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title: Property settings for Planned Maintenance
description: You configure Planned Maintenance properties at Planned Maintenance Properties .
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product: Planned Maintenance \(Family\)
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# Property settings for Planned Maintenance

You configure Planned Maintenance properties at **Planned Maintenance** > **Properties**.

## Trigger properties

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Use this property to maintain the planned maintenance intervals in fixed meter\[planned\_maintenance.fixed\_meter\]

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Preserve the calculated meter trigger. See the illustration.

 -   Select the check box to perform the next planned maintenance at the meter value that was originally calculated even if the most recent work order was completed at a later meter value.
-   Clear the check box to restart the meter calculation using the reading when the work order was completed.

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Use this property to maintain the planned maintenance intervals in fixed intervals\[planned\_maintenance.fixed\_interval\]

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Preserve the calculated interval trigger. See the illustration.

 -   Select the check box to perform the next planned maintenance at the time/date that was originally calculated based on the configured interval even if the most recent work order was completed late.
-   Clear the check box to restart the interval calculation when the work order is completed.

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</table>\[Omitted image "property-preserve-calc.png"\] Alt text: Properties controlling trigger calculation

**Parent Topic:**[Managing maintenance plans](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/service-management-for-the-enterprise/planned-maintenance-family/c_MaintPlanMgmt.md)