Creating a New Preventive Maintenance (PM) Task

Updated on May 16th, 2025

This article will teach you how to create a PM Task for each type of equipment.

  1. From the Property & Facility menu, click Settings. 
  2. From the Property Management Settings page, navigate to the Preventive Maintenance section and click Tasks.
  3. From the Preventive Maintenance: Tasks page, click the New PM Task button.
  4. Once the Add PM Task window has opened, complete the form presented:
Field Explanation
Property Select the property for the PM Task.
Name

Enter the name of the PM Task.

Note: It is suggested that you include the type of equipment and interval period in the name (i.e. Air Handler-Monthly) so the PM Task is easily identifiable by your building engineering staff.

Trade Select the trade associated with the PM Task.
Instructions

If applicable, enter a basic description of the PM Task (i.e. Quarterly Maintenance).

Note: The actions, or steps, required to complete a task are entered after the initial creation of the task. See the article Adding an Action to a Preventive Maintenance Task.

  1. Click the Save button.
  2. The new PM Task is visible in the tasks lists and is now ready to be associated to a PM Work Order or PM Schedule.