Work reporting hub

Work Reporting hub

Page Overview

Select the “Work Reporting Hub” activity under the “Aircraft Execution Hub” business component.

The “Work Reporting Hub” page appears.

To create packages

Select the following radio button:

I want to Create

Select this radio button if you wish to create a new package.

Use the alongside drop-down list box to select the package type of the new package.

In the input box provided next, use the Help facility to select the aircraft on which the new package must be executed.

Help facility available

Click the “Go” pushbutton to launch the page.

The Status bar displays the details of the package including Status, Package Type, and Aircraft Reg. # after the creation of the package.

Select Complete from the button drop-down to change the status of the package to Completed. This action is recommended when all the tasks in the packages have been cancelled or if the package is left with no tasks. As a result, the status of the package changes to Complete from Planned.

Note: Process Parameter dependency: The button drop-down displays Complete in addition to Cancel if the process parameter “Allow completion of Planned Packages having no planned jobs?" is set as "1" for 'Yes' under the entity type Package Type and the entity All user defined package types including Log Card in the Define Process Entities activity of Common Master. The Package Status drop-down list box displays options based on the current status of the package as illustrated in the table next:

Current Package Status

Package Status options available

Planned

§ Cancel and Complete, if the process parameter “Automatically change the Package status to ‘Completed’ if all the Tasks & Discrepancies under the Package are in Completed or Terminating status?” is set as 1 for Yes

In-Progress

§ Complete, if the process parameter “Automatically change the Package status to ‘Completed’ if all the Tasks & Discrepancies under the Package are in Completed or Terminating status?” is set as 1 for Yes

§ Close, if the package is in the Completed status with no pending returns of parts

Process Parameter dependency: The system automatically sets the status of the package as ‘Completed’ based on the definition of the process parameter "Automatically change the Package status to ‘Completed’ if all the Tasks & Discrepancies under the Package are in Completed or Terminating status?" under the entity type package Type and the entity All User Defined Package Types including Log Card in the Define Process Entities activity of Common Master. The table next illustrates the functionality of the process parameter.

Process Parameter: Automatically change the Package status to ‘Completed’ if all the Tasks & Discrepancies under the Package are in Completed or Terminating status?
Process Parameter Value	Impact on the package status
1 for Yes	The status of the package automatically changes to Completed, if all the tasks within the package reach the terminating status (Closed, Completed, Cancelled, Deferred, Duplicated, In-Complete, Pre-Closed or Routed for Repair)
0 for No	The status of the package becomes Completed only when the users manually change the status to Complete by clicking on the Complete button.

Click the "Due Items" link to open the Due Items popup to view / select due items for the aircraft.
Click the "Quick Links" link to view / use links for additional / related activities.
Create Engg. Service Req.
Report Fuel / Oil Log
Upload Documents
Edit References
View Aircraft Maintenance Log
View Associated Doc. Attachments
View Engg. Advice Note
Time Tracking
Work Monitoring & Control
Update Fuel / Oil Log

Click the Maint. Events link to add / remove / complete maintenance events in the package.
Enter the following details for the package:

Work Center #	Use the drop-down list box to select the work center in which the package is planned to be executed. The drop-down list box displays the Active and Valid work centers as defined in the Work Center business component. Process parameter dependency: The work center for the package is not mandatory, if the process parameter “Allow Creation of Package in the Work Reporting Hub without a Work Center?” defined under the entity type Package Type and the entity Log Card and All User-Defined Package Types is set as 1 in the Define Process Entities activity of Common Master.
Log Ref. #	The Log Reference # associated with the package.
Planned Start / End	The planned start and end dates for the execution of the package.
Category	Use the drop-down list box to select the user-defined category for the package. The drop-down list box displays the Active values defined for the quick code type “Execution Ref # Category” in the “Create Quick Codes” activity of the “Flight Log” business component.
Priority	Use the drop-down list box to select the user-defined priority for the execution of the package. The drop-down list box displays the ‘Active’ priority descriptions defined in the “Define Process Entities” activity of the “Common Masters” business component.
Description	The description for the package.

Enter the following in the “Incoming Flight Info” group box:

Journey Log #	The journey log associated with the incoming flight.
Starting Station	The station from which the incoming flight originated.
Flight # / Leg #	The flight # and leg # for which the journey log was created.

Select the Task tab to add tasks to new package.
Select the Discrepancy tab to add discrepancies to new package.
Click the "Create Package" pushbutton to save the recorded details.

