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title: "How to create work orders from preventive maintenance events?"
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# How to create work orders from preventive maintenance events?

- [x] PT
- [x] ES

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You can create work orders from preventive maintenance either **automatically** or **manually**, based on defined **events**.

You can also **create batch work orders for multiple events**.

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## Automatic creation

To automatically create a work order from a preventive maintenance event, you must:

- In the preventive maintenance data sheet, set the status in which the work order is created in the **WO Status** field on the **Work Orders** tab;
- Ensure that **automatic rescheduling** of events is enabled in the settings.

On the day the event takes place, when the service is performed, the work order is **automatically created and associated with the respective event**.

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## Manual creation

To manually create a work order from a preventive maintenance event, follow these steps:

1. Access **Work | Preventive Maintenance | Prev. Maint. Events**;
2. Select the desired **event**;
3. Click **Operations**, and then click **Create Work Order**.

The **Expected Duration** field in the work order is filled in based on the sum of the **Expected Duration** field in the preventive maintenance plans and/or the sum of the tasks in the plan.

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## Batch creation

You can create work orders for multiple events at the same time.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Access **Work | Preventive Maintenance | Prev. Events Management**;
2. Apply the desired filters from the following:
  - Preventive Maintenance;
  - Workshop;
  - Start and End Dates;
  - Asset;
3. Click **Apply**;
4. Select the desired events;
5. Click **Create WO** or **Create WO and Print**.

**Notes**:

- The **dates** used in the **filters** correspond to the **expected dates of the events**;
- When the **print** option is selected, the document becomes available after **processing**;
- The user is **notified when the process is complete** and can **download** the printout from the **notification** area;
- You can check the processing status using the **View Status** option.

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## General rules

When creating a work order, the following rules must be considered:

- Work orders can only be created for **active events**;
- The event **cannot already have** an associated work order;
- A work order can only be created if the preceding event has an associated work order.