If a vessel is taken over from another owner/operator without any info about maintenance history, the `CreateDummyReports.exe` tool can be used for creating a clean cut in maintenance history by setting the database into a state that lets the Planned Maintenance module assume that all maintenance jobs to be done in the past have been executed as planned.

## Preparation

Before the tool can be used, the following tasks must be completed:

### Update Essential Component Data

1. Set the start date for the vessel.
1. Enter the current counter values via counter list (see [Counter List](https://docs.zeeborn.info/planned-maintenance/component-counters/counter-list/))
1. Update the maintenance job due dates by recalculating the job schedules (see [Maintenance Job Schedules](https://docs.zeeborn.info/planned-maintenance/maintenance-jobs/job-schedules/))  
Based on the start date of the vessels, current component counters and known job intervals, the last due date for each job will be calculated. Depending on the interval size the resulting due date can be in the past but also in the future (like jobs to be done only each 90,000 hrs)

### Tool Installation

As the tool is not part of the standard ZeeBORN software installation, the tool must be downloaded at https://downloads.zeeborn.net/CreateDummyReports.zip. The zip archive needs to be extracted to folder `C:\Program Files (x86)\ZeeBORN\bin` (or the folder used for the initial installation of the ZeeBORN software).

## Creating Dummy Reports

![](createdummyreports.png)

1. After starting the `CreateDummyReports.exe` you will need to choose a reference date (by default the current date). All maintenance jobs having a due date before the selected reference date will be internally reported as done.
1. Click the button `Create Reports` for creating the necessary data the let the system assume that all maintenance jobs have been executed as planned. This task usually takes only a few seconds.
1. After closing the tool, start the ZeeBORN software and recalculate the maintenance schedules list for receiving the next correct due dates.

## Limitations

1. This tool can't be used in the office.
1. This tool can be used only for jobs that have been never reported as executed before.

*[PO]: Purchase Order  
*[AZA]: local folder
*[(PO]: Purchase Order  
*[RQ]: Requisition  
*[(RQ]: Requisition  
*[RfQ]: Request for Quotation  
*[(RfQ]: Request for Quotation  
*[SO]: Service Order  
*[(SO]: Service Order  
*[SQ]: Service Requisition  
*[(SQ]: Service Requisition  
*[SRfQ]: Service Request for Quotation  
*[OoB]: Open on Board  
*[(OoB]: Open on Board 
*[ART]: Average Running Time (operation hours per day) 
*[MC]: Master Contract
*[ADS]: Advantage Database Server (database engine used in previous versions of the ZeeBORN software)
*[.replic]: file extension for replication files (aka data transfer files)