Installation Groups (tsbsc1100m000)

	Installation Groups (tsbsc1100m000) Use this session to maintain installation group. Example Two engines, each of which has the code CF6, and which belong to your business partner MACH Industries (MACHI), are identified as one Installation group. The Installation group is called CF6 machine MACHI. On the appropriate menu, you can choose: Create Physical Breakdown Enables you to generate a physical breakdown from one of the following: Item breakdown As-built structure Project-breakdown structure View Tree Displays the structure of the selected Installation group in a graphical way. Lines Enables you to view or maintain configurations for the selected Installation group. Planned Activities Starts the Planned Activities (tsspc2100m000) session. Note You can use the Sort by command on the View menu to choose the way you want to display the Installation group data. Related topics Owner vs User Default Business Partner for Order Sold-to BP versus Owner Impact of Business Partner Defaulting Installation Group The code that identifies the installation group. Description The name or description of the installation group. Search Argument The search argument of the Installation group. Note The default value is the first 16 characters of the description in uppercase. Extra Information In this field, you can add any other information related to the Installation group. Effective Time The first date and time on which the Installation group becomes valid. Service Contract If the Installation group is covered by a service contract, the Installation group's contract number is displayed in this field. You can link an Installation group to a contract in the Contract Configuration Lines (tsctm1110m300) session. Text If this check box is selected, a text is present. Related topics Using texts Owner The code of the sold-to business partner that owns the Installation group. Note If your company owns the Installation group, leave this field empty and use the Ownership Department field to define ownership of the Installation group. You cannot maintain this field if the Ownership Department field is entered. Description The description or name of the code. Owner Contact The sold-to business partner's contact. Note The default sold-to contact and address for the sold-to business partner is defined in the Business Partners (tccom4500m000) session. You can only enter a contract if you have specified a sold-to business partner in the Owner field. You can only select a business partner's contact who represents the business partner's sold-to role. Address The code of the sold-to business partner's address. Default value The address (code) defined for the sold-to business partner in the Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000) session. Ownership Department If your company owns the Installation group, in this field, you select the department that owns the Installation group, for example, the manufacturing department. Note You cannot maintain this field if the Owner field is filled in. Type of Ownership The ownership type for the installation group. This is a display field. Note The value in this field is set to External if the value in the Owner field is specified. Allowed values Type of Ownership Service Department The code of the service department responsible for carrying out maintenance activities on the configurations of the installation group. Department The name of the department. Preferred Engineer Field Service The code of the service engineer (field service) preferred to perform the maintenance for the configurations of the installation group. Infor LN defaults this value for the related service orders and service order activities. Note This field is applicable only if the Field Service check box is selected in the General Service Parameters (tsmdm0100m000) session. Preferred Engineer Field Service The name of the engineer. Preferred Engineer Depot Repair The code of the service engineer (depot repair) preferred to perform the maintenance for the configurations of the installation group. Infor LN defaults this value for the related work orders and work order activities. Note This field is applicable only if: The Depot Repair check box is selected in the General Service Parameters (tsmdm0100m000) session. The Use Assignments in Work Orders check box is selected in the Work Order Parameters (tswcs0100m000) session. Responsible Engineer The code of the service engineer who is responsible for any maintenance carried out on configurations of this Installation group. Labor Rate The default labor rate for work carried out on any of the Installation group's constituent parts. Priority The rating that is given to the work that must be carried out for the configurations of this Installation group. For example, the rating can arrange the work in order of importance or time. The priority given to the Installation group is used to calculate response times in the Call Management module. Priority The description or name of the priority assigned to the Installation group. Calendar The calendar that specifies the times when the items in the Installation group are available for servicing. Calendar The description or name of the calendar. Usage Class The usage class of the configurations in the Installation group. Usage classes are defined if the maintenance of a product or item depends on its usage. Usage Class The name or description of the usage class. Address The address and location of the configurations in this Installation group. Modem The (number of) modem that is used for data transferring to the location of the configurations. Service Area The code of service area in which the configurations of this Installation