Edit a utilization event

You can select a different utilization reason or equipment state for an event, or change its comment.

If the event being edited is within 3 hours of the current time, the equipment's hourly KPI tag data for the last 3 hours will be updated. Equipment efficiency tag data is updated at the top of every hour.

To edit a utilization event

1. Select the equipment whose event reason or comment you want to edit.

2. In the event timeline chart, select the event block and then select .

   

   Note: To close the event block menu without selecting one of the menu commands, select the event block again.

   

3. 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.

   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.

4. To change the comment, type or edit the comment.

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

5. Select Apply.