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title: How do Work Orders work
description: The standard FACS Work Orders template is designed to track the assignment and completion of routine maintenance activities.
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# How do Work Orders work

## The standard FACS Work Orders template is designed to track the assignment and completion of routine maintenance activities.

### **Key Fields and Sections**

### **Field Sections**

#### **General**

- **Number** (Required)
- **Subject**
- **Assignee**
- **Department** – Selected from the Company list
- **Creator** (Auto-filled)
- **Date Scheduled** / **Date Completed**
- **Work Order Type** – Selected from Work Order Type list
- **Priority**

#### **Details**

- **Description** – Scope or summary of work
- **Estimated Cost** / **Actual Cost**

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### **Work Items Table**

- **Work Item** (Required) – Selected from Work Item list  
  Displays: *Number, Task, Unit, Unit Cost*
- **Location**
- **Start Date / End Date**
- **Actual Start / Actual End Dates**

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### **Personnel Table**

- **Personnel** (Required) – Multi-select with option to add new values
- **Count**, **Regular Hours**, **Overtime Hours**
- **Associated Work Items**
- **Personnel Remarks**

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### **Equipment Table**

- **Equipment** (Required) – Multi-select
- **Count**, **Active Hours**, **Idle Hours**
- **Associated Work Items**
- **Equipment Remarks**

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### **Material Table**

- **Material** (Required) – Multi-select
- **Quantity**
- **Associated Work Items**
- **Material Remarks**

 

### **Additional Features**

- Includes standard fields: **Workflow**, **Contributors**, **Comments**, **References**
- Items cannot be reduced below 0 or below stockpiled quantity paid
- **Work Orders** follow this workflow:  
  *Pending → Scheduled → In Progress → On Hold / Completed / Canceled*

Completed and Canceled statuses are **locked**. Only a Project Administrator can revert them and only if they are not included in a pay period.

 

### Location

Documents \> Work Orders

 

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