Perform a job-based logon

MES user accounts can be set up in MES Client to use a job-based logon. If this is the case with your user account, then the Job Based Filter dialog box appears after logging on at the MES Operator logon screen instead of the Entity Logon dialog box.

For a job-based logon, you are logged on to only the entity that is associated with the job. So you will not be able to work with any other entity during the current session.

Perform a job-based logon

1. On the Job Based Filter dialog box, do one of the following:

   • Enter a valid work order ID in the work order box, then click the Find button.

     The Job Route window appears.

   • Optionally enter filter criteria in the serial (lot) number, manufacturing order ID, item number, or work order boxes (use the buttons to select entries from lists), then click the Work Order button.

     The Select a Work Order window appears, listing the work orders that match any entered filter criteria.

     

2. Select a work order, then click OK.

   The Job Route window appears.

   

   The buttons that appear on the Job Route window depend on the setting of the Auto start jobs when using job based login Operator system parameter (in MES Client):

   • If set to Yes, a Log On button is shown.

   • If set to No, Start Job and Start Some buttons are shown.

3. Select the job for the entity that you want to log on to.

4. Do one of the following:

   • If the Log On button is shown, click it.

     You are logged onto the entity that is associated with the job. The job is started automatically if it is not already running. If the job has been queued to a group, you will be prompted to select from a list of entities on which to start or continue the job.

   • If the Start Job and Start Some buttons are shown, see one of the two procedures below, depending on whether you want to set required and start quantities before logging on to the entity.

Immediately log onto the entity that is associated with the selected job

• Click Start Job.

  You are logged on to the entity associated with the job. If the selected job has been queued to a group, you will be prompted to select from a list of entities on which to start or continue the job.

Set required and start quantities for the job instead of using the default quantities before logging on to the entity

5. Click Start Some.

   The Start Some dialog box appears.

   

6. In the Start Qty box, enter a start quantity for the job.

7. In the Quantity box, enter the required quantity for the job.

   The Quantity value cannot be greater than the Start Qty value.

8. Click OK.

   You are logged on to the entity associated with the job. If the selected job has been queued to a group, you will be prompted to select from a list of entities on which to start or continue the job.

Bypass the job-based logon

You can bypass the job-based logon by clicking the Indirect Labor button on the Job Based Filter dialog box. You will then be able to select the entities to log on to as described in Start and sign into MES Operator.