Create a maintenance plan for your enterprise assets

task australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read create-eam-maintenance-plan.md

Create a maintenance plan to manage and schedule routine maintenance for your enterprise assets, linear assets, and linear segments. You can run maintenance on-demand or based on a set of specific criteria.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_eam.enterprise_asset_manager

Procedure

From the Enterprise Asset Workspace, open the Work management view.
On the Maintenance plans tab, select New.
Select Maintenance plan from the Plan type list.
Select a table from the Asset table list.

The Enterprise asset table is selected by default.
Select Create.
On the Create New Maintenance Plan page, fill in the details.

For a detailed description of all the maintenance plan fields, see Maintenance plan fields for Enterprise Asset Management.
Select Save.

The page closes and you’re automatically redirected to the new maintenance plan record.

You can further configure your maintenance plan by creating maintenance schedules, work orders, and work order tasks. You can view all your maintenance plan records in the list view in the Maintenance plans tab. Every maintenance plan record is prefixed with MP.

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title: Create a maintenance plan for your enterprise assets
description: Create a maintenance plan to manage and schedule routine maintenance for your enterprise assets, linear assets, and linear segments. You can run maintenance on-demand or based on a set of specific criteria.
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release: australia
product: Enterprise Asset Management
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breadcrumb: [Manage work orders for your enterprise assets, Enterprise Asset Management, Asset Management]
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# Create a maintenance plan for your enterprise assets

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_eam.enterprise\_asset\_manager

## Procedure

1. From the Enterprise Asset Workspace, open the Work management view.

2. On the **Maintenance plans** tab, select **New**.

3. Select **Maintenance plan** from the **Plan type** list.

4. Select a table from the **Asset table** list.

The Enterprise asset table is selected by default.

5. Select **Create**.

6. On the Create New Maintenance Plan page, fill in the details.

For a detailed description of all the maintenance plan fields, see [Maintenance plan fields for Enterprise Asset Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/enterprise-asset-management/maintenance-plan-fields-eam.md).

7. Select **Save**.

The page closes and you’re automatically redirected to the new maintenance plan record.

You can further configure your maintenance plan by creating [maintenance schedules](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/enterprise-asset-management/create-eam-maintenance-schedule.md), work orders, and work order tasks. You can view all your maintenance plan records in the list view in the **Maintenance plans** tab. Every maintenance plan record is prefixed with **MP**.