Work with Equipment documents

Use the Content editor to add and edit data about the equipment involved in the measurement process and create links to other documents.

Note: With the Measurement Documentation Package, you can create links to Contact documents. To do so, you need to activate the Generic Document Types Package add-on.

Elements and their function

The following figure shows a Equipment document displayed in the Content editor of PLA 3.0.
Figure 1. Content editor of an Equipment document

Use the Creatable Elements pane to add the elements you require. To edit an existing entry, double-click the element in the Element pane.

Element

Description

Specification

Wiki notation available

Name

The name of the equipment.

required

no

Device identification

The device identification of the equipment.

optional

no

Serial number

The serial number of the equipment.

optional

no

Location

The exact location of the equipment (for example, room number).

required

no

Status

The status of the equipment (choose between OK, retired, maintenance required, validation required).

optional

no

Upcoming events

Upcoming events for this equipment (for example, calibration, maintenance, validation) with event name, description and date.

optional

yes

Operator

Operators and their roles for the equipment. You can link an existing operator or create an operator document.

optional

no

Contact

Further contacts and their role for the equipment. You can create a link to a contact document.

optional

no

Journal

The journal for this equipment. Each journal entry can contain a subject, text, date and author. Date and author are required. You can create several journal entries.

optional

yes

Simplified Wiki notation

Some Text elements with an M symbol () support the use of a simple Wiki notation to provide formatting capabilities. Typically, these Text elements require formatting because they consists of several sentences, such as comments or journal entries. You can add a text with headlines and several lines.

The following markups are supported:

Markup Formatting Sample
=H1= Heading Level 1 =Main Heading=
==H2== Heading Level 2 ==A second level heading==
=====H5===== Heading Level 5 =====A fifth Level Heading=====
* Bullet List Bullet List Level 1 * Sample
** Bullet List Bullet List Level 2 ** Level 2 Sample
# Numbered List Numbered List Level 1 # Sample
## Numbered List Numbered List Level 2 ## Sample Level 2
*bold* Bold Markup *Sample*
_italic_ Italic Markup _Sample_
Tip: If you write a text with several lines or paragraphs, press Alt + Enter to start a new line.