Add characteristics

You can configure attributes only after you add a characteristic or if you select an existing characteristic.

Add characteristics

1. Click the Add button at the top of the Characteristics tab.

   The QM Specification Browser window appears.

   

   If the number of QM specifications in the MES database is more than the warning level, a filter dialog box appears. This filters the unwanted QM specifications, and displays a list of QM specifications that you can use. The warning level amount is determined by the Warning level number of records for the Sample Characteristic Filter Dialog in SRO system parameter in MES Client; for more information, see the MES Client User Guide or online help.

2. Select one or more QM specifications to be monitored for the characteristic and click OK.

   The Characteristic Browser window appears, with a list of characteristics for the selected QM specifications.

   

3. Select one or more characteristics to be added to the object and click OK.

   The characteristics are added to the Characteristics list.

   

When adding a characteristic to an SRO instance, the SRO does the following:

• Uses characters that conform with System Platform attribute naming scheme. Any other characters are deleted. If the characteristic name contains a space, it is replaced with an underscore. For more information on System Platform attribute naming scheme, see the System Platform IDE help.

• Restricts the length of the MES attribute to 32 characters in the SRO.