ratings; "works" and "does not work". It is possible to add more than two ratings if a more nuanced scale is needed. Depending on how many ratings you have, a normalized value will automatically be calculated on a linear scale. This to make it possible to compare one parameter to another. If a new rating is added, the normalized scale will be automatically updated.
If the normalized rating does not fulfil the requirements it is possible to override these values with manual ones.
By taking the reported normalized value times the weight for each parameter
and adding them all together you will get a number of how degraded your
equipment is. Condition score will be the inverted value of
this.
100-(A*X+B*Y+C*Z...)=Condition Score
| Parameter Description | Condition Rating | Normalized Rating | Weight |
| Visual Inspection | 2 - Little Damage | 25 | 40 |
| Corrosion | 3 - Corrosion in several locations | 30 | 60 |
Condition Score will then be 100 - (25 * 0.40 + 30 * 0.60) = 72 which should be interpreted as the equipment being in 72% good condition.