Finding a Work Order

There are many ways you can look for a work order using the browse windows, but you may want a quick method of finding a work order. If you know the MWA number you can find the work order quickly. Or you may want to find all the work orders that have a certain attribute, or value for an attribute. You can use the Find MWA option to find your work orders quickly.

To find a Work Order:

1. Open the Work Order Module

2. Choose Find MWA from the MWA menu

   OR

   Click the Find MWA toolbar button

   Pinnacle will display a dialog box that will let you decide how you want to find the work order.

3. If you want to find the work order based on its number, click the MWA No radio button, and type the MWA Number into the adjoining field.

   OR

   If you want to find the work order based on an attachment, click the Attachment radio button, and type the name of the attachment into the adjoining field

   OR

   If you want to find the work order based on an attribute, click the Attribute radio button, and choose the attribute from the drop-down list of attributes.

   OR

   If you want to find the work order based on an attribute value, click the Attribute radio button, choose the attribute from the drop-down list of attributes, and type the attribute value that you want to find in the Attribute Value field. If the attribute is a pre-defined attribute, you can select an attribute value from the list of pre-defined attributes values for the attribute.

4. Click the OK button.

   Pinnacle will search for and display the first work order that matches the Find criteria that you have chosen. If no work order can be found that matches your selections, Pinnacle will display an error message.