Pipe Maintenance

Use Pipe Maintenance to maintain information about the pipes that you have in inventory.  The Pipe fields are informational only and can be used for reporting purposes.

Tip:  For more information about working with data in fields, see the Data Entry Guidelines.

Directions:

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• Opening Pipe Maintenance, click More.

   

  1.  Click Daily Work from the Menu Bar.

  2.  Click File Maintenance.

  3.  Click Code Maintenance.

  4.  Click Miscellaneous Maintenance.

  4.  Click Pipe Maintenance.
  
  Tip:  Or, use the keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [y] [m] [c] [i] [p].

   

  Pipe Maintenance Window Example:

  

   

• Creating a New Pipe, click More.

   

  Pipe Maintenance Prompts Tip:  To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for the field name.
  Pipe	To create a new Pipe, enter the unique number to identify the Pipe (6.0 numeric) and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t] Tips: Or, enter the new Pipe and click File from the Menu Bar; next click New. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [f] [n] To indicate that you are building a new Pipe, New  displays near the Pipe ID.  Default entries display and the first field is highlighted to let you know you can begin entering information.
  	To update the new or changed information, click Save or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]
  	CAUTION To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.
  	To view all of the existing Pipes, click Search.  From the Search list you can select the record to change or delete. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + r]
  	To display an existing Pipe, enter the Pipe ID and click Retrieve, or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Description	Enter the full description associated with the Pipe. (up to 40 characters)
  Pipe Type	Enter the type of pipe. (up to 10 characters)
  Zone	Enter the Pressure Zone for the pipe, if applicable. (6.2 numeric)
  Purchase Date	Enter the date the pipe was purchased. (mmddccyy, slashes not necessary)
  Purchase Price	Enter the purchase price for the pipe. (6.2 numeric)
  Date Installed	Enter the date the pipe was installed at the service connection, if applicable. (mmddccyy, slashes not necessary)
  Pipe Diameter	Enter the diameter of the pipe. (2.2 numeric)
  Inches over 8	Enter the inches over 8 feet. (2.2 numeric)
  Length	Enter the pipe length. (8.0 numeric)
  Inch Feet	Enter the inch feet. (8.0 numeric)
  Memo	Enter a memo pertaining to the pipe, if applicable. (up to 40 characters)

   

• Editing an Existing Pipe, click More.

   

  CAUTION:  To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.

  1.  To display the record to be changed, enter the Pipe ID and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  
  Tip:  If you do not know the Pipe ID, you can click Search  to see a list of Pipes.

  2.  To position the pointer to the information that you want to change, press [TAB] or click the field using the mouse.

  3.  Enter the data changes.

  4.  To complete the edit process, click Save , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]

   

• Deleting an Existing Pipe, click More.

   

  1.  To display the record to be deleted, enter the Pipe ID and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Tip:  If you do not know the Pipe ID, you can click Search  to see a list of Pipes.

  2.  Click File from the Menu Bar, and next click Delete.
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [f] [d]

  3.  At the Delete Records prompt, click Proceed to delete the record, or click Cancel to escape from the delete routine.

  Example:

  

   

  Note:  After you click Proceed, you will see the following message on the Status Bar.