Permits are documents that are required to be completed before work can be carried out for an asset or a property. For example, a property may have a small confined space that requires special certification for people who are carrying out maintenance for this property. The Permits lookup table allows you to define a list of the possible permits.
There are two different types of permits:External, and Internal. If you choose to link a file to Pinnacle as an Internal permit, Pinnacle will take a copy of the file and store it in the Pinnacle database. If the original copy of the file is removed, Pinnacle will still keep the internal copy of the file. If you choose to link a file to Pinnacle as an External permit, Pinnacle will only record the location of the file. If the original file is removed, Pinnacle will no longer be able to run the permit.
The Permits table is divided into two sections. The top section displays the External permits. The bottom section displays the Internal permits. Both sections list the file name of the permits. If you want to view or hear or run any permit, you must first have associated the permits file type with some sort of external viewer program through Windows. For example, to view bitmaps, you must have associated files of type "BMP" with Windows Paintbrush, or some other bitmap viewer.
You can enter the following information about each permit:
Permit Name - The permit name identifies the permit. You must enter a permit name, and the permit name must be unique.
Permit File - This is the physical file name for the permit document. (e.g. "C:\DOCUMENTS\CONFINED_SPACES.DOC")
Click the permit table in the section where you want to add a permit. e.g. if you want to add an Internal permit, left click in the Internal permit section of the permits table.
Choose New from the File menu
OR
Choose New from the popup menu.
Pinnacle will display the Select Permit File dialog.
Use the Select Permit File dialog to navigate to and select the file that you want to add as a permit.
Click the Open button.
If you are adding the permit as an External permit, Pinnacle will add the selected file as a permit. The file name will be displayed, and you can enter a description next to the file name if you want to further describe the permit.
If you are adding the permit as an Internal permit, Pinnacle will attempt to determine the MIME type for the file before adding it. If Pinnacle is unable to determine the MIME type, the system will display a dialog where you can either select the file type from the available list, or you can manually enter the MIME file type. Click the OK button. Pinnacle will add the selected file as a permit. The file name will be displayed, and you can enter a description next to the file name if you want to further describe the permit.
Open the Permits table.
Highlight the permit that you want to run.
Double-click on the permit.