Triggering cycles Each time the standard job or PM route is automatically triggered, you can have APM include either all of the standard tasks or only some of the tasks on the new work order. For example, you might want tasks A and C to be triggered every week, and task B every four weeks. You can control which standard tasks are included on a work order using triggering cycles. To use triggering cycles, click Only trigger a subset of tasks based on the cycles below. Note: Triggering cycles that do not contain any tasks will be skipped. See Also Number of Cycles The number of triggering cycles that this job has. When a standard job is triggered to create a work order, this is considered to be one triggering cycle. To calculate the total number of cycles that should be added to a standard job, take the longest period of time between triggerings for any task and divide it by the shortest period of time between triggerings for any task. For example, the standard job has three standard tasks: • Task A is done every 2 weeks • Task B is done every 4 weeks • Task C is done every 52 weeks To calculate the total number of cycles: 52 / 2 = 26 cycles. See Also Next Cycle The name of the triggering cycle that will be used the next time this standard job is triggered. The triggering cycle determines which tasks will be added to the work order that is created at the time the job is triggered. You may change the next triggering cycle using the Change Next Cycle button. See Also Estimated Duration of the Cycle An estimate of how long it will take to complete the tasks that will be created when the next cycle is triggered. APM calculates this information based on the estimated duration of each standard task that is included in the next triggering cycle. See Also
