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Yes, the Security options exists within the "Quick Reporting" application,  "Enter Meter Readings".  The WO Must have an asset or location associated with it which has meters tied to the record to enable entering the value in Quick Reporting.

Thank you @Sean Clark-McCarthy.  I will look into this.  Will this affect the Asset's actual meter reading?  Because I only want to record the meter reading, I don't want to change it.

Thank you in advance.

@Danny Richardson - Exactly, this will record a new reading for that meter either in the METERREADING (for Assets with Continuous meters), LOCMETERREADING (for Locations with Continuous meters) or MEASUREMENT table (Guage, and Characteristic), depending on the meter and object type. 

You can confirm by pulling up the Asset in the Assets application, and choosing the "Manage Meter Reading History" option to see all historical meter readings for the asset.

@Sean Clark-McCarthy  So if I don't want the user to record a new meter reading, I only want the system to pull the current meter reading from the Asset and display it on the Work Order, do you know how I can do that?  Because my meters currently update every 24hrs from a computer system.  

@Danny Richardson -- Ahhh - I misread your original statement - you just want users to "see" the readings available, apologies.

That should be in the app by default, unless it's been hidden / removed in your installation. 

Edited for a better screenshot with an example from Demo. 

We used to record the actual meter reading the work was done in the work logs.  Depending on the piece of equipment, the actual readings could be recorded anywhere between weekly to yearly.  It was troublesome to read through every log entry on every WO to capture that data point on an Excel sheet.  So we add 2 new fields under the Logs section.  They're stand alone, do not affect the actual meters.  They're just there to collect data.

Hi Danny,

Having read and re-read this, I have two things to say:

1. Not recording the meter

This concerns me greatly as you are not benefiting from the value by entering a meter reading.  Do you not generate a PM based on the readings?  Do you not analyse the readings to see if there are any changes (trends) that need attention?  Are you not concerned that someone has entered the reading and thus that effort has already been expended, but again, you are not benefiting from it?

2. WOMETER

You don't need to have custom fields!  There is an object called WOMETER where each reading taken via a work order is recorded in addition to that transaction adding to the METERREADING or MEASUREMENT tables and the ASSETMETER or LOCATIONMETER tables.  Relationships already exist, so adding the table to the screen would be simple.

3. ASSETMETER

If you are determined to do the asset's current meter reading, there is a relationship called ASSETMETER which will access the ASSETMETER table, which holds not only all the meters on the asset, but also the last reading. 

4. Please note

All the relationships mentioned, list all the meters on the asset rather than a specific meter.  If that is your use case is for a single meter then you will need to create a new relationship that focuses on that meter.  In Maximo for Transportation it has the concept of a primary meter.