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.

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 window. 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.

Prerequisites

System Effects

Window

Serial Structure Information 
Report In Work Order
Work Task
Flight Log  

Related Window Descriptions

Structure Changes/Install Serial
Structure Changes - Select Action 
Serial Structure Information    
Serial Structure Information/Consist Of
Report In Work Order/Work Tasks/Task Card
Work Task/Task Card
Flight Log/Fault  

Procedure

Use this procedure to install a serial into a serial structure:

  1. Open the Serial Structure Information window and query (F3) for the necessary structure.
  2. In the graphical object structure, select the empty structure position into which the serial is to be installed, right-click, point to Structure Changes, and then click Install Serial. The Install Serial assistant opens.

Note: This assistant can also be opened from the Consist Of tab, by right-clicking on a serial record, pointing to Structure Changes, and then clicking Install Serial. When you are working in this tab, and need to move down the structure, select the required serial record, right-click and then click Next Level until the required structure level is displayed.

  1. The vehicle ID, top part number and top serial number appear automatically in the Install or Swap into area.
  2. In the Structure Position field, enter the structure position in which the serial is to be installed. A structure position must exist for a serial to be installed in the structure. Click List to select a structure position currently unoccupied.
  3. Enter a value in the Part No/Rev field. Click List to select a valid value. When a value is entered in this field, the values for Serial Number and Inst. Date appear automatically.
  4. In the Workshop field, enter the workshop responsible for installing the serial. Click List to select a valid value.
  5. If you want to connect the serial installation to a maintenance event, click List to select a valid value for the Mx Event Number field.
  6. In the Str. Change Date field, enter the date and time the structure change is to be performed.
  7. Select the Unscheduled Removal? check box if this structure change is to be an unscheduled removal.
  8. Select the Run in Batch? check box if you want access rights for the installed serial to be updated through a batch job.
  9. Click Finish to close the assistant and perform the structure change.

Use this procedure to perform a structure change, i.e., install a serial, for the structure of the serial on the work task:

  1. Open the Report In Work Order window and query (F3) for the desired work order.
  2. Click the Work Tasks tab, select the desired task, and then click the Task Card tab. Alternatively, the Work Task/Task Card tab can be used to perform these steps.
  3. Right-click and click Perform Structure Change. The Structure Changes - Select Action assistant step opens.
  4. Select Install Serial and then click Next. The Install Serial step opens.
  5. The vehicle ID, top part number and top serial number appear automatically in the Install or Swap into area.
  6. In the Structure Position field, enter the structure position in which the serial is to be installed. A structure position must exist for a serial to be installed in the structure. Click List to select a structure position currently unoccupied.
  7. Enter a value in the Part No/Rev field. Click List to select a valid value. When a value is entered in this field, the values for Serial Number and Inst. Date appear automatically.
  8. The workshop to which the work order was distributed appears automatically in the Workshop field. If necessary, you can change to another workshop using the List of Values.
  9. In the Str. Change Date field, enter the correct date and time the structure change is to be performed.
  10. Click Finish to close the assistant and perform the structure change.

Use this procedure to perform a structure change, i.e., install a serial in the structure of the vehicle on which the fault was reported:

  1. Open the Flight Log window and populate (F2) or query (F3) for your flight log number and/or serial.
  2. Click the Fault tab and select the relevant fault number from the Fault Number list.
  3. Right-click and click Perform Structure Change. The Structure Changes - Select Action step opens.
  4. Verify that the Install Serial option is selected and then click Next. The Install Serial step opens.
  5. Continue with steps 3 to 11 described in the first procedure listed above.