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.