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Changing the Time Planned for a Tradesperson

When you add a work order task to an availability schedule, APM copies the trade requirements that were planned for the task. This includes which tradespeople are planned for the task, the amount of time planned for each tradesperson, and any employee assignments.

You can change these requirements on the task entry for the schedule. For example, if the amount of time planned for a tradesperson is too low or too high, you can change it.

You might also want to change the amount of time entered for a tradesperson if you are only scheduling part of the task now and will schedule the rest of the task on one or more schedules.

Note: If you change the trade requirements on the schedule, APM does not copy the change back to the work order task. Similarly, if you change the trade requirements on a work order task after you have added it to a schedule, APM does not copy the changes to the schedule.

To Change the Amount of Time Planned for a Tradesperson on a Schedule

1.	Open the schedule.

2.	Make sure that editing is enabled.

3.	Select the Worksheet view, Entries tab. By default, this tab displays a list of all scheduled tasks by work order and task.

4.	Double-click the entry for the task that you want to edit, in the list. The Schedule Entry dialog appears.

5.	Select the General tab, Requirements tab. This tab lists the trade requirements that have been planned for the task. If employees are already assigned to the task, they are also be listed here.

6.	Double-click the entry for the trade that you want to edit. The Schedule Entry Requirement dialog appears.

7.	In the Scheduled for box, enter the new amount of time that the tradesperson will spend on the task for the open schedule.

8.	If necessary, you can also select or change the employee in the Employee box. To close the dialog, click OK.

9.	Repeat steps 6 to 8 for each trade requirement.