Mesh Availability

A Mesh availability event provides information about periods during which Mesh objects are unavailable or partially available. The availability functionality helps track and model the operational status of assets throughout time.

Types of Availability Events

  • Revision - Represents periods when an object is completely unavailable (e.g., during maintenance or outage)
  • Restriction - Represents periods when an object is partially available with reduced capacity
  • Advanced Restriction - In case of restrictions that require template calculation to represent them it is possible to define Advanced restriction that links calculation with specific event Category

Availability Recurrence

Availability events can be defined with various recurrence patterns:

  • Single occurrence - One-time events with a specific start and end time
  • Daily - Repeating pattern on a daily basis
  • Weekly - Repeating pattern on a weekly basis
  • Monthly - Repeating pattern on a monthly basis
  • Yearly - Repeating pattern on a yearly basis

Each recurrence pattern allows specifying:

  • How often the pattern repeats (e.g., every 2 weeks)
  • When the pattern ends (if applicable)
  • The time interval for each occurrence

Instances

An instance is a single occurrence of a revision or restriction according to its recurrence pattern. When analyzing availability, you can search for all instances that occur within a specified time period.

For example, a weekly revision occurring every Monday for two months would have approximately eight instances, one for each Monday in the specified period.

Categories and Statuses

Availability events can have:

  • Status - Indicates the current state of the event (e.g., planned, confirmed, canceled)
  • Category - Classifies the type of the event (e.g., maintenance, external constraints)
  • Reason - Text description explaining why the event exists

Common Use Cases

The availability functionality can be used for:

  • Maintenance Planning - Scheduling and tracking planned downtime periods
  • Capacity Management - Modeling partial capacity constraints
  • Outage Tracking - Documenting unexpected unavailability periods
  • Resource Allocation - Planning operations around known availability constraints

When working with availability data, you can search for events affecting specific objects, find all instances occurring within a time period, and incorporate availability information into operational planning and analysis.