Creating Site Status Codes

The site status represents the operational state of the site (indicated by the “in operation” or “not in operation” settings). For example, you might create a Data Entry status to indicate that the site is currently being set up and is not yet ready to be used.

Although site statuses are defined using the Asset Status dialog, they are specific to sites and cannot be used for assets. Entering site statuses is optional. If you enter a site status, this status will be visible in your physical asset hierarchy. Changing the status of a site does not affect the status of the site’s assets. A change in site status might affect the triggering of work orders from some standard tasks (if the site status setting is used on the task).

To Set up Site Status Codes

1.	From the Site window, select the Assets view, Settings tab. Select the Assets tab and the Asset management settings node in the tree.

Tip: You can also select the Administration menu, Asset Management Settings, and then Asset Management. The Asset Management Settings dialog appears.

2.	Select the Asset Statuses tab. When viewed in the Settings tab, the tree view and the Statuses tab show the existing asset statuses.

3.	Click New. The Asset Status dialog appears.

4.	Enter these settings:

Setting Name

Description

Status name

You can enter up to 50 characters to describe the asset or site status.

Sorting sequence

The sequence of this asset status. This number will be used to sort by asset status in tables.

Icon	To change the icon for this status code, click Change Icon, select the graphic, and click OK.

For use with

Select the Sites only option.

Operational status

Select whether or not the asset or site is in operation or not when it has this status: • In service: the asset or site is currently being used. • Out of service: the asset or site is not currently in use. For example, an asset might out of service when it has failed, or a site might not be in operation when it is still being defined (data entry status). If you select this option, you can also select The asset is available for use (typically used for components and locations).

5.

Click OK.

6.	Repeat steps 3 to 5 for all of the site status codes that you need to enter.