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Availability Options

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The availability of equipment can be shown to include Jobs at various stages.

 

The Availability figure in the grid always includes equipment that is on the current list itself, although if the equipment list status is quote, it will not appear in the availability chart.

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Provisional (HP+) Availability View

Selecting the HP+ will additionally include any lists that are of a status of Heavy Pencil.

eqlAvHP

So, upon clicking the availability, you would see a chart that includes Provisional (HP) reservations.

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Confirmed (Con+) Availability View

However, if you select Con+, the availability will omit all Provisional (HP) Equipment Lists and will include only Equipment Lists that are of confirmed or higher status.

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Clicking on the availability figure in the grid brings up a pop up display of other Equipment Lists that conflict with the current list.

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Availability View Off

If needed you can turn off the Availability View.

eqlavOff

 

Adv 24 Hrs Availability

Select this button to display availability to include 24 hours (or up to 240 hours) preceding your out date, but does not include Provisional Equipment List Reservations. The purpose of this is to identify equipment where a "short turnaround" is required.

eqlav24Hrs

 

Ignore Late Returns

If needed, you can ignore the late returns in the availability calculation. Here we can see the late returns are contributing to the shortage:

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However, if we check the Ignore Late Returns Box:

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The availability changes to:

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Notes

In the availability chart, you may select to place the Late Returns at the bottom of the chart in order to better understand availability.
Equipment that has been fully returned early will appear in the availability chart, but may be hidden.
Equipment that has been partially returned will appear with a flag as shown above to indicate the some of the equipment has been returned early.