Work Center – Aircraft Model Effectivity for creating packages

You can create / release a package only if the Aircraft Model #- Maint. Operator # combination for the aircraft is effective for the work center as defined in the “Edit Work Center Certification Effectivity” page of the “Identify Exe. Unit Work Centers” activity in the Work Center component:

If the process parameter “Validate Work Center - Aircraft effectivity during Package creation?” is set as "1" for "Yes" under the entity type Package Type and entity User defined package types including ‘Log Card’ in the “Define Process Entities” activity of Common Master.

To work with tasks in existing packages

Select the following radio button:

I Want to Work On

Select this radio button if you wish to use an existing package number.

Use the drop-down list box and select the option based on which you wish to work on. The system lists the following option:

Aircraft Maint. Exe. #

In the editable box provided alongside, enter a value corresponding to the item selected. The system retrieves all the details pertaining to the value entered here.

Default field display based on process parameter

Depending on the value of the process parameter “Default last worked Exe. Doc. for the login user in Work Reporting Hub?” under the entity type 'Package Type' and entity '--All Packages—“ in the Define Process Entities activity of Common Master, the field displays the AME Ref. # that you last worked with on your previous visit to the hub. Read the below table for details.

Default last worked Exe. Doc. for the login user in Work Reporting Hub?: value	I Want to Work On input field displays:
No	Blank
1	The AME Ref. # you last worked with on your previous visit to the hub, if the current status of the document is “In-Progress”
2	The AME Ref. # you last worked with on your previous visit to the hub, if the current status of the document is “In-Progress” or “Completed”.

Help facility available

Click the “Go” pushbutton to open the package which you wish to work on.

The users can retrieve work packages in the Fresh, In-Progress, Completed or Closed status. However, the "Assign Work Centre and Release Package" popup appears, if the package holds the Fresh or Draft status. More details ...

Click the icon to open the Edit Package Additional Information page to modify / update details of the selected package.

Note: The Search mode of the Work Reporting Hub page appears by default upon selection of a package on the basis of the definition of the process parameter “Show Search Mode by default on launch of the Work Reporting Hub?" under the entity type Entity Type 'Package Type' and the entity 'Log Card' and ‘All User-Defined Package Types’ in the Define Process Entities activity of Common Master.

Process Parameter value	Impact upon selection of a package and click of the Go pushbutton
2	The Search mode appears at all times
1	The Search mode appears only if currently no clock is running for any of the tasks/discrepancies in the package.

Reporting Date & Time

The date on and time at which the discrepancy against the task / discrepancy was reported by the mechanic.

Click the icon to refresh the FH / FC values based on the reporting date and time.

The system displays the following fields:

FH	The flying hours of the aircraft as on the reporting date.
FC	The flying cycles of the aircraft as on the reporting date.

The system displays the following fields in the Context Section for the selected package :

Package #	The status of the package.
Package Type	The type of package.
Aircraft Reg. #	The aircraft registration number identified for the Execution Ref #.
Customer Name	The name of the customer who owns the aircraft, displays only if the aircraft is customer owned.
Work Center #	The primary work center of the Execution Ref #.
Package status	A dynamic field which indicates the possible status of the package

Click the Due Items icon to launch the Due Items popup.

Note: The Due Items link is colour coded. For example, if there is at least one item in the Due List that is overdue, the Due Items link icon will be in ‘Red’ colour. If there is no overdue items but there is at least one alert item, the Due Items link icon will be in ‘Orange’ colour. However, if there is no Overdue or Alert items, the Due Items link icon will be in ‘Grey’ colour.

Click the Quick Links icon to view all the possible links launched from the Work Reporting Hub at Package Level.
Click the Main. Events icon to launch Manage Events popup.
Click the Print icon to print the whole package based on the tasks and discrepancies selected.

Process parameter dependency card display: The process parameter "Document Info cards display order in the Work Reporting Hub?" determines the display order of the third to the eleventh cards in the Work Reporting Hub page. The users can set/change the display order of the third to the eleventh cards based on the process parameter "Document Info cards display order in the Work Reporting Hub?" defined under the entity type Package Type and the entity in the Define Process Entities activity of Common Master. Each number (3 -11) represents a specific card that can be used to set the display order of the cards. The users can specify the permitted numbers (3-11) in the sequence in which the cards must be displayed in the Work Reporting Hub. The cards and their identity numbers are listed below:

· 3-Customer

· 4-Object

· 5-ImpDates

· 6-Reference

· 7-Material

· 8-Flight

· 9-Cost

· 10-Parameter

· 11-Description

For example, you can set the card display order as 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 4, 8, 5 in the Value field for the process parameter in the Set Process Parameters page. Note: The first two cards Package Dates and Work Progress are displayed in the system-defined order of 1 and 2 regardless of the other cards.

