This activity is used to sort the duplicate work tasks within a work order into master and duplicate work tasks. When this is done, one of the work tasks will be set as the master work task and the others as duplicates. Duplicates are work tasks that will be finished or signed off automatically as part of the completion of the master work task. Duplicate work tasks will not consume any time, material or resources themselves.
Duplicates can be set manually or automatically on the work order. When the Set WO Master/Duplicate option is used, the system will navigate through the selected work order, and for each occurrence of duplicate tasks, sets the first occurrence as master and set the others as duplicates.
If dependencies are set between involved tasks, the master will be defined but the duplicate relationships will not be defined.
For work orders that are generated from Fleet & Asset Management (connection type = VIM), duplicate work tasks may appear as a result of the same task card or subtask being included on several events on the maintenance order. Work tasks that have the same part number, serial number, task card ID, task card revision, and work task source can be set as duplicate work tasks for work orders from Fleet & Asset Management.
To automatically set master and duplicate work tasks on a work order, open the work order structure in the Work Order Structure Navigator page, select the work order from the graphical object structure and click Set WO Master/ Duplicate.
To manually set the master and duplicate work tasks on a work order, open the work order structure in the Work Order Structure Navigator page, select the master work task on a work order and click the Duplicate Work Tasks tab. Select the relevant row and click Set Master Work Task or Set Duplicate Work Task.
Note: When the above procedure is performed, only the master work tasks will be shown in the graphical object structure.