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Hi Team,

There is a situation in our project where workorder data needs get freeze. So we have to stop all workorder generations. We have automatic workorder generation,so we can stop the cron and from sig option we can remove the permission to create wo. 

I want to know what else we need to think or are  there any other things that should be stopped so that wo generation stops completely?

Thanks in advance

These are the below things I can think of:

1. PM work order generation- both time based and meter based if its configured in your system.
2. Work order generation from workflow actions if any.
3. Work order generation related to Condition monitoring if any.
4. Work order generation through Automation scripts if any.
5. Work order generation through escalations
6. Work order generation through custom cron.
7. Work order generation through custom logic written in any Java class.

Did you consider manual creation from any of the Work Order apps (ie WOTRACK, QUICKREP and equivalent from any Industry solution). If so then you need to remove the INSERT from any and all Security Groups for the specific application. 

I'm curious why you need to freeze Work Order generation. If you are trying to perform system updates then "Admin Mode" might be a simple way as no users would be able to login and any of the automated processes like Cron Tasks, Escalations, Automation Scripts don't run in Admin Mode. 

Hope that helps,

Mike