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Creating Multiple Indicators

When creating indicators from scratch or from a template, you can create two or more at the same time. The Create Multiple Indicators window allows you to quickly add indicators that are numbered sequentially and with the name and prefix you supply, but are otherwise identical. If needed, you can then open the indicators individually to adjust their properties.

You can use the Create Multiple Indicators window from the site’s or asset’s Inspection Management view or from a maintenance action plan in a strategy development analysis. This topic explains how to create multiple indicators from the Asset window’s Inspection Management view.

To Create Multiple Indicators

1.	Open the asset that needs the indicators. Select the Inspection Management view, Indicators tab.

2.	Click New. The Create New Indicator dialog appears.

3.	Select From scratch or From template and browse for a template.

4.	Click Create Multiple. The Create Multiple Indicators window appears. For example:

If you are creating indicators based on a template, the indicator type, unit of measure, and collection method are supplied by the template.

5.	Enter your preferences:

Setting Name

Description

Number to create

Specify the number of items to create.

Name	Specify the name to be given to the items.

Insert at

Select whether the item number is inserted at the beginning or end of the name.

Prefix with

Enter a value to add to the beginning of each number.

Note: If the assigned number already exists, “(2)” is added to the number.

Start at

Specify the number for the first new item. The second item’s number is the starting number plus the increment amount, and so on.

Increment by

Enter a value by which to increment the number on each subsequent item.

6.	If you are creating the indicators from scratch rather than a template:

•	If appropriate, change the asset by clicking the browse icon.

•	Select the indicator type

•	Select the collection method.

7.	Click OK. The indicators are created and added to the table.