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title: "How to create a related work order?"
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tags: ["Work"]
updated: 2026-07-22T15:02:41Z
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# How to create a related work order?

- [x] PT
- [x] ES

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While executing a work order, the maintenance technician may have to perform additional work and need to record it.

There are **three ways** to record additional work performed:

- Create another work order;
- Add tasks to the work order being executed;
- Create a work order related to the work order being executed.

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## Create related work order

To create a work order related to the work order being executed, follow these steps:

1. Go to **Work | Work Orders**;
2. Select the **work order** being executed;
3. Click **Operations** and then **Create Related Work Order**;
4. The window for creating the new work order opens, with all the data from the original work order and the **Source Work Order field filled in automatically**. **Note**: **attachments**, **follow-ups**, **additional tasks**, and **cost details** are not copied. This operation can be performed by the **technician**.
5. Click **Save**.