Create an item reason

You cannot define a reason for an item before defining possible resultant states and grades for that item. For more information on item states and item grades, see Item states and Item grades.

Create an item reason

1. Open or go to the Item Reasons workspace tab.

2. Select the item reason group to which to assign the item reason.

3. Do one of the following:

   • Right-click the item reason group and on the context menu click New Item Reason.

   • On the ribbon, go to the Home tab and on the New menu click New Item Reason .

   A new item reason is added to the selected item reason group.

4. In the new item reason's Properties window, complete the following settings:

   Reason Description

   A brief description for the item reason. This describes the reason for the manner in which an item is handled and identifies the reason in the data records, so it must be unique within its reason group.

   You can create a new item reason group if the existing item reason groups in the list do not fulfill the parameters of the new item reason. To create a new item reason group, see Create an item reason group.

   Item Grade

   The defined item grade for the selected item. By default, the first item grade in the list is shown. For more information on item grade, see Item grades.

   Item States

   The defined item state for the selected item. By default, the first item state in the list is shown. For more information about item states, see Item states.

   Reason Code

   The reason code. The code associated with this reason identifies the reason in the data records, so it must be unique and is not editable after the reason definition is first saved.

   Default Consumption

   Specifies whether to define the item reason as the default reason for the consumed items. The selected reason is specified as the default reason when reporting consumption of an item in MES. An operator can change the default reason for the item class.

   Default Production

   Specifies whether to define the item reason as default reason for the produced items. The selected reason is specified as the default reason when reporting production of an item in MES. An operator can change the default reason for the item class.

   BOM Version Linked To Reason

   The BOM versions that use this reason as their default production reason. For more information, see Create BOMs for an item.

   BOM Item Linked To Reason

   The BOM items that use this reason as their default reason for production or consumption. For more information, see Create BOMs for an item.

   Entities Linked to Reason

   The entities that use this reason as their default reason for item production or consumption. For more information, see Jobs configuration group.

5. Save the changes.

You can modify the properties of an existing item reason in the Properties window.