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How to Import Meter Work Order Triggers

Learn to bulk import your meter triggers!

Updated over 6 months ago

Available On: Starter, Professional and Business Plus


By using Meters, you can quickly have work orders appear for work that needs to be done according to meter readings. For example: say you need to change the oil on a motor every 16,000 hrs and you log those hours through a Meter. You can have a work order fire off, the moment 16,000 hours has been entered.


This article explains how to import your meter work order triggers in bulk so you don't need to create them individually.

NOTE: Your METERS must already be created and exist within your UpKeep account in order to import meter triggers.

Please Note** File size is limited to 10MB and names MUST be unique.

There is a Guide below that tells you exactly how to fill in each column.


How to Import Meter Triggers

  1. Navigate to the Meters section

  2. Click on the 3 vertical dot options

  3. Then click on Import Meter Triggers

  4. Here, you can click Download Sample Template to download the template needed for this import

Notes

  • You can use CSV, XLS, XLSX, TSV or XML Format

    • You can also manually enter items to the table manually under import


Guide

NOTE: The ID refers to a unique, UpKeep assigned ID. You can find each 10-character ID in the URL when clicking into the location/asset/part/etc. All IDs can also be found when exporting each data set in Column A of the CSV!

NOTE: Your meters must already be created and exist within your UpKeep account in order to import meter triggers.

Column Header

Example Entry

Acceptable Values/Notes

A - Meter Trigger ID

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This is the 10-character unique ID of the actual meter of this meter work order trigger

  • NOTE: This would be used to update any existing Meter Triggers.

B - Meter ID

jarl9os84

This is the 10-character unique ID of the actual meter of this meter

  • TIP: You can export your existing meters to find the Meter ID in Column A of that file.

C - Title

Oil Change for Truck 1

Work order title for this meter work order trigger

D - Description

Oil change for Truck 1, needed every 5000 miles recorded

Add a work order description of what will be included in the meter trigger

E - Value

5000

Number value to compare meter reading with

F - Frequency

EVERY_TIME_REACHES

Only acceptable values:

  • ONE_TIME_IS_GREATER_THAN

  • ONE_TIME_IS_LESS_THAN

  • EVERY_TIME_IS_LESS_THAN

  • EVERY_TIME_IS_GREATER_THAN

  • EVERY_TIME_IS_EQUAL_TO

  • EVERY_TIME_REACHES

G - Due Interval

3

How many X hours/days/weeks/months after the trigger is the Work Orders Due

H - Due Frequency

Weeks

The Frequency of time for the Work Order Due Date

  • Minutes

  • Hours

  • Days

  • Weeks

  • Months

  • Years

I - Estimated Duration

2

The Estimated Duration for the Work Order

J - Requires Signature

Yes

Yes/No

K - Priority

Low

Work Order Priority

  • None

  • Low

  • Medium

  • High

L - Category

Damage

The Work Order Category

M - Checklist ID

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This is the 10-character unique ID of the checklist that you will assign this meter work order trigger to

N - Assigned User Email

The UpKeep Email of the user

O - Additional Worker Email

The email(s) of additional users for this trigger

  • NOTE: Additional user emails will be separated by a comma (,)

P - Assigned Team Name

Breakdown Squad

The UpKeep name of the team assigned to the Work Order

Q - Assigned Location Name

Factory 1

The UpKeep Name of the Location on the Work Order

R - Assigned Asset ID

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This is the 10-character unique ID of the Asset that you will assign this meter work order trigger to

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