Maintenance#

You can plan, coordinate and control maintenance dates with help of the Maintenance intervals add-on. Planned maintenance works can be linked to any objects. You will receive notifications automatically via e-mail so that you do not miss the maintenance works.

Download and Installation

You can subsequently install the Maintenance intervals add-on. The article "i-doit pro Add-ons" provides detailed descriptions regarding download, installation, updates etc.

Configuration#

A separate configuration is not planned.

Rights Management#

You can set rights for persons and person groups under Administration → Authorization system → Rights → Maintenance.

Planning Maintenance Works#

You can create and edit maintenance works under Extras → Maintenance → Planning.

The action bar contains the following functions:

When you create a new maintenance work, you can select the following options:

Archived Maintenance Works#

If a maintenance work is marked as completed, it will not appear in the Planning section anymore (see above). Instead, it will be listed under Extras → Maintenance → Planning (archive).

Create an Overview#

A detailed overview of all objects for which maintenance works have been planned or already completed can be found at Extras → Maintenance → Overview. You can define a time period for filtering purposes (option From and To).

Create a Report#

You can create a report listing the planned and completed maintenance works and download it as PDF file. This function can be found under Extras → Maintenance → Maintenance annual report (Export). Alternatively, you can reach this function at Extras → Report Manager → Views → Maintenance annual report (Export). You can choose from the following options:

With the PDF Export & Download button you can create the PDF file and download it.

Maintenance Information for each Object#

During the performance of maintenance works for an object you can find a symbolic representation within the object. On every page of an object, i.e. the overview page or within the categories, you can see the information that the objects is In maintenance at the moment.

Maintenance Works on the Dashboard#

You can display the dates of scheduled and completed maintenance works in the calendar widget on the dashboard and highlight these dates.

Create E-mail Templates#

You can generate an e-mail for scheduled maintenance works to inform the persons involved. The persons are either specified as recipient or via their assigned roles. Under Extras → Maintenance → Email templates you can define which text is to be send via e-mail to the persons in question. Any number of templates is possible which can be assigned to each single scheduled maintenance work (see above).

Use the New button to create a new e-mail template and the Edit button to change an existing template. With Delete you can delete e-mail templates irrevocably.

The form to create or edit e-mail templates offers the following options:

You can use placeholders for both the Title and the Text which are then replaced before the sending process. The list of available placeholders can also be found on this page.

Automatic Sending of E-mails#

Actually, the e-mails are sent via the console, the CLI Tool of i-doit, in the background. For this purpose, the maintenance handler is used. We recommend setting up a Cronjob for the automated sending of e-mails.

Example:

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sudo -u www-data php console.php --username admin --password admin maintenance

Thus, you can automate the process and do not have to send e-mails manually anymore (Send emails button under Extras → Maintenance → Planning).

Releases#