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Entering equipment maintenance

This functionality is only available 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, do the following:
a In the Complete Date text box, enter the date when maintenance is completed.
b In the Cycle Days text box, enter the number of days in the service cycle.
c In the Schedule Date text box, enter the date when to perform the maintenance.
7 If you base the performance of maintenance on a cycle of units, do the following:
a In the Comp Units (completed units) text box, enter the number of units when the service is actually performed.
b In the Cycle Units text box, enter the number of units in the service cycle.
c In the Schedule Units text box, enter the next number of units when to perform the maintenance.
8 In the Employee text box, enter the employee number who performed the maintenance.
9 On the File menu, click Save.

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