---
title: "Generate maintenance orders"
slug: "bc-generate-maintenance-orders"
description: "Create Plant Maintenance Service Orders efficiently by setting dates and managing service items to streamline your maintenance plans and operations."
tags: ["BC", "Business Central", "IEM", "Industrial Equipment Manufact.", "Service integration", "Task"]
updated: 2026-06-25T09:59:10Z
published: 2026-06-25T09:59:10Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/bc-generate-maintenance-orders"
---

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# Generate maintenance orders

Use the **Create Plant Maintenance Service Orders** task to create service orders for plant maintenance based on maintenance plans linked to service items.

## Steps - Create maintenance plan service orders

1. In the search box, type **Create Plant Maintenance Service Orders**.
2. Select **Create Plant Maintenance Service Orders** to open the request page.
3. Enter a **Starting Date** and an **Ending Date** to specify the period for which orders need to be generated.
4. In the **Action** field, select **Create Service Order** or **Print Only** to show a preview.
5. Click **OK** to start the task.

When complete, the task shows a confirmation message with the number of orders created. The maintenance service orders appear in the **Order Processing** section of the Service department.

## Complete maintenance plan service orders

Maintenance plan service orders are identified by the **Service Order Type** as specified in **Service Management Setup**, tab **Industrial Equipment Manufacturing**.

When you set the service item line in the service order to **Finished**, the finish date is copied to the maintenance plan **Last Planned Date** and calculates the **Next Planned** date using the date formula.

When the maintenance plan interval runs on running hours, also specify the actual running hours in the service item line to update **Last Registered Running Hours** and **Last Date Recorded**. With this information, **Last Planned Quantity** and **Next Planned Quantity** reset.

## Related

- [Create a maintenance plan template](/bc-create-a-maintenance-plan-template.md)
- [Plant maintenance](/bc-plant-maintenance.md)
- [Service integration](/bc-service-integration.md)