Summary
In Infraspeak, Maintenance Policies define the operational status of your equipment, such as "In Service", "Out of Service", "Retired" or the default "Normal". They let you control active maintenance routines automatically, while keeping 100% of your historical records.
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What are Maintenance Policies?
By default, Infraspeak includes standard Maintenance Policies, such as "In Service" or "Normal", so you can start managing equipment straight away.
You can also create your own policies, such as "Out of Service", "Under Repair" or "Retired", to match the way your team works.
How to create and manage Maintenance Policies
1. Set up policies in Maintenance Categories
On the Web platform, go to Settings > Maintenance. Open the Maintenance Category for your equipment type and set up the policies for active and inactive states.
2. Link Planned Job interventions to a policy
When you create or edit a Planned Job or a Usage-Based Job, go to the Interventions tab. Next to the intervention, click the options menu (⋯), select Apply by policy and choose the active policy (for example, "In Service").
3. Update the asset's policy
When equipment is decommissioned or paused, open its details in Assets. Change the Maintenance Policy field to "Out of Service" or "Retired" and save.
Key benefits
- Automatic routine control: changing an asset's policy to "Out of Service" stops new Planned Job Orders from being generated for that asset. You don't need to edit the Planned Job.
- Complete data preservation: all past Work Orders, measurements, tasks and financial allocations stay in the asset's history and reports.
For a complete walkthrough on decommissioning equipment safely, read our Infraspeak Academy article: How to retire or deactivate an asset.