OVERVIEW

During the implementation or support of a property we can activate all Preventive Maintenance schedules for a property and assign them to a single engineer/engineering pool. 

This task is completed by a member of the support team or the project manager using a Mac computer. PC version will be documented separately. 

Requirements:

• UIVision installed (with Pro License)
• Name of Engineer/Engineering Pool

HOW TO

Basic Operation

1. Open UIVision on your compatible browser (last tested successfully on Firefox running on the laptop's native screen, not an external monitor).
2. Open the "Activating PM Schedules" macro
3. On the Table View select row #2
   
4. In the edit box below change the Target to the name of the engineer or the pool in WorkSpace. 
   
   It's a good idea to open a schedule and verify that the name, when typed, will load the correct engineer. For example below if there were two people in the "Assigned to" dropdown named "John" it would be necessary to save the Target as "John D" or "John Demo" in UIVision to select the correct John.
   
5. Select line 3 of the macro
   
6. In the edit box below change the Target to the number of PM schedules that need to be activated
   
   This number can be found on the Schedules tab in the parenthesis 
   
7. Click the Save button on the top of the UIVision window
   
8. Click the "Play Macro" button on the top right of the UIVision screen
   
9. Do not close or try to use this browser window while the macro is running. 

Other Features

Change Starting Point

1. If you are activating schedules for a property that already has active schedules (either because your activation was interrupted or because someone had manually activated some schedules) you can tell the macro to start somewhere other than the first line.
2. Select row 6
3. Modify the Target value to the line you wish to start on
4. Run the macro as per usual
5. Remember to reset the value of the Target loopcount variable on row 6 to 1

Skip Schedules

1. If you only wish to activate every other schedule (if the PM template was imported twice) you can skip every other schedule. Skipping every 3rd or 4th schedule should be possible as well but hasn't been tested.
2. Select row 7
3. Change the Target to 2 to skip every other line
4. Run the macro as per usual
5. Remember to reset the value of the Target countadd variable on row 7 to 1

FAQ

How long does this macro take to run?

• Varies based on how many schedules there are to activate. Depending on the speed of your computer and WorkSpace on that particular day each schedule may take between 15 - 30 seconds to activate. 

Is there a way to get it to run faster?

• You can try UIVision > Settings > Replay and changing the Command Interval to "Fast (no delay)." Just keep an eye out that it isn't running steps before the website can load.
  

Any other tips?

• Some people have managed to run this in a virtual machine or in another desktop while doing other work. Alternatively turn it on and go for a run.