Selecting maintenance material request for viewing

you can select a material request and view its details. If you know the material request number to be viewed, you can directly enter it. Otherwise, you can carry out a search based on the material request number, MR type, user status, category, visit package, work order, work center, warehouse, part number and part type.

Select the “View Maintenance Material Request” link under the “Hangar Work Order” business component.

The “Select Maintenance Material Request” page appears.

The system displays the following field:

Date Format

The format in which the date fields are displayed. This format is displayed from the "User Preferences" business component based on the login user ID. In case the format is not defined, the system displays the date format from the “Enterprise Modeling” business component by default.

Enter the following fields in the “Direct Entry” group box, if you know the exact material request number for which the details are to be viewed:

Material Request #

The material request number for which you need to view the details (Alphanumeric, 40).

Select the “View Material Request” link provided alongside, to view the maintenance material request information.

To search for a material request

Enter the following in the “Search Criteria” group box, to search for a maintenance material request. Data entry in the following fields is optional:

Material Request #	The material request number for which you wish to view the details (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the material request numbers that are similar to the values entered here. Leave this field blank to retrieve all the material requests in the “Draft” status.
MR Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the type of the material request. The system provides the following options:
	Planned – Select this option to retrieve the material request raised due to planned maintenance activities.
	Unplanned – Select this option to retrieve the material requests raised due to unplanned maintenance activities such as those triggered from line stations.
	Leave this field blank, if you wish to retrieve the material requests irrespective of their type. The system leaves the field blank by default.
Visit Package #	The number identifying the visit package (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the maintenance requests that are associated with the visit packages whose number is similar to the value specified here. Leave this field blank to search for all the maintenance requests, irrespective of the visit packages.
User Status	Use the drop-down list box to specify the user-defined status of the work order. The system lists all the “active” quick codes of type “User Status” as defined in the “Create Quick Codes” activity of the Material Request business component. The system retrieves all the maintenance requests that are in the user-defined status specified here. Leave this field blank to retrieve all the maintenance requests, irrespective of their user-defined status.
Work Order #	The number of the work order for which you need to view the material request (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the work order number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the maintenance requests that are associated with the work order whose number is similar to the number entered here. Leave this field blank to retrieve all the maintenance requests irrespective of the work order.
Work Center #	Use the drop-down list box to select the work center, for which the maintenance request you wish to modify, is raised. The system lists all the “active” work centers defined in the “Create Work Center” activity of the “Work Center” business component for the login user in the login organization unit. The system retrieves all the maintenance requests raised in the work center specified here.
Warehouse #	Use the drop-down list box to select the warehouse from where the parts can be collected. The system lists all the “active” warehouses defined in the “Create Warehouse Information” activity of the “Storage Administration” business component. The system retrieves material requests associated to the warehouse. Leave this field blank if you wish to retrieve the material request details irrespective of the warehouse.
MR Category	Use the drop-down list box to specify the category to which the material request belongs. The system lists all the “active” quick codes of type “MR Category” as defined in the “Create Quick Codes” activity of the “Material Request” business component. The system retrieves all the material requests, which are of the category specified here. Leave this field blank to retrieve the material request irrespective of the category.
Part #	The number that identifies the part (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the part number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the material requests associated with the part number specified here. Leave this field blank, to search for all the material requests irrespective of the part number.
Part type	Use the drop-down list box to select the type of the part for which the material request is prepared. The system lists the following options: “Component”, “Expendable”, “Tool”, “Consumable”, “Raw Material”, “Miscellaneous” and “Kit”.
Customer #	The number identifying the customer, who owns the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 18). You can enter the customer number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the material requests with the customer number specified here.
Customer Name	The name of the customer owning the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the customer name in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the material requests with the customer name specified here.

Note: Note: Leave all the fields blank to search for all the material requests.

Click the “Search “pushbutton to search for the material requests.

The system displays the following fields in the “Search Results” multiline:

Material Request #	The material request retrieved by the system.
MR Type	The type of the MR, which could be either “Planned” or “Unplanned”.
MR Priority	The priority of the MR, which could be either “Normal” or “AOG”.
Need Date	The date on which the parts will be consumed or required.
Warehouse #	The warehouse from where the parts can be collected.
Work Center #	The work center to which the material is issued.
User Status	The user-defined status of the MR.
MR Category	The category to which the MR belongs.
Visit Package #	The number that identifies the visit package.
Customer #	The number identifying the customer, who owns the aircraft.
Customer Name	The name of the customer owning the aircraft.

Note: The "Customer #" and "Customer Name" fields are applicable only when the aircraft is not self-owned and the customer details are recorded in the system.

Click the hyperlinked material request number, to view the details.