group are located. Note You can only fill in a value if, in the General Service Parameters (tsmdm0100m000) session: The Use check box is selected. The Traveling Cost Method selected is Based on Service Area. Service Area The name or description of the service area. Travel Distance The distance that must be traveled from your service center to the location of the configurations of this Installation group. The unit in which the travel distance is expressed is set in the General Service Parameters (tsmdm0100m000) session. Note You can define a time and distance between the ZIP code/Postal code of the Installation group's location address and the ZIP code/Postal code of the Installation group's sold-to address in the Distance Table by ZIP Code/Postal Code (tccom4538m000) session. LN then automatically fills the Travel Time field and the Travel Distance field. Travel Distance The unit in which the travel distance is expressed. Defined in the General Service Parameters (tsmdm0100m000) dynamic session. Note You can only use unit codes that have the physical quantity length. You must also define a base length unit in the Units (tcmcs0101m000) session and the conversion factors from length units to the base length unit in the Conversion Factors (tcibd0103m000) session. Travel Time The time it takes to travel from your service center to the location of the configurations of the Installation group. The time unit is defined in the General Service Parameters (tsmdm0100m000) session. Note You can define a time and distance between the ZIP code/Postal code of the Installation group's location address and the ZIP code/Postal code of the Installation group's sold-to address in the Distance Table by ZIP Code/Postal Code (tccom4538m000) session. LN then automatically fills the Travel Time field and the Travel Distance field. Travel Time The unit in which the travel time is expressed. Defined in the General Service Parameters (tsmdm0100m000) dynamic session. Distance Zone The distance zone applied to the service department that maintains and services the Installation group. Note This field can only be entered if, in the General Service Parameters (tsmdm0100m000) session, the Traveling Cost Method selected is Based on Distance Zone. As a result, the call-out charge for the configurations in the Installation group will be determined by what zone class of the service department's distance zone the configurations fall into. Distance Zone The name or description of the distance zone. Call-out Charge The call-out charge for the configurations in the Installation group. Note If the call-out charge is entered, then the call-out currency must be filled. Call-out Charge The currency for the call-out charge. Note If the call-out charge is entered, then the call-out currency must be filled. Default Business Partner for Order The business partner role that is used as the default Sold-to BP for the order. Note The value in this field is set to: In Use-by if the value in the Owner field and In Use-by Business Partner field is specified. Dealer if the value in the Owner field and dealer Business Partner field is specified. Supplier if the value in the Owner field and buy-from Business Partner field is specified. Allowed values Default Business Partner for Order In Use By Business Partner The business partner who uses the installation group. Note This field is not applicable if the value in the Owner field is not specified. The In Use-by Business Partner must perform the role of Sold-to, Ship-to, Pay-by and Invoice-to business partner, if the value in the Default Business Partner for Order field is set to In Use-by. Address The address of the In Use-by Business Partner. Contact Person The contact details of the In Use-by Business Partner. In Use-by Operator Contact The contact details of the operator assigned to the installation at the In Use-by Business Partner location. Primary Contact The primary contact for the In Use-by Business Partner. Infor LN defaults this value in the sold-to contact field. Allowed values Primary Contact Dealer Business Partner The business partner who is the dealer of the serialized item. Note The dealer business partner must perform the role of the Ship-to, Pay-by and the Invoice-to business partners, if the value in the Default Business Partner for Order field is set to Dealer. Address The address of the dealer of the serialized item. Note This field is not applicable if the value in the dealer Business Partner field is not specified. Contact The contact details of the dealer of the serialized item. Note This field is not applicable if the value in the dealer Business Partner field is not specified. Buy-From Business Partner The business partner who is the supplier of the installation group. Note The buy-from business partner must perform the role of the Sold-to, Ship-to, Pay-by and the Invoice-to business partner, if the value in the Default Business Partner for Order field is set to Supplier. Address The address of the buy-from business partner. Note This field is not applicable if the value in the buy-from Business Partner field is not specified. Contact Person The contact details of the buy-from business partner. Note This field is not applicable if the value in the buy-from Business Partner field is not specified. Lines Enables you to view or maintain configurations for the selected Installation group. View Tree Displays the structure of the selected Installation group in a graphical way. Planned Activities Starts the Planned Activities (tsspc2100m000) session. Update Engineer and Location Address Use this option to replace or update engineer and location address. Starts the session Update Engineer and Location Address (tscfg2700m000).