Change Part Revision
Explanation
This activity is used to change the part revision of a serial. The part revision
of a serial can change as a result of embodying a modification on the serial
or due to configuration changes on the serial.
If you need to change the part revision of a serial that is installed in
a structure, the new part revision must have been defined as a valid alternate
for the given structure position or for the part in the template. If the serial
is not installed in a structure, the different configurations (templates) for
the part will be used to determine the new part revision. A change of part revision
can lead to a change of template for the serial. In such cases, one or all of
the following will occur as part of this activity:
- If the structure of the serial, for which the part revision is to be
changed, has serials that are valid in the new template, these serials need
to be mapped to the relevant structure position in the new template.
- If the new template has structure positions that are not present in
the serial structure, these structure positions will be added automatically
to the serial structure as empty positions when this activity is performed.
(Empty positions refer to the structure positions where expected serials
or parts are missing from the serial structure.)
- If empty positions exist in the serial structure but do not exist in
the new template, these empty positions will be removed automatically.
You can perform this activity by selecting the option Change Part Revision
from the Manage Serial structure page or
the Serial Structures page. In the
Change Part Revision assistant, you can enter below information.
1st Step:
- You can enter the new part revision and define a manufacturer and manufacturer
part number for the new revision.
- If you want, you can assign a maintenance program and a revision to
the new part revision. If a maintenance group is required for the new part
revision, enter a value in the Maintenance Group field. If you want
to disconnect the serial from the current maintenance program, enable the
Disconnect Serial from Maintenance Program option. Note: This
option will only be available when valid maintenance programs do not exist
for the new part revision.
- You can also change the template structure for your new part revision,
if the new part revision is to be created for a serial that is not installed
in a structure.
2nd Step:
- You can update the child parts which are defined in the structure of
your new part revision.
3rd Step:
- You can select the access groups that will have access to the new part
revision of the serial. The Implement For option is enabled by default.
You need to disable this option for the access groups that will not have
access to the new part revision.
Prerequisites
System Effects
- The serial is defined with a new part revision.
- The operational condition of the serial is set to Non Operational.
You can now manually verify that the configuration of the serial is updated,
so that, you can use the serial.
- If a new structure position is added to the template as a result of
a part revision change, an empty structure position will be added automatically
to the serial structure as well.
- Empty structure positions in the serial structure that are not present
in the new template revision will be removed automatically.
- The due calculation for interval maintenance, modifications, post maintenance
checks, life limited parts and fault deferrals will run automatically for
the serial to calculate due dates and values.