Does a Recurring Work Order automatically get added to the scheduler for the appropriate day - or do we need to somehow manually add it?
You can have it automatically add into the calendar if you like. If you want it to schedule for the appropriate day, you can select "schedule workorder" and this will put it into the calendar with the specified time.
For example, if you select daily and have the times entered as 8-10 am, it will show daily at that time. If you select weekly, it will schedule at that particular time each week. If you decide not to use the "schedule Work Order" option, it will go into your list of work orders to be scheduled in the dispatcher. You can also have it into the dispatcher section without a time, and for this sometimes it is beneficial to add a separate status into work orders so you can see that this is maintenance.