The “Over time (relative” column is available in the work order tables. What does it mean? Why is this percentage a value but not in days?
The bar shows the percentage of the set maintenance interval that we are late in doing the job. This value helps to decide which job to focus on first if we have several jobs in the list in red.
For example:
In the picture below, we have two pieces of work that have gone over time (red). Now we need to include one of them. Which one?
The “today’s date” in the picture is 09.06.2025. The work in the first row is 14 days overdue and the work in the second row is 4 days overdue. Simple decision. First job first!
Is this still the case? Let’s activate some additional columns.
After activating the “Over time (relative)” column, we see that the job we are 2 weeks late on is only 4% overdue with respect to the interval, while the job we are only 4 days overdue on is 57% overdue with respect to the interval.
Perhaps we should first do the job in the second row, as this job has an interval of 1 week (7 days), and then the job in the first row, which has an interval of 1 year (265 days).
NB! This metric is only displayed for regular works. The relative value cannot be calculated (there is no value against which to calculate it) for scheduled and extraordinary works.
The relative value is displayed for the first job in the regular job chain. It is not displayed for so-called pre-calculated jobs (place holders in the calendar) that cannot be confirmed today because the previous job is not done.
In my task list, a future task is shown in black, but the ‘Relative overdue’ field appears in red. Why is that?
Relative values are calculated based on the original work order date. Even if a task was first scheduled for the previous week and later moved to the next, the calculation will still reference the original date rather than the updated one.