Selecting discrepancies or maintenance reports to identify resolution procedure

This page allows you to specify the search criteria to retrieve discrepancies or maintenance reports for which resolution procedures have to be identified. You can enter the discrepancy number, maintenance report number, aircraft registration number, ATA number and part number to search for the discrepancy or maintenance report. Information retrieved includes details such as the part number, part serial number, discrepancy type, discrepancy category, aircraft model number and component number.

Select the “Identify Resolution Procedure” link under the “Discrepancy Processing” business component.

The “Select Discrepancies / Maintenance Reports” page appears.

To search for a discrepancy/maintenance report

Enter the following in the “Search Criteria” group box to search for a discrepancy or maintenance report. 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.

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 the discrepancies, irrespective of its applicability.
Discrepancy #	The number identifying the discrepancy for which you wish to identify a resolution procedure (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.
Maint. Report #	The number identifying the maintenance report for which you wish to identify a resolution procedure (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the maintenance reports similar to the value entered here, and which are in “Fresh” or “Pending” status.
Aircraft Reg #	The registration number of the aircraft for which you wish to identify a resolution procedure (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 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	The textual description of the discrepancy (Alphanumeric, 255). You can enter the description in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the discrepancies with description similar to the value entered here.
Record Status	Use the drop-down list box to select the record status of the discrepancy or maintenance report. The system lists the options “Pending”, “Pending Deferral”, Deferred”, “Transferred”, “No Fault”, “Planned”, “Closed” and “Retired”. Leave this field blank to retrieve all the discrepancies, irrespective of the record status.
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 reporting. 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 source document number 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 discrepancies reported in the source document entered 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 discrepancies 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 discrepancies reported for the part serial number entered here.
Component #	The number identifying the component for which a discrepancy has been reported (Alphanumeric, 90). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all discrepancies reported for the component number entered here.

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

Note: The system retrieves all the discrepancies and maintenance reports created in all the organization units, based on the option selected for the parameter (HHMM or Decimal Format) in the Aircraft business component while parameter creation. The system retrieves maintenance reports and discrepancies that have the processing status as “None”

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

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 Type	The type of document that has been retrieved, which can be “Maintenance report” or “Discrepancy”.
Document #	The number identifying the discrepancy or maintenance report that has been retrieved.
Description	The textual description of the document.
Discrepancy Type	The type of discrepancy, which can be “PIREP” or “MIREP”. PIREP – refers to those discrepancies that have been reported by the pilot in the journey log of the “Flight Log” business component. MIREP - refers to those discrepancies that have been reported by the mechanic in the work orders or technical log.
Discrepancy Category	The user-defined category that has been defined for the discrepancy.
Record Status	The status of the discrepancy or maintenance report, which can be “Pending”, “Pending Deferral”, Deferred”, “Transferred”, “No Fault”, “Planned”, “Closed” or “Retired”.
Tracking Status	The user-defined tracking status defined for the discrepancy.
ATA #	The ATA chapter on which 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 source document type 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.
File Name	The name of the file corresponding to 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.

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to select a discrepancy or maintenance report for which resolution procedures have to be identified.

To proceed, carry out the following:

Select the “Identify Resolution Procedure” link at the bottom of the page to record the resolution procedure for the selected discrepancy.

Refer to the topic “Identifying resolution procedure for the selected discrepancies or maintenance report – An overview” for more details.

Select the “Create Adv. Search ID” link at the bottom of the page to set the advanced search criteria.