Creating an Entitlement Rule for Warranty Coverage

Service Modules > Contracts, Warranties, and Entitlements > Entitlement Management > Entitlement Rules > Service Product and Work Plan Entitlements > Entitlement Rule for Work Order > Creating an Entitlement Rule for Warranty Coverage

You can create an entitlement rule for a Work Order that enables the system to display relevant Warranty coverage for Work Plans and Service Products. These rules are triggered when a user performs an entitlement check on a Service Product or Work Plan.

Prerequisite
• Add Service Products to the Work Order. • Add Work Plans to the Service Product manually or through auto-assignment. • Warranty Term must have Covered Work Plans associated with it such that when Product warranty is created the linked covered work plans are also inherited for the Installed product. • Product Warranty record for the IB has valid Start Date and End Date. Based on this, the entitlement engine retrieves the relevant Warranty coverage during entitlement check. For more information, see Creating Warranty on Installed Product Automatically and Creating Warranty on Installed Product Manually.

Prerequisite

• Add Service Products to the Work Order.

• Add Work Plans to the Service Product manually or through auto-assignment.

• Warranty Term must have Covered Work Plans associated with it such that when Product warranty is created the linked covered work plans are also inherited for the Installed product.

• Product Warranty record for the IB has valid Start Date and End Date.

Based on this, the entitlement engine retrieves the relevant Warranty coverage during entitlement check. For more information, see Creating Warranty on Installed Product Automatically and Creating Warranty on Installed Product Manually.

In the entitlement rule, you can:

• Define qualifying criteria to apply the entitlement rule to only qualified Work Orders.

• Configure Date fields for the Work Order or Installed Product object to enable entitlement on the Service Product and Work Plan.

When Perform Auto Entitlement option is set to True on Service Product or Work Plan assignment records, the engine evaluates the rules in sequence and automatically assign the relevant warranty to the Service Product or Work Plan.

The system automatically sets the Perform Auto Entitlement flag based on the following Auto Assignment Rule settings:

• If Perform Entitlement Check When Work Plan is Assigned is enabled, the flag is set to True on the Work Plan Assignment record.

• If Perform Entitlement Check on Service Product if it is not entitled is enabled, the flag is set to True on the Service Product record.

For more information see, Auto-Assignment Rules.

Additionally, users can manually perform an entitlement check on a Service Product or Work Plan. The engine evaluates the rules in sequence and displays the relevant Warranty coverages.

For more information, see Entitlement Rule Execution Process.

To create an entitlement rule for Work Order to identify Warranty Coverage:

1. From the Home page, go to ServiceMax Setup > Work Plan Management > Entitlement Rules.

The Entitlement Rules page is displayed.

2. Click Add Rule.

The New Rule for Work Order page is displayed.

3. In the General section, configure the fields as described in the following table:

Field

Description

Rule Name

Displays the name of the rule used to identify it uniquely. Enter a unique name for the rule.

After you enter the rule name, whether you are adding a new rule or editing an existing one, the entered name appears at the top of the page to help confirm the rule you are working on.

Developer Name

Displays the developer name, auto-populated based on the rule name. You can also manually enter a unique developer name if required.

Rule Description

Displays a brief description of the rule’s purpose. Enter a meaningful description for the rule.

Rule for Object

Displays the object to which the rule is applied. By default, Work Order is selected.

Qualifying Criteria

Displays the criteria that determine which Work Orders the rule applies to. Select a criteria from the drop-down to apply this rule only to qualified Work Orders. If left blank, the system executes the rule on the Service Product or Work Plan without checking any Work Order criteria.

Rule Active

Displays the activation status of the rule. Enable the checkbox to activate the rule for execution.

Only active rules will be executed.

4. In the Rule Settings section, under For entitlement check, consider this, select Warranty to specify that the entitlement check is based on Warranty coverage.

Entitlement Rules for Work Order to Identify Warranty Coverage

5. The configuration under the Service Product and its Work Plans section in the rule enables system to perform entitlement check on the service product and its work plan.

For more information about configuring Service Product and its Work Plans, see Selecting Match Fields to Find Coverage.

The warranty-based entitlement check is not performed for Work Plans that are added directly to a Work Order.

6. After configuring the entitlement rule, click Save.