The system displays the following cards with details in the “Document Info” section:

Customer Info	Details of Customer Order, contract and customer. · Cust. Order # · Contract # · Cust. Name · Prom Del. Date
Package Dates	Indicates dates at package level for the following: · Planned Start Date · Actual Start Date · Planned End Date · Actual End Date Note that delay information in case of discrepancy between the Planned and Actual Dates is displayed in the right side bottom of the card Click on the icon to open the “Edit Package Additional Information” page and modify details of the package in context.
Work Progress	Indicates the Open/Total counts of all the Tasks and Discrepancies in the current Package and lists Total Estimated Man Hours and Actual Man Hours. Note that It will also show a percentage count in the bottom right of the card which is just a sum of Tasks/Discrepancies completed to the Total Tasks/Discrepancies.
Object Info	Details of the maintenance object (aircraft ) and the maintenance details including: · A/C Model · A/C MSN · Last JL Log # · Next Due in Click Due Items to know about the forthcoming tasks on the aircraft. Click Overdue Item (s) to know about the tasks that have not been executed on the scheduled date and hence have become overdue. The counter on the left shows the count of overdue tasks for which scheduled date.
Reference Info	Indicates reference information pertaining to the package as follows: Log Ref. # Station Exe. Category CAPEX Proposal # Note that the system displays the priority of the package in the bottom right of the card.
Material Info (Pending / Total)	Indicates material information as follows: Material Requests Issued Component Replacements Returns Note that the system displays a warning if requested parts are not available in the bottom right of the card. Click the Parts Hub link to open the Parts Hub page to manage part requests.
Flight Info	Indicates flight information as follows: Journey Log # Flight # Leg # Starting Station Arrival Date Note that the system displays this card only if a Journey Log # exists against the Package. Also this card displays the delay information the Actual Arrival Date is later than Scheduled Arrival Date in the bottom right of the card. Click on the icon to open the “Edit Package Additional Information” page and modify details of the package I n context. Click the "Create JL" link to record new journey log for the aircraft.
Cost Info (Est/Act) in CAD	Indicates the Estimated/Actual Costs of Labour, Material, Facility and Additional. This card displays the total Estimated/Actual Costs in the bottom right.
Parameter Info	Indicates the last four updated parameters of the aircraft. Note that the system displays the last updated date and time in the bottom right of the card.
Important Dates	Indicates important dates associated with the package as follows: Hangar-In Date Hangar-Out Date Proj. Completion Date This card displays a countdown to the Proj. Completion Date in the bottom right of the card
Description	The purpose of the package, such as A-Check, General Inspection or Heavy Check. Click on the icon to open the “Edit Package Additional Information” page and modify details of the package in context. If the package has one or more documents uploaded, the text "Attachment (s) Available" appears. This text is a hyperlink on click of which the "Delete/View Associated Doc. Attachments" activity from Object Attachments appears.

Toggle Views Filter

Click the “Toggle Views” tab to view the tree filter.

Filter

Click the icon to apply filter for the selected task/ discrepancy - tree.

Tree

The tree shows all the tasks and discrepancies in the current package.

Color code for task items:

Color Code	Status Indicated
Red	On Hold
Black	Planned
Orange	In-Progress
Green	Completed/Closed/Incomplete/Pre-closed.
Grey	Cancelled / Duplicate

Color code for discrepancy items:

Color Code	Status Indicated
Red	On Hold
Black	Under Resolution with no work recorded.
Orange	Under Resolution with work already recorded.
Green	Closed/Deferred/Transferred.
Grey	Cancelled

The nodes in the tree display the below-mentioned information on the selected package:

1) Tasks

Displays all the Tasks in the current Package that do not fall under an Engineering Order or a Maintenance Event. See Tree Display

2) Discrepancies
Displays all the Discrepancies that are in the current Package. See Tree Display

3) Engineering Orders

Displays all the Tasks in the current Package that are from an Engineering Order with the Engineering Order # as the parent folder.

