Install Serial
Explanation
This activity is used to install a serial into a serial structure. Before
a serial can be installed in a serial structure, observe the following guidelines
for a more accurate installation of the serial.
- A serial with an operational status of Planned for Operation
can only be installed in a serial with the same operational status.
- A serial with an operational status of In Operation or Out
Of Operation can be installed in a serial with the following statuses:
Planned For Operation, In Operation and Out Of Operation.
- A serial with operational status Scrapped or Renamed cannot
be installed in another serial.
- The serial to install cannot be locked.
- A serial can only be installed in a serial structure whose configuration
(serial structure template) allows it to be installed. This means that a
part number or revision combination not existing (as prime part or alternate)
in a level in the serial structure template cannot be installed in this
level in the serial structure, and vice versa. For more information, refer
to the activity
Define Template Part.
- The quantity of a certain part number or revision combination in the
serial structure cannot exceed the number in the serial structure template.
- Alternate parts can be used in the serial structure as long as it has
been defined either as a template alternate or a position alternate in the
serial structure template. For more information, refer the activities
Define
Alternate Parts per Position and
Define
Alternate Parts in Template.
- When installing serials to a structure position, you are allowed to
install any prime parts or valid alternates, provided that the operational
status of the structure was not changed from Planned For Operation.
Once the operational status of the structure is changed from Planned
For Operation, rules of interchangeability will be applied and you will
no longer be allowed to install alternate parts that do not meet the validations
for interchangeability of alternate parts. Note that it is also possible
to install any prime parts or alternates for structure positions in completely
new structures which are In Operation or Out Of Operation,
but where no parts are installed after a structure change was performed.
- If the life limited setting of the serial is Life Limited it
can only be installed into a structure position defined as Life Limited.
If the life limited setting of the serial is Not Life Limited it
can only be installed into a structure position defined as Not Life Limited.
When a serial is installed in the structure, the current location will be
cleared because the serial will be located at the same location as the top serial
in the structure. If the serial to be installed exists in another structure
or does not exist at all, a structure mismatch log entry will be created in
the Serial Structure Mismatch Log page. A structure mismatch log
will be created if a structure change is done in IFS/Work Order Management or
IFS/Shop Order.
If access control is established, you can use only the serials to which you
have access. Establishing access control is done by assigning a user to an access
group defined in basic data. The access groups will be used to extend access
to all or selected parts and serials in a structure. When a serial is installed
in an existing structure position of the serial structure, it will receive the
access rights from the parent serial in the structure. The serials below in
the structure will also be updated with these access rights.
Depending on your workflow, you can perform this activity by clicking the
option Perform Structure Change from one of the following pages.
- Manage Serial Structure
- Serial Initialization
- Perform Structure Change
- Execute Work Task
- Flight Log/Fault
Following is a description of the information that can be entered in each
assistant step.
Step 1 - Structure Change Selection
- Select the install serial option from the structure change section.
Note: If you are using the Perform Structure Change
assistant page, Execute Work Task page or the
Flight Log/Fault tab to perform this activity,
first you have to select the serial for which you want to perform a structure
change. If the structure change is to be performed further down in the structure
of the selected serial, enable the Perform Structure Change for
Sub Serial option and enter the required sub serial details.
Step 2 - Structure Change Details
- The vehicle ID, top part number and top serial number appear automatically
in the Install or Swap into section. A structure position must exist
for a part to be installed in the structure, enter the structure position
in which the part is to be installed.
- When a value is entered in part number field, the serial number and
installation date appear automatically. You can enter the workshop responsible
for installing the serial. If you want to connect the serial installation
to a maintenance event, enter a value for the Mx Event Number field.
- Enter the date and time the structure change is to be performed. Enable
the Unscheduled Removal option if this structure change is to be
an unscheduled removal. Enable the Run in Batch option if you want
access rights for the installed serial to be updated through a batch job.
Prerequisites
- A structure position not occupied by the other parts or serials must
exist in the selected structure before a serial can be installed.
- You must have access to the relevant serials to be able to carry out
a structure change.
System Effects
- You will fit selected serial to a predefined serial structure position
and create a historical record of the structure change.
- The structure position into which the serial is installed will become
an installed structure position.
- If the serial is installed on a work task, an install transaction will
be created in the structure change log for the work task.
- If the installation causes a Mandatory type dependency rule to
be violated, the operational condition of the parent serial will be set
to Non Operational.
- The Item Installed option will be enabled for the installed serial.
- If the serial installed is defined as an alternate with the interchangeability
rule Qualified Interchangeable, the alternate must be approved before
the operational condition for the structure can be set to Operational.
For more information, refer to the activity
Approve or Reject Structure
Changes.
- After a serial has been installed into a serial structure the first
time, and the life limited setting of the serial is not yet decided (the
Life Limited field have the value "-"), the value
of the Life Limited field will be set to Life Limited
or Not Life Limited depending on the structure position it was installed
into.
- If the structure change is performed from a work order, a mismatch record
will be created if the installed serial is installed in another serial or
does not exist.
- When the serial is installed in a structure, the serial will receive
access rights from the parent serial of the selected structure.