Use this activity to calculate historical average values. The calculated historical average value, is the average of both the old average value and the calculated value of the previous month for the operational parameter assigned to the serials of the selected maintenance group.
You can also use this activity to adjust the execution time of the background job (For more information, refer the online help file: Using Background Jobs). At installation, the server process for the calculation of historical average values is set (by default) to execute the first day of each month at 6:00 P.M. The background job can also be executed manually with an operational parameter that is defined for a part and a maintenance group.
Operational parameters must be defined for the part number and the maintenance group. For more information, refer the online help file: Activity Supply Operational Parameter Information.
Historical average values are calculated and can be used as a basis for the next calculation.
Maintenance Plan/Oper. Param. per Maint Group
Follow this procedure to calculate historical average values: