VMP Icon  When Maintenance is Due

This pane displays the selected vehicles and tasks based on the filtering options selected.  The filtering options are explained below.

The Mechanics:
  1. Use the popups to choose an owner, vehicle and task( also known as  service task )
  2. Pick one of the three filtering options using the radio buttons to the right of the popups.
  3. Press the Show button to display the maintenance matching the selected options.
VMP searches for qualifying maintenance( based on Owner, Vehicle, Task and button selected ),  and shows the next projected maintenance date and next maintenance miles ( or kilometers ). These results are shown in the tabular area at the bottom of the window.  If the calculated next maintenance dates ( shown as "Next Maint Date" in the tabular area ) are in the past or equal to today’s date, the date(s) is colored red to warn of potential overdue maintenance.

The three(3) filtering options:

In addition to filtering based on the chosen vehicle and task,  the radio buttons provide three filtering options:

(Filtering Option 1) Only Last/Most Recent Task
Only the last ( i.e. most recent ) service task performed is shown. For example, if the Ford Taurus vehicle and oil change task are selected, only the last( i.e. most recent ) oil change for the Ford Taurus is shown. The other Ford Taurus oil changes prior to the last are not shown.

(Filtering Option 2) All Items for a Task
All the maintenance items for a given owner/vehicle/task are shown. For example, if Mr. Jones is selected as the owner, and a Ford Taurus and oil change were selected for vehicle and task, than all the oil changes recorded in the data base for this vehicle would be shown. A Ford Tauras owned by someone other than Mr. Jones would not be included.

(Filtering Option 3) Only OverDue Tasks
Displays maintenance when the calculated next maintenance date is today or older.  Every item listed would have a  red-colored next maintenance date indicating it is overdue


Right Click ( or Control click ) To Add Reminders For Future Service Task(s)
A future reminder via macOS Notification Center can be scheduled by control clicking ( or right click if your mouse is setup this way) a table item whose "Next Date" is in the future.
  1. When the reminder date arrives, the macOS Notification Center delivers the reminder notification
  2. The notification provides basics details ( owner name, vehicle name, task name ).
  3. The VMP user can discard/ignore the notification or click on it and VMP will open( if not already open ) and show the maintenance related to the reminder