Default storage entity attributes

A storage entity is used to store items that are produced or consumed while executing a job. You can specify the default storage entities for good production, rejected production, and consumed items when jobs are executed.

Entities must exist with the option for storage before these fields can be set. Generally this means that the Entity Model Builder must have been run once to populate the MES database with the entities that have the storage option set. These are default settings stored with the entity and can be overridden at run time during execution of the job.

When you run the Entity Model Builder, entities for which the Entity Can Store Items option is enabled in the General tab, the Entity Model Builder creates a new default storage entity or updates the existing storage entity settings.

You can configure the following default storage entities on this tab.

Default Storage Entity For Good Production

When a production request is made with a production quality of Good, and if the production request does not contain a storage location identifying where the production item to be stored, then the default storage location configured for the entity is used to store the production item.

This default storage location is used in the following scenarios:

• A storage location is not specified while adding good production recorded by production counters in the OCO or an operator.

• A storage location is not configured to log good production for a job on an entity.

  Default Storage Entity For Reject Production

  When a production request is made with a production quality of Bad, and if the production request does not contain a storage location identifying where the production item to be stored, then the default storage location configured for the entity is used to store the production item.

  This default storage location is used in the following scenarios:

• A storage location is not specified while adding rejected production recorded by production counters in the OCO or an operator.

• A storage location is not configured to log rejected production for a job on an entity.

  Default Storage Entity To Consume Items

  When a consumption request is made without identifying a storage location from where the items can be consumed, then the default storage location configured for the entity is used to consume the items from this location.

  This default storage location is used in the following scenarios:

• A storage location to consume items is not specified while adding consumption recorded by consumption counters in the OCO or an operator.

• A storage location is not configured to log consumption for a job on an entity.

Select a default storage entity

1. Click the Browse button of the appropriate Default Storage Entity attribute box.

   The Entity Browser dialog box appears.

2. In the Database list, click the Galaxy or the MESDB option.

   When you click the MESDB option, a list of storage entities that are configured in the MES database appears.

   When you click the Galaxy option, a list of entities from the Galaxy whose Entity Can Store property is set to True appears.

   If the list of corresponding entities that can store items does not appear, you must configure the required storage entities in the MES Client application. For more information, see the MES Client User Guide or online help.

3. Click the required storage entity to be used as a default entity while producing or consuming items, and then click OK.

   The selected entity appears in the box as a default storage entity corresponding to the attribute.