Reconfiguration guidelines with work orders created from a process

In addition to being created in MES Web Portal, work orders can also be created from a process. These work orders are either created from a process defined in MES Client or imported into the system using Supply Chain Connector.

Note: Work orders that are created from a process and assigned to a line will not be shown in the Work Order collection page.

You can reconfigure a line that has work orders created from a process assigned to it within the following guidelines:

• You must have line editing privileges. This is assigned using the May edit lines Configuration privilege setting in MES Client.

• All work orders on the line that were created from a process must have a status of Complete.

• If a work order is currently running, which means it has at least one job running, it must be stopped by completing or canceling any running jobs. Jobs can be completed in MES Web Portal (see Start or end a job), but can only be canceled using MES Client:

• Changes can only be made to entities that have completed or canceled jobs. Any running jobs must be manually removed using MES Client. Changes to entities include the following:

  • Removing an entity from the line

  • Changing an entity's input percentage or the input percentage to the first entity in its segment

  • Moving an entity to a new segment.

• If an entity is added to the line, jobs for the entity must be manually created for all work orders already queued to that line that are expected to be run while the added entities are present. This includes deleting existing job routes that "span" the added entities (that is, the route runs from an entity preceding the added entity to an entity following the added entity) and adding new job routes that account for the new jobs. Failure to do this will mean that, for work orders created from a process, there will be no jobs to execute on the newly-added entities when already-queued work orders are run.