How to reuse existing Maintenance Actions for other items

Do several items require the same or similar types of maintenance actions? Don't want to recreate the same maintenance tasks over and over? This guide shows how to import existing maintenance actions onto other items.

Steps

1. Ensure you are in the RAM module.
2. If you haven't already, create the maintenance action(s) by navigating to the item of choice, right-click on the item, and select "Maintenance Actions."
   • Note: if you have already created the maintenance action(s) once and are ready to reuse them on other items, go to step 3.
3. Once you have created the maintenance action(s), select the checkbox to activate the maintenance action in the model (when unselected, the action exists but is considered deactivated).
   • Note: this tutorial does not show the steps for creating new maintenance actions, as this is covered in the user-training courses. For a refresher, see Session 5 of the MADE Training Course content found in the built-in Help feature.
4. Navigate to another item that you wish to reuse the maintenance action for, right-click, and select "Maintenance Actions." This opens the Maintenance Actions window for the item.
5. In the example, no maintenance actions exist yet for the Fuel Tank, and the "Breakdown 1" action created for the Control Unit is to be imported. Select the blue "Import" button on the left-hand side.
6. A dialog box for "Import Maintenance Actions" appears with a list of all existing (and activated, per step 3) maintenance actions in the model. Use the checkboxes to select the action(s) you wish to import for the item. Click "OK."
7. The selected maintenance actions now appear in the "Maintenance Actions" list for the item, and the corresponding task information is included on the right-hand tables.
   • Note: you may tailor the details of the imported actions and tasks WITHOUT affecting the original maintenance actions on the other items.