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.