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Entering equipment maintenance

Note: This functionality is available only if you have the Equipment Module.

You can schedule and track the maintenance of each piece of equipment.

To enter equipment maintenance:

  1. Open 8-3 Equipment.
  2. Using the data control, select the equipment.
  3. On the Options menu, click Maintenance.
  4. In the Description text box, enter a brief statement about the maintenance.
  5. In the Cost Code text box, enter the cost code for the work performed.

    Important! Sage 100 Contractor updates the equipment maintenance schedule when you final-compute the payroll records. The cost code in the payroll records must also be found in the equipment maintenance table.

  6. If you base the performance of maintenance on a cycle of days:

    1. In the Complete Date text box, enter the date when maintenance is completed.
    2. In the Cycle Days text box, enter the number of days in the service cycle.
    3. In the Schedule Date text box, enter the date when to perform the maintenance.

    If you base the performance of maintenance on a cycle of units:

    1. In the Comp Units (completed units) text box, enter the number of units when the service is actually performed.
    2. In the Cycle Units text box, enter the number of units in the service cycle.
    3. In the Schedule Units text box, enter the next number of units when to perform the maintenance.
    4. In the Employee text box, enter the employee number who performed the maintenance.
  7. On the File menu, click Save.