Allocate Equipment for a Batch

You can view the status and availability of the units or connections in the train assigned to the selected batch. The Equipment Allocation dialog box is available only for batches that have status of Run, Held, or Aborting.

To open the Equipment Allocation dialog box

1. Open the Batch Display dialog box.

2. On the toolbar, click the Equipment Allocation icon.

   The Equipment Allocation dialog box appears.

   

Each unit in the train has a Status corresponding to one of the statuses defined in the Process Model Editor. Each connection in the train has a Status of Available or Unavailable. This status corresponds to the status of any segments that were assigned to the connection in the process model. If segments were not assigned to a connection, the status of the connection is always Available. The status of a connection is Unavailable if any one of the segments assigned to the connection has an equipment status that has not been marked as Available in the process model.

The Allocation of a unit or connection relates to the ability of the unit or connection to be allocated by Batch Manager. The Ready allocation value means that the unit or connection is available to be allocated. The Allocated value means that the unit or connection is allocated by a batch. A Busy value indicates that the unit or connection has been allocated by another batch.