Selecting deferment request for processing

This page allows you to search and select the deferment request for processing. Tell me more.

Select the “Approve Deferrals” link under the “Component Maintenance Planning” business component.

The “Select Deferment Request” page appears.

Enter the following fields in the “Search Criteria” group box to search for the deferment requests.

Deferment Request #	The number identifying the deferment request (Alphanumeric, 18) You can enter the deferment number in full, or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the deferment requests with numbers similar to the value specified here. Leave this field blank to retrieve all the deferment requests, which are in the “Confirmed” status.
Job Type	Use the drop-down list box to specify the job type of the work unit. The system provides the options: “On-Wing” and ”Off-Wing". The system retrieves all the deferment requests in which the job type is similar to the value specified here and the job types, which are in "Confirmed" status. Leave this field blank to search for all the deferment requests, irrespective of the type of job. The system leaves this field blank by default.
Source Document Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the source document type deferment request. The system lists the following options: Work Scope – Select this option to indicate that the deferment request is raised by the work scope. Comp Work Order – Select this option to indicate that the deferment request is raised by the component work order. Visit Package – Select this option to indicate that the deferment request is raised by the visit package. Hangar Work Order – Select this option to indicate that the deferment request is raised by the hangar work order. The system retrieves the deferment requests raised by the source document type specified here.
Source Document #	The number identifying the source document (Alphanumeric, 40). The system retrieves the deferment requests raised by the source document number specified here.
Visit Package Execution Unit	Use the drop-down list box to specify the visit package execution unit with which the deferment request is associated. The system lists all the organizational units in which the visit packages are created. The system retrieves all the deferment requests that are associated with the execution unit specified here. Leave this field blank to search for the deferment requests, irrespective of the execution unit.
Work Scope Execution Unit	Use the drop-down list box to specify the work scope execution unit with which the deferment request is associated. The system lists all the organizational units in which the work scopes are created. The system retrieves all the deferment requests that are associated with the execution unit specified here. Leave this field blank to search for the deferment requests, irrespective of the execution unit.
Aircraft Reg #	The registration number of the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 30) You can enter the aircraft registration number in full, or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the deferment requests associated with the aircraft specified here and which are in "Confirmed" status. Leave this field blank to search for the deferment requests, irrespective of the aircraft.
Component #	The component number associated with the deferment request (Alphanumeric, 90) You can enter the component number in full, or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the deferment requests associated with the component specified here and which are in "Confirmed" status. Leave this field blank to search for all the deferment requests, irrespective of the component number.
Primary Work Center #	Use the drop-down list box to specify the place of creation and maintenance execution with which the deferment request is associated. The system retrieves all the deferment requests, which are raised in the work center specified here and which are in "Confirmed" status. Leave this field blank to retrieve all the deferment requests, irrespective of the primary work centers.
Requestor	The code of the employee who raised the deferment request (Alphanumeric, 90) You can enter the employee ID in full, or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the deferment requests created by the requestor specified here. Leave this field blank to search for all the deferment requests, irrespective of the requestor code.

Note: The deferment requests with the job type “Component Removal” must not be fetched.

Leave all the fields in the “Search Criteria” group box blank to retrieve all the deferment requests in the “Confirmed” status.

Click the “Search” pushbutton to search for the deferment requests in the “Confirmed” status, based on the search criteria.

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

Requesting Org Unit	The organization unit in which the deferment request was raised
Deferment request#	The number identifying the deferment request retrieved by the system
Source Document Type	The type of the source document against which the deferment request is generated
Source Document #	The number identifying the source document against which the deferment request is generated
Aircraft Reg #	The number identifying the aircraft that is associated with the deferment request
Component #	The number identifying the component, which is associated with the deferment request
Job Type	The job type of the work unit, which could be “Aircraft”, “On-Wing” or “Component Removal”
Work Center #	The work center in which the deferment request was raised

Enter the following:

Select All

Check this box if you wish to select all the deferment requests listed in the multiline.

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to select the deferment requests for approval or rejection.

Approving deferment requests

Ensure the following before approving the deferment request:

There is no material request (all status except Canceled, Preclosed and Closed) against any of the work units in the deferment request selected for approval.
No material is issued against any of the work units for which deferment request has been raised..

No resource or employee is reported against the given component work order / hangar work order that raised the deferment request.

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Click the “Approve” pushbutton to approve the selected deferment requests.

The system carries out the following:

For a constituent deferred work unit or unplanned deferred work unit, the system checks whether there exists any work unit with “Source” as “Deferred” and “Ref. Document Type” as “Deferment Request” for the aircraft and performs the following tasks:
If “Deferment Request Authorisation for Aircraft Workunits” is set as “Not Required” in the “Set Options” activity, the system will move the deferred work units to the pending tray.on confirmation of the deferment request.
If already deferred work units are being deferred, the previous instance of the work unit will be deleted from the pending tray.
Changes the status of the deferment request to “Processed” and the transient status of the work units of the particular deferment request to “Deferred”.
Updates the work unit transient status in the respective source business components. The job status of the deferred work units is set as “Pending” and the work unit is stored in the respective source that is the aircraft or component deferred task list.
Updates the status of the work order or material request to “Canceled” if all the work units get deferred.

The system updates the following in the component maintenance programs that are in “Fresh” and “Authorized” status:

Next schedule date – If the limit type in the deferment request is “Time Based”.
Next schedule value – If the limit type in the deferment request is “Usage Based”.
Next schedule date and Next schedule value – If the limit type in the deferment request is “Time and Usage Based”.

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Rejecting deferment requests

Click the “Reject” pushbutton to reject the selected deferment requests.

The system changes the status of the deferment request to “Rejected”. The transient status of the work unit in the deferment request is changed to “Null”. The system also updates the transient status of the task under the work order as “Null”.

Selecting deferment request for processing – An overview

This page allows you to search and select the deferment request for processing. You can carry out a search based on the search criteria, such as the deferment request number, the job type of the work unit, the source document type, the source document number, the aircraft and the component execution units, the aircraft registration number, the component number, the work center number and the requestor who created the deferment request. The system retrieves the deferment requests, which are in the “Confirmed” status, based on the search criteria.

Note: The option “Deferment Request Authorization for Component Work Units” must be set as “Component Planner” or “Not Required” in the “Compliance Tracking & Control” business component.

This page also helps you approve or reject the deferment requests. You can select the deferment requests in bulk and carry out the approval or rejection.

What you can do in this page

Approve or reject deferment requests in bulk

You can approve or reject deferment requests, which are in the “Confirmed” status.

Provide filter criteria to search for the deferment requests to be approved or rejected.

Click the “Search” pushbutton.

The search results are displayed in the multiline.

Check the “Select All” box to select all the deferment requests in the multiline.

Click the “Approve” pushbutton, to approve all requests for deferral of work units

Click the “Reject” pushbutton, to reject all requests for deferral of work units.