Add/Edit Workpack Dialog

The Add Workpack and Edit Workpack dialogs allow you to define the properties of a workpack and manage its related data. In the Add Workpack dialog, only the Workpack tab is visible, the other tabs get displayed once you have saved a new workpack and start editing it.

See below for the description of fields in the Add Workpack/Edit Workpack dialogs.

Field/Checkbox Name

Description

Name

Enter a name that uniquely identifies the workpack. Note that the name must be unique and cannot exceed 50 characters.

Workpack Group

You can optionally define a workpack group to group work as per your own requirements. For example, you can have different groups for different geographical areas, different groups for different kinds of inspections (GVI, non-destructive measurement, destructive measurement, etc.) and so on.

Abbreviation

You can specify a short name for the workpack that may be useful, for example, in reports. The character limit is 15 characters.

Description

A 100-character field that provides more descriptive information of the workpack.

Asset

Indicates the asset that the workpack is attached to. You should choose as specific an asset as you can, while still including all the assets that tasks in this workpack will be on. For example, if all the tasks in this workpack were within MyCompany / MyField / Gas Plant, you could specify that as your asset for the workpack.

Revision

This field is used for quickly managing the status of workpacks. For example, when a workpack is complete, you can change its revision to Completed. Workpack Revisions are user-definable.

Read Only

When this option is enabled, users will be restricted from adding or editing any records linked to the workpack. This includes tasks, events, findings, multimedia, and other related items. Users will only be able to modify the basic properties of the workpack.

Actual Start

Specifies the date when the workpack is scheduled to commence.

Task Time

A sum of how long all the tasks in this workpack will take to complete. For this to be meaningful, you must have given each task an Approx Timing.

Work Hours (per day)

Used to estimate duration, based on Task Time.

Duration (Estimated)

The result of Task Time divided by Work Hours (per day).

Duration (Contingency)

You can optionally add a value onto the estimated duration here, to allow for downtime.

Duration (Override)

You can optionally enter a value here instead of relying on the calculated process above. This would be useful if, for example, you have another management system that estimates duration for you.

Actual End

The result of Actual Start plus Duration.

Day Rate

If you would like NEXUS IC to estimate cost, enter a day rate here. This should be the full cost of one inspector if inspectors will be working on different tasks in parallel, or the full cost of the team if they are not.

Cost based on Day Rate

The result of Day Rate x Duration.

Costs (Fixed)

You can optionally enter any fixed costs here (for example, cost of mobilisation/demobilisation).

Cost (Total)

The result of Cost based on Day Rate + Costs (Fixed)

Cost (Override)

You can optionally enter a value here instead of relying on the calculated process above. This would be useful if, for example, you have another management system that estimates cost for you.

Final Estimate

If you have entered an override value, Final Estimate will be the override value. Otherwise, it will be the Cost (Total) value.

Cost Code

Cost Codes are optional and user-definable and can be used to group workpacks based on your requirements.

This tab is visible only if the Workpack system table has been extended with additional fields in your configuration. You can fill those custom fields on this tab. For more information, see Configure Attributes.

On this tab, you can view, add or edit asset history records that are linked to the workpack asset. You can also import or export these records as required.

Shows tasks associated with the workpack. You can also:

  • Add or edit tasks, which opens the Add Task or Edit Task dialog (see Add/Edit Task Dialog).

  • Import, export or delete tasks.

  • Launch an incomplete task to record event data in an event form and complete the task (see Launch Tasks).

On this tab, you can manage library items linked to the workpack (see Library Items).

On this tab, you can check planning templates that are associated with the workpack. For example, if the workpack was created from a planning template, the originating planning template will be shown here.

See Checking History.


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