How to set up Downtime

1

Prepare for Downtime

Before you add a Downtime reporting point, do the following:

Verify that you have defined your plant hierarchy.

Verify that you have defined cause codes, classifications, and effects.

2

Define Downtime reporting points

You can define the properties of reporting points to specify how AVEVA™ Production Management captures Downtime.

In the plant hierarchy, locate positions to Add Downtime reporting points.

3

Define when to capture Downtime

Reporting points can contain different conditions, including real and downtime capture conditions, that specify when to capture Downtime.

• Add and configure a Downtime capture condition

• Add and configure a virtual capture condition

4

Define what information to capture

You can define fields and their properties to specify what information to capture.

• Add a Downtime custom field

5

Split a Downtime event

You can specify that Downtime is distributed over different time periods. For example, split between Shift A and Shift B.

6

Mask a Downtime event

You can define mask conditions that hide duplicate Downtime when the Downtime is reported by more than one Downtime reporting point.

• When to use Downtime masks

• Add and configure a Downtime mask

7

Set up business rules

You can add rules that define criteria to apply highlighting in the Results Grid of AVEVA™ Production Management.

• Add and configure a business rule

8

Set up Event Table

Downtime Events use information from the SCADA system to provide extra information to the AVEVA™ Production Management system, such as the Cause Location, Effect, and Event of a Downtime occurrence.

• About the Downtime event table