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title: "How to create a work order type?"
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# How to create a work order type?

- [x] PT
- [x] ES

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Work order types allow you to classify work orders and apply specific behaviors, through configuration.

To create a work order type, follow these steps:

1. Go to **Settings | Work | Work Order Types**;
2. In the list of work order types, click on **Create**;
3. On the creation screen, fill in the work order type details:
  - **Work Order Type**;
  - **Description** (required);
  - **Is Default**;
  - **Default Values**, **Work Order Assignment** and **Costs** sections: configure the options in each section;
  - **Remarks**;
4. Click on:
  - **Save and New**, to save the work order type and start a new record;
  - **Save**, in the arrow next to the **Save and New** button, to save only the work order type.

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## Configure the work order type sections

The work order type has three sections with configuration options:

****Default Values****

The values configured in this section are automatically filled in on the work order form when the user selects the work order type:

- **Maintenance Plan**;
- **Priority Level**;
- **Workshop**.

****Work Order Assignment****

The system can automatically assign the work order to one or more technicians, according to the following options:

- **Assign to who created the WO**: if selected, the work order is automatically assigned to the technician who created it;
- **Assign to WO Responsible**: if selected, the work order is automatically assigned to the person responsible;
- **Assign to Workshop Managers**: if selected, the work order is assigned to all workshop managers;
- **Assign to Workshop Technicians**: if selected, the work order is assigned to all technicians who are not workshop managers.

When assigning, the following rules apply:

- If the **employee** is only a **workshop manager**, they are not assigned to the work order;
- In assignment, whether automatic or manual, the employee must always be a **technician of the work order's workshop**.

****Costs****

This section refers to work order consumptions:

- **Use Average Cost Pricing**: if this option is selected, when the work order changes to the first state in which costs can be recorded, an automatic consumption of the parts defined in the **Spare Parts** section of the asset associated with the work order is performed;
- **Consumption from spare parts**: if this option is active, a new consumption report is automatically created with the **spare parts** defined in the work order's **location**, **equipment** or **tool**. The report is created in the name of the person **responsible** for the work order and in the first state that allows cost reports.