by Graham | Dec 27, 2011 | New Features, Reports
Designing List Reports By far the majority of the reports produced by E-Quip are list reports. These are extremely simple to produce as a report can be produced from every summary screen. Probably the most common way to do this is to simply display the information... by Graham | Dec 27, 2011 | New Features
Defining Grid Layouts The original Column Chooser was a perfect example of the difference between “easy to learn” and “easy to use”. Tick the box to show a column – you can’t get much simpler than that. Well, that’s certainly... by Graham | Dec 5, 2011 | E-Quip AM, Miscellaneous
Archiving Data Archiving is a much-misused term when it comes to asset-managent databases. Suppose that you were managing your inventory using old-fashioned paper files. You might have a file for each asset in which you kept all relevant information, ranging from the... by Graham | Nov 29, 2011 | PPM
The Problem Suppose that you want all of the equipment in Ward 1 to be on a single, 12-monthly schedule. If you’ve read any of the previous articles on PPM scheduling then this will be simple: 1. On the equipment summary screen find all of the equipment in Ward... by Graham | Nov 23, 2011 | Jobs, New Features, New Releases
New in 1.19.0 – Projects Sometimes it’s useful to be able to group jobs together. For example, at the start of BST you might need to create a job for each device with an internal clock to move the clock forwards by an hour. Of course, creating these jobs... by Graham | Oct 8, 2011 | Application Styling, New Releases, Office 2007
New in 1.17.3 – Application Styling By default, E-Quip AM is designed to emulate the appearance of the Blue colour scheme within Microsoft Office 2007. All of the rules which define this style are held in a file called EQuipDefault.isl. Each time E-Quip AM runs... by Graham | Oct 8, 2011 | Contract Management, Planned Maintenance
A PPM Masterclass – Part 3: PPM Scheduling for Devices Covered by Maintenance Contracts Why should your strategy for planned maintenance be any different than for devices that you maintain in-house? If you are familiar with E-Quip AM PPM scheduling (there are several... by Graham | Sep 28, 2011 | New Releases
Version 1.17.0 has just been released. It has some useful new features, such as: 1. AKA (Also Known As) field added to the Supplier screen. 2. Calibration Expiry Date added to the equipment screen. This is linked to test equipment selection on the job screen to... by Graham | Sep 27, 2011 | Jobs, New Releases, Test Equipment
New in Version 1.17.0 A useful new field has been added to the equipment screen, called Calibration Expiry Date. It is intended for use on test equipment records but it can be used for any asset. It records the date after which the test equipment should not be used.... by Graham | Sep 27, 2011 | Jobs, Roles
Managing Job Processing There are several role options which define how jobs will be processed for members of that role, most of them can be found on the Job/Quick Job tab of the Role Manager when a role is being edited, although I have already covered in Part 2 the...