Enter Phase or Batch Comments

You can enter comments about a phase or batch. While a phase is running, you can enter a comment associated with the selected phase. The comment is stored in the historical database. If phases are not running and a comment is entered, it is stored as a general comment associated with the batch. If a phase is active, the operator can change the comment type to Batch if the comment is not related to the phase.

A batch must be initialized before comments can be written to history. You can enter batch comments after a batch is initialized but before it is started. However, the unique batch identification record is not created until the batch is started. Thus, if a batch is added, comments are entered and then the batch is changed or deleted, unrecoverable comment records are created that have a batch key field that does not point to a valid batch ID log record. Therefore, you should enter comments only after starting a batch.

To enter batch or phase comments

1. Open the Batch Display dialog box.

2. Click Edit Comment. The Comment dialog box appears.

   

3. Type the comment in the box.

4. Select the Type (Batch or Phase).

5. Click OK.

The Edit Comment button opens the Comment dialog box.