4) Maintenance Events.

Displays all the Tasks in the current Package that are from a Maintenance Event with the Maintenance Event # as the parent folder.

Tree behavior: The task / discrepancy grouping in the tree changes automatically whenever you add a task / discrepancy to the package, change the status of the tasks / discrepancies manually or select an action on tasks / discrepancies and then save the details. Normally, the tree collapses on the closure of any of the tabs/pop ups or on save of details in the multilines in the Work Reporting Hub activity.

Process parameter dependency: However, you can ensure that the tree remains open and at the same time gets refreshed to reflect the latest user action in the Work Reporting Hub activity by defining a suitable value for the process parameter "Tree refresh on popup closure and multiline save in the Work Reporting Hub?" defined under the entity type Package Type and the entity All Package Types in the Define Process Entities activity of Common Master. The table below elaborates on the working of the process parameter. However, the user actions must have resulted in changes to the grouping of task / discrepancies in the tree for the refresh to happen.

Process Parameter	Value	Impact
Tree refresh on popup closure and multiline save in the Work Reporting Hub?	0 / Manual	The tree collapses on closure of pop ups or when you save the data in multilines.
	1 / Auto	The tree remains open regardless or any pop up closure or multiline saves. You can see the tree getting regrouped based on the addition / removal of tasks / discrepancies or status change of tasks / discrepancies.

Select the Task tab to report work on task.
Select the Discrepancy tab to report work on discrepancy.

Data Views in the tabs

Select any of the following radio buttons:

Simple

Select this radio button to view/record vital details of the tasks/discrepancies.

Detail

Select this radio button to view/record entire details of the tasks/discrepancies.

The Detail view can be made the default view for both the Task and Discrepancy tabs on launch of Work Reporting Hub based on the process parameters defined under the entity type Package Type and the entity All user defined package types including 'Log Card' in the Define Process Entities activity of Common Master.

Process Parameter	Value	Impact
Default View for Task/Discrepancy tabs on launch of Work Reporting Hub?	0 / Simple	The Task / Discrepancy tabs appear in the Simple view on launch
	1 / Detail	The Task / Discrepancy tabs appear in the Detail view on launch

In-Direct Time booking against work other than tasks

Employees can book time spent on activities, such as meetings, training sessions, team outing or technical records evaluation through indirect booking.

Enter the following in the In-Direct Time Booking group box.

In-Direct Category	Use the drop-down list box to select the category under which you want to report time. The drop-down list box displays the Active and valid quick codes defined under the quick code type Indirect Categories in the Manage Quick Codes activity under the business component Time Management Master.
Attendance Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the attendance type for time booking. The drop-down list box displays the Active and valid quick codes defined under the quick code type Attendance Type in the Manage Quick Codes activity under the business component Time Management Master.
Start Date & Time	The date and time of start of the activity. Note: You must not enter date & time that is later than the current UTC or station date/time here.
End Date & Time	The date and time of conclusion of the activity Note: You must not enter date & time that is later than the current UTC or station date/time here. Further, the end date & time must be later than the start date & time.
Comments	Additional information on the activity.

Click the "Start Clock" pushbutton to begin in-direct time booking for the activity.
Click the "Stop Clock" pushbutton to halt in-direct time booking for the activity.
Click the "Reset" pushbutton to re-start in-direct time booking for the activity.

The system resets the start date & time to the current UTC /station date & time.

Page Overview

You can create a new package for an aircraft or modify or process an existing package for an aircraft in the Work Reporting Hub screen. Creation of a package involves selecting a package type for a specific aircraft and then adding tasks / discrepancies to the package. For an existing package, you can accomplish the following:

Modify package information
Report and manage discrepancies against tasks
Complete, Cancel, Close and Pre-close tasks
Hold and Release tasks
Perform critical actions on tasks (record execution and sign off details and comments)
Report and manage discrepancies against discrepancies
Hold and Release discrepancies
Close, Defer, Part Change – Close and Cancel discrepancies
Perform critical actions on discrepancies (record execution and sign off details and comments)
Book Time against tasks / discrepancies
Book Time against non-task based activities
View and Sign off sub tasks

However, the look and feel of the Work Reporting Hub screen varies depending on the option you choose. If you opt to create a package, the screen appears in the Create mode allowing you to add tasks and discrepancies to the new package. However, when you opt for the Work on mode, the users can perform the above-listed jobs.