Adding a Pipeline Maintenance Record

Use the Maintenance grid in Edit ROW Detail to add a maintenance record for a pipeline selected in the Select ROWs window. Adding pipeline maintenance records allows you to examine the effectiveness of a maintenance program. You can either view data in the maintenance grid of Edit ROW Detail or run a ROW maintenance report.

To add a pipeline maintenance record, follow these steps:

1 Click the Select ROWs button

to open the Select ROWs window (Figure 4-12). Select one or more pipeline segments you want to work with by clicking the check box for each pipeline segment. Then click

Save to close the window.

2 Open Edit ROW Detail. Click Data Entry > Edit ROW Detail (Figure 4-17).

3 If you want to collapse the Selected ROWs panel to view more of the grid, click the Selected ROWs bar. Clicking the bar again expands the panel.

4 Click the Maintenance tab

to open the Maintenance grid (Figure 4-17).

Hint: Alternatively, you can use a keyboard shortcut key to add records. Press F4 to add a maintenance record for an existing pipeline in the grid.

6 Select the pipeline in the dialog box that you want to add an information record. For example, pipeline IS-0767-01 is selected in Figure 4-14.

7 Click

Save to display required field(s) for data entry (Figure 4-15). Required fields are identified with the

icon, such as ROW Repair Code.

8 Type a repair code in the field ROW Repair Code. Repair code is a designation used by your company to identify the type of repair. The field accepts up to 15 alphanumeric characters including special characters such as the pound sign (#), asterisk (*), or hyphen (-).

9 Type a date in the field ROW Repair Found Date using the format MM/DD/YYYY to indicate the month, day, and year. Or click the down arrow in the field and select a date using a calendar.

10 Click

Save to close the Add Record dialog box and add a pipeline maintenance record in the grid (Figure 4-22).

11 Provide other maintenance data in the grid as needed. For example, provide a date in the fields ROW Repair Initiated Date and ROW Repair Corrected Date; a maintenance reference number in the field ROW Reference Number; and remarks about the repair in the field ROW Repair Remarks.