Delete a Labor Resource

Labor resources are rarely deleted as they are typically connected to work order history through assignments and actual labor records. To maintain accurate history, it is best to make labor records inactive when an individual is no longer with your organization. The Labor Change Manager is used to facilitate the removal and reassignment of these records as needed. This tool also allows you to make the labor record inactive, along with the member record if applicable.

The following options can make inactive labor records less prominent in your Labor List pane:

• Move inactive records to the bottom of the List Pane by putting a “z” character at the beginning of the Name field.

• Use custom formatting to change the appearance of inactive records and highlight them as disabled.

If the labor resource has not been associated with any assignment records and was entered into the system in error, the record can be permanently deleted. However, if the labor resource has been referenced in other modules of Maintenance Connection, a message will appear indicating that this record cannot be deleted.

To delete a record, you must first remove these associations. The delete process identifies the records that are preventing the deletion. You can then access each of these records and remove their association with the labor record, allowing you to delete the labor record.

The process for deleting records is similar for all modules of Maintenance Connection. Deleting a record permanently removes the record from Maintenance Connection. You can also delete multiple records in a single step. Refer to Delete Records to learn how.