Job Planner Smart Job Planner

Smart Job Planner uses sophisticated algorithms to find a list of optimum project candidates automatically according to specified Risk Criteria. An optimum project candidate is comprised of a group of adjacent conveyance assets that have the highest project-wide LOF or BRE based on Risk Criteria specified by a user. You could then select a project candidate from the project candidate list to create a project.

To start with Smart Planner, first, navigate to the tab of Job Planner from the top main navigation bar and then select its subtab Smart Job Planner.

How to Use it?

Step 1:

After clicking the button of Smart Job Planner, a dialog will pop up and there are 2 modes for a user to choose from. Draw Selection Mode allows a user to draw polygons as the project area. By contrast, the Whole Dataset Mode allows a user to choose the entire dataset as the project area.

In Draw Section Mode, a user could start to draw a polygon on the map, and when a polygon is drawn a popup will show up.

A user could then choose to Save the project area and go to the next step, Edit the project area, or Delete the drawn area and redraw another polygon.

Step 2:

After saving the project area, a user is asked to fill out the necessary information including Planning Risk Criteria, Project Size, Project Budget, Cost Configuration for finding optimum project candidates accordingly.

Planning Risk Criteria: As a required input, please choose between LOF or BRE to be used as a measuring method when creating projects.

Project Size: As a required input, please input the lower bound and upper bound of the total length of conveyance assets respectively.

Budget: As a required input, please input your budget for this project.

Cost Configuration: As a required input, please input the estimated cost per linear foot for replacing a conveyance asset according to its diameter. The calculation of the budget is based on Cost Configuration.

Step 3:

After the search algorithm completes the query, it returns a list of the optimum project proposals based on the query inputs. Depending on the location and project needs, the best project proposal can be selected from the list. A flexible user-interface allows for the addition and removal of pipes within each project to better suit a project's requirements. The selected pipes the appear highlighted in blue on the user screen.

Step 4:

Fill out the project information including Name, Start Date, End Date, Manager, Inspector, and Note, and click the create button, a user will then see his newly created project.