AVEVA™ Manufacturing Execution System 2023 R2

Configure a line layout

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Important: The Line Layout configuration page requires a pointing device to be able to drag entities onto the layout model.

For conceptual information about lines and line layout, see Understand lines and Understand line layouts.

Load the line for configuration either by creating the line (see Create a line) or loading the line to edit it (see Edit a line).
Click the line configuration Layout tab.
Optionally, use the filter box at the top of the Available Entities list to filter the list of entities.

The filter entry will persist when you leave and return to this page. To clear the filter, click X.
Drag the entities in the Available Entities list onto the layout model. For an example layout and description of the layout components, see Navigate a line layout. For examples of how to add entities for various layout configurations, see the other topics in this section.

Note: A line with more than 50 line positions is not supported for calculating bad counts.
To save the layout, click Save.

If you navigate away from the Layout tab, any changes that you made since last performing a Save operation will be discarded.

Entities can be added to a layout according to the following guidelines:

Only entities that have the following capabilities and settings can be added to a layout: can schedule jobs, can run jobs, can capture utilization, can track OEE, have an OEE production rate defined, and have no more than one Job Exec (that is, it cannot have more than one job running at a time).
A line’s parent entity cannot be added.
An entity that is already a member of the layout cannot be added again.

Only entities that meet these guidelines will be included in the Available Entities list.

Note: An entity that is already a member of another line should not be added to a line. That is, an entity should not be a member of multiple lines.

To configure a line, open the line layout for the line you are interested in editing.

You can filter the ‘available entities’ list by entering search terms to find specific items quickly.

To assign an item to the line, select it, and drag it to the desired line location.

Insert additional entities into a line by dragging them onto the layout.

If you place a new item on top of an existing one, the new entity will be located after the existing one.

Move an entity to a new position in the line by selecting it and dragging it to the new location.

Remove an entity by right-clicking it to display its shortcut-menu and then choose Remove Selection.

When an entity is removed, it is added back to the Available Entities list.

Entities are arranged 'in series' when they are located in a linear sequence.

This arrangement models systems where processes occur one after the other.

If multiple entities perform the same function at the same position in the line, you can add them as parallel entities.

Line segments are created if multiple entities performing operations in sequence are added in parallel.

Once you are satisfied with the arrangement of the layout, select save to save the layout configuration.