IJ38929: GRAPHICAL WORK WEEK - ERROR BMXAT1118W APPEARS WHEN ASSIGNING A TASK THAT HAS NO PLANNED LABOR

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In the Graphical Work Week (GWW) application this error appears
  when assigning a task that has no Planned Labor:
  
  BMXAT1118W - This labor is assigned to a crew and not available
  
  But the Labor is not assigned to a crew so the message is
  incorrect.  You can go to the Labor and select View Craft
  Assignments to verify that the Labor is not assigned to a crew.
  You also know it is not assigned to a crew since the steps below
  show it working in one case, meaning that the Labor is not
  assigned to a crew, and then fails the in the next case for the
  same Labor.
  
  
  It doesn't happen all the time.   It typically happens with
  the task is planned in one week and you try to assign it in the
  next week.  In the steps below there is one case where it works
  correctly and one where it produces the error.
  
  STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
  1. Create a new work order with Duration 5 and a Scheduled Start
  date of the next Monday.
  2. On the Plans tab make 2 tasks for the work order, each with
  Duration of 5.
  3. Create a Planned Labor row for one of the tasks, for example
  for task 10 but not for task 20.
  4. Go to GWW and create a new Work List.   Give it Calendar DAY
  and Shift DAY (extend the Calendar and Apply Shifts  to cover
  the current year if necessary).
  5. Specify the Start Date as the next Monday and the End Date 2
  weeks from then.
  6. Create a Work Query to select the new work order.
  7. Save and click on Graphical View.
  8. For the Task 20 row that has no Planned Labor you will see
  that the Resource column is blank and the Status column has the
  work order status such as WAPPR unlike the Task 10 row that has
  the Craft name in the Resource column and has Status WAITASGN.
  7. Select the Task 20 row, the one with no Resource by checking
  the checkbox at the beginning of the row.
  8. In the lower Resource section that shows the Craft and the
  available Labor double click in the cell for Monday for the
  first Labor where it says 8 for 8 hours available that day.
  9. The Assign Labor dialog will come up showing the Labor and
  how long the assignment is.   This is correct.
  10. Click  Cancel to clear the Assign Labor dialog.
  11. Click the Next Week toolbar button to change the display to
  the next week.
  12. Select the Task 20 row again.
  13. Double click on the Monday for the first Labor row, the same
  Labor as used above.
  
  RESULTS:
  Instead of the Assign Labor dialog box appearing this error is
  shown:
  
  BMXAT1118W - This labor is assigned to a crew and not available
  
  Though the error is wrong as this is the same Labor that worked
  correctly before advancing the week.
  You can do a Go To Labor on it and click View Crew Assignments
  and see that it is not in a Crew.
  
  EXPECTED RESULTS:
  For the Assign Labor dialog to come up as it did earlier.
  
  REPORTED IN VERSION:
  7612 with IFix 018
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is contained in the following
  maintenancepackage:
  Release 7.6.1.3 of Base Services
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MAXIMO SCHEDULE

• Fixed component ID

  5724R46SE

Applicable component levels