Manage Offline Operations – A summary of the activity

This activity allows you to initiate offline field operations in the selected offline area and terminate the field operations, based on whether the assignment type of the offline area is “Aircraft” or “Work Center”. This page can be used from main base or field base. You need to evaluate the offline area for predefined option settings and data conditions in order to initiate the offline field operations. On successful evaluation, you can view the list of pending transactions available in “Open” status for the aircraft or the work center. Field operations can be initiated only after addressing the impacted transactions.

You can also terminate the field operations if required. The Operational status is changed as “Terminated” indicating that the offline area is non-functional. On successful initiation / termination of Offline operations, data package is created and is stored in the user-defined path. You can also view the operational history of the offline area.

The “Manage Offline Operations” activity allows you to accomplish the following:

• Evaluate Offline Area  or Aircraft(s) or Workcenter(s) for offline operations.

• Initiate Field Operations.

• Release aircraft(s) / work center(s) to offline base.

• Return aircraft(s) / work center(s) to main base.

• Terminate / Force Terminate Field Operations.

• View impacted transaction list

• View modification statistics

• View operation history

Getting familiar with the pages inside

Prerequisites

Offline parameters must be completely defined in the “Configure Offline Parameters” activity, under the category “Offline Configurator Options” and “Aircraft Maintenance Options”.

What you can do in this activity

Evaluate offline area

Initiate field operations

Release Aircraft(s) or Work Center(s)

Return Aircraft(s) or Work Center(s)

Terminate field operations

Force Terminate field operations

Evaluate offline area

• Use the “Manage Offline Operations” page and specify aircraft(s) and work center(s) details.

• Click “Evaluate” pushbutton to evaluate the offline area.

Initiate field operations

• On successful evaluation in the “Manage Offline Operations” page, go to “Impacted transaction List” page and address the open transactions transaction and ‘Action Required’ validations.

• Click the “Initiate Field Ops” pushbutton in the “Manage Offline Operations” to initiate the offline operations.

Release Aircraft(s) or Work Center(s)

Once Offline Area is operational, user can release additional aircraft and work centers to the Field base from Main base.

• Before releasing additional aircraft and work center(s), the system will validate for Open Transactions and completion of master data set up.

• Once aircraft and work center(s) are released, “Move. Status” will be changed to “Released” and “Operational status” will be retained as “Operational”.

Return Aircraft(s) or Work Center(s)

In an offline Field base, once field operations are complete, the user can return the aircraft and work center to the Main base. Return can be done only from a Field base.

• Before returning aircraft and work centers from the Field base, the system will validate for Open transactions and enables the user to close the same, if any.

• On return of aircraft and work centers, the “Move. Status” will be changed to “Returned” and “Operational status” will be retained as “Operational”.

Terminate field Operations

In the Main base, once all aircraft and work center(s) released to Field have been received back, user can terminate the Field Operation. The termination of field operation can only be done from the Main base.

In the “Terminate Actions” section in the “Manage Offline Operations” page,

• Enter the termination comments.

• Click the “Terminate Field Ops” pushbutton.

Force Terminate field operations

In the “Terminate Actions” section in the “Manage Offline Operations” page,

• Check the “Force Terminate” box.

• Enter the force termination comments.

• Click the “Terminate Field Ops” pushbutton.