---
alias: user-guide-skip-maintenance-activity-order
tags:
- maintenance
description: "This documentation outlines how to temporarily bypass a maintenance activity order’s execution"
---

# Skip Maintenance Activity Order

:lock: MaintenanceActivityOrder.**Skip**

## Overview

This operation skips a **Maintenance Activity Order** (**MAO**). If the **MAO** is Time Based, Usage Based or Time And Usage Based, it will be rescheduled automatically by the system.

## Preconditions

* The **MAO** is in the execution state Requested, Approved, or Released.
* The user must belong to the **Maintenance Plan Instance** Owner Role.
* The **MAO** must not be included in another **MAO**, that is, the Parent **MAO** property must be `null`.
* The **MAO** Is Ad hoc property must be set to `false`.
* The Rework Count of the **MAO** must be `0`.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1

1. Verify the information regarding the **MAOs**.

    !!! note
        It is possible to select multiple MAOs before entering the Skip Maintenance Activity Order wizard.

2. If a state transition is associated with the entity to which the **MAO** is related, it is possible to change the state of the entity by selecting a new state from the list. If the state transition has **Reasons** associated, you can accept the suggested **Reason** or select another one.
3. Optionally, enter a comment.
4. Select **Skip** to complete the operation.

    ![Skip MAO](images/skip_maintenance_activity_order.png)

!!! note
    The system state of the MAO will be set to Skipped, however the universal state of the MAO will be Terminated after the operation is completed. For more information, see [[user-guide-terminate-maintenance-activity-order]].