About scheduled maintenance triggers

Triggers are set conditions that must be satisfied for scheduled maintenance to generate work orders.

Trigger types

There are three types of triggers:

• Time-based triggers, which generate work orders at set time intervals, such as once every 3 weeks.
• Meter reading triggers, which generate work orders when an associated meter's reading reaches a specified value.
• Event triggers, which generate work orders when an event occurs on an associated asset. 

To learn more about each type and how to add them to scheduled maintenance, click the links above.

Fixed and floating triggers

Time-based and meter reading triggers can be fixed or floating. A fixed trigger generates work orders strictly based on the set interval and original starting date or meter reading. On the other hand, a floating trigger generates work orders based on the set interval and the meter reading or date recorded when the previous work order was created.

Multiple triggers

You can have multiple triggers active on a single scheduled maintenance record. To specify whether the to generate a work order upon all of the triggers being satisfied, or any of the triggers, select the corresponding option in the tab: