Utilization Status

The Utilization Status visual displays the current utilization status of the equipment asset that is associated with the chart.

The following properties are available for this visual:

• Asset - Sets the piece of equipment to display. You can search for assets by name, by filter, or both.

  • To search by asset name, enter a value in the Asset field.

  • To apply filters, select the Asset field, then select to view and select filters. Select to accept your selected filters and return to the previous search panel.

  • Select an asset from the search results to add it.

• Use shared entity - This property is available if this visual is added to a dashboard. If this is enabled, the source is set to the shared entity used by the dashboard. For details, see Configure a dashboard to allow shared entity selection.

Users who have permission to create utilization events can add an event.

Add a utilization event

1. Select the Add icon.

   

   The Add Event dialog appears.

   

2. Do one of the following:

   Select a reason.

   For more information about navigating reason groups and selecting a reason, see Reason groups and reasons.

   After selecting a reason, its associated equipment state is automatically assigned.

   If no reasons have been defined in the system, select an equipment state.

   Later, when the reason is known, the event can be changed to map to the reason. See Edit a utilization event.

   If a Downtime event has no reason assigned to it, the count and duration KPIs will not include the event. However, the time summary will include it.

3. (Optional) Type a comment.

   Entries can include alphanumeric and special characters. Entries are limited to two lines or 130 characters.

4. Select Add.

   The utilization status on the chart is updated.