A detail type child work order is considered an operation of the parent work order (like a route stop), while a summary type child work order is considered a separate work order from the parent. Printing (woprint report) a parent work order with detail children will show the child work orders as work plan operations. Printing (woprint report) a parent work order with summary children will not show the child work orders as work plan operations. This function has no impact on what is shown to the user via the UI other than a field on the Work Order Hierarchy table, and a field on the Work Order Main that is tied to workorder.viewwoasoper. The Toggle Summary / Detail action switches the parent work order's children between summary and detail type.

There are a few rules around switching between the two types. Summary type work orders may not be changed to detail type if the summary work order has children (detail work orders cannot have children). Detail work orders may always be changed to summary work orders since the detail work order does not have children.

The option to toggle is only available when: The parent is a summary work order and it's children are summary work orders and the children do not have children. The parent is a summary work order and it's children are detail work orders.

Last updated: Tuesday, February 20, 2001