Retiring discrepancies

This page allows you to permanently terminate the discrepancies. In other words, the discrepancy that has been retired will not be available for processing.

Select the “Retire Discrepancies” link under the “Discrepancy Processing” business component.

The “Retire Discrepancies” page appears.

To search for a discrepancy

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

Search ID

Use the drop-down list box to select the search ID. The system retrieves the discrepancies or maintenance reports based on the filter criteria specified for the search ID. Leave this field blank if you wish to enter the search criteria fields.

Select the “Edit” link alongside, to modify the search criteria for the selected search ID.

Note: You can also create a new search ID using the “Create Adv. Search ID” link available at the bottom of the page.

Discrepancy #	The number identifying the discrepancy that must be retired (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the discrepancy numbers similar to the value entered here and which are in “Pending” or “Fresh” status.
Log Item #	The code identifying the log Item which contains the discrepancy details. (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the log items with number similar to the value entered here.
Aircraft Reg #	The registration number of the aircraft for which the reported discrepancies have to be retired (Alphanumeric, 30). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the discrepancies reported for the aircraft with the registration number entered here.
ATA #	The ATA chapter on which discrepancies have been reported (Alphanumeric, 16). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the discrepancies reported for the ATA chapter entered here.
Discrepancy Description	The textual description of the discrepancy that must be retrieved (Alphanumeric, 255). You can enter the description in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all discrepancies with description that match the description entered here.
Processing Status	Use the drop-down list box to select the processing status of the discrepancy. The system lists the options “None”, “Under Analysis” and “Analyzed”. Leave this field blank to retrieve all discrepancies, irrespective of the processing status.
Record Status	Use the drop-down list to select the status of the discrepancy or maintenance report. The system lists the options “Fresh” and “Pending”. The system retrieves all discrepancies / maintenance reports that are in the record status selected here. Leave this field blank to retrieve all discrepancies, irrespective of the record status.
Applicability	Use the drop-down list box to select the applicability of the discrepancy. The system provides the options “Aircraft”, “Engine” and “Component”. Leave this field blank to retrieve all discrepancies, irrespective of the applicability.
Source Document Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the type of source document. The system lists the following options:
	Visit Package – Select this option if you want to retrieve discrepancies reported in Visit Package document of the “Hangar Work Order” business component.
	Hangar Work Order - Select this option if you want to retrieve discrepancies reported in the Hangar Work Order.
	Journey Log - Select this option if you want to retrieve discrepancies reported in the Journey Log of the “Flight Log” business component.
	Technical Log - Select this option if you want to retrieve discrepancies reported in the Technical Log of the “Flight Log” business component.
	Component Work Order - Select this option if you want to retrieve discrepancies reported in the Component Work Order.
	Occurrence Report – Select this option if you want to retrieve discrepancies reported in the occurrence report.
	Repair Order – Select this option if you want to retrieve discrepancies reported in the repair order.
	Leave this field blank to retrieve all discrepancies, irrespective of the source document type.

Note: The source document types will be listed based on the Component Interaction Model. Contact your System Administrator for more details on business component interaction.

Source Document #	The number identifying the source document in which discrepancies have been reported (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the discrepancies reported in the source document specified here.
Part #	The part number of the component for which a discrepancy has been reported (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the discrepancies that have been reported for the part number entered here.
Part Serial #	The serial number of the part for which a discrepancy has been reported (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the discrepancies that have been reported for the part serial number entered here.

Click the “Search” pushbutton to display the search results.

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

Note: The system will retrieve only those discrepancies that have at least one discrepancy reported by the login user in the login organization unit. The system retrieves only those discrepancies, if any, associated with the component in the multiline, based on the option selected for the parameter (HHMM or Decimal Format) in the Aircraft business component while parameter creation.

Applicability	Indicates whether the discrepancy is applicable for “Aircraft”, “Engine” or “Component”.
Aircraft Reg #	The registration number of the aircraft against which discrepancies have been reported.
Part #	The part number of the component for which a discrepancy has been reported.
Part Serial #	The serial number of the part for which a discrepancy has been reported.
Document #	The number identifying the discrepancy or maintenance report that has been retrieved.
Log Item #	The code identifying the log Item which contains the discrepancy details.
Discrepancy Description	The textual description of the document retrieved.
Discrepancy Type	The type of discrepancy, which can be “PIREP” or “MIREP”. “PIREP” indicates that the discrepancy has been reported by the pilot in the journey log; “MIREP” indicates that the discrepancy has been reported by the mechanic in the work order.
Discrepancy Category	The user-defined category that has been defined for the discrepancy.

Note: You can define discrepancy categories in the “Maintain Discrepancy Attributes” activity of the “Common Masters” business component.

Record Status	The status of the discrepancy or maintenance report, which can be “Fresh” or “Pending”.
Processing Status	The processing status of the discrepancy, which can be “None”, “Under Analysis” and “Analyzed”.
Tracking Status	The user-defined tracking status defined for the discrepancy.

Note: You can define tracking statuses in the “Maintain Discrepancy Attributes” activity of the “Common Masters” business component.

ATA #	The ATA chapter on which the discrepancy has been reported.
Fault #	The fault code defined in the “Fault Isolation Manual” business component that is applicable to the discrepancy being reported.
Source Document Type	The type of the source document where the discrepancy was reported. The source document can be “Visit package”, “Hangar Work Order”, “Journey Log”, “Technical Log” or “Component Work Order”.
Source Document #	The number identifying the source document.
Aircraft Model #	The model number of the aircraft against which the discrepancy has been reported.
Component #	The component number against which the discrepancy has been reported.
Part Description	The textual description of the part of the component against which discrepancy has been reported.
File Name	The name of the file corresponding to the source document.

Enter the following field:

Remarks

Any remarks about retiring or terminating the discrepancies (Alphanumeric, 255).

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to mark the discrepancy for termination.
Click the “Retire Discrepancies” pushbutton to retire the selected discrepancy.

Note: This action is workflow-enabled. Notification messages can be sent as per the settings you have defined in the "Workflow Management" business component.

The record status of all the terminated discrepancies is updated to “Retired” and the current date is set as the retired date.

If the discrepancy is applicable for “Aircraft”, the execution status of the work units in the primary program of the aircraft is updated to “Terminated”.

If the discrepancy is applicable for “Component”, the execution status of the work units in the component maintenance program is updated to “Terminated”.

What you can do in this page

Retire discrepancies or maintenance reports

Select the discrepancy or maintenance report from the multiline.
Click the “Retire Discrepancies” pushbutton.