Understand the Specs tab

A specification provides guidelines for a measurement or setting that will be needed during a job. A specification can include minimum, maximum, and set point (standard or typical) values, as well as files and instructions. The actual value for this measurement or setting is recorded once for the job; it is used either at one point during the job or lasts throughout the job. (Values that vary throughout the job are recorded using the Data Log tab; see Understand the Data Log tab.) Specifications can also be assigned to a particular step within a job.

The Specs tab shows the specifications assigned to the active job, but not assigned to any particular step. Using this tab, you can consult the minimum, maximum, and set point values, as well as any attached files or comments/instructions. You enter actual values for the active job in the Current Value column. With the appropriate user privileges, you can also change the specification guidelines, for this job only or for all subsequent jobs.

The Specs tab is composed of the Spec group pane and Specs grid.

Specs Group Pane

The Spec Group pane lists all specification groups that have been assigned to the active job, but not to a particular step.

Select a specification group to show its specifications in the specs grid.

The Spec Group pane can be hidden, to give the specifications more room in the window.

Hide or show the Spec Group pane

• Click the pane’s hide/show bar, highlighted in the following figure.

  

Specs Grid

The specs grid shows the detailed information for all specifications in the selected group, using one row for each specification.

Note that not all columns in the pane are shown by default. For information about how to show and hide columns in the grid, see Specify column and row display.

The Current Value and New Comments fields are the only specification values that you can enter or change without special user privileges.