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Adding Task Templates to a Job Template

Job templates are reusable plans that can be used for more than one asset. For example, you might create a job template for the scheduled maintenance for a particular make and model of truck. If the same standard tasks are performed at the same intervals for each of the trucks, using a job template simplifies the creation of the individual standard jobs.

A job template is a means of grouping indicator and task templates so that you do not have to create indicators and standard tasks on each asset. You can use job templates to set up a reliability program framework for use with a number of assets. Job templates are not asset-specific; they are used with a number of different assets. Therefore, only task templates can be referenced by the job template. Asset-specific standard tasks cannot be referenced by a job template. Similarly, only asset-specific standard tasks can be referenced by a standard job.

The job template contains much of the same information that is defined on the standard job, including a list of tasks and the triggering cycles for the tasks. However, triggering rule clauses can refer to specific asset indicators and, therefore, cannot be included on job templates. Once you create a standard job from the template, you can add the triggering rules.

When you create a standard job from a job template, APM tries to map each of the listed task templates to a standard task on the controlling asset or the asset’s children. If APM cannot find a matching standard task on the asset or on any of its children, APM creates a new standard task on the controlling asset.

This section explains how to add task templates to an existing job template.

To Add Existing Task Templates to a Job Template

1.	Open the job template.

2.	Make sure that editing is enabled.

3.	Select the Tasks tab. This tab displays the task templates that are currently on the job template.

4.	Click Browse. The Get Task Templates dialog appears. This dialog shows a list of available task templates.

5.	Select the task templates and click OK. The selected task templates now appear in the list on the Tasks tab.

6.	Save and close the job template.