Operation step properties

Number

The unique number for the step.

Name

A unique name for the step.

Sequence

The sequence number for the step. The sequence number determines the order in which the step is performed within the step group.

SPC Char

The SPC characteristic that needs to be measured at this step.

Form Name

Click the Browse button to locate the name of the form linked to this step, if any.

Reorder Step Sequence

Specifies whether to reorder the current step sequence automatically. The reorder step sequence allows you to insert a step into an existing set of steps. All steps with a sequence number equal to or greater than this step will have their sequence number increased by one.

Description

A brief description for the step.

Action Type

The action that this step needs to perform. The following options are available in the list:

• Normal: No specific action is performed.

• Log Data: Selects the Data Log tab to facilitate data collection.

• Add Production: Allows you to add production details for this step to facilitate the reporting of production quantities.

• Add Consumption: Allows you to add consumption details for the first component assigned to this step.

• Operator Acknowledge: Displays the step description and requires the operator to acknowledge this prompt before continuing work.

• Enter Form Data: Allows you to fill details in a specific form.

• Enter SPC Data: Allows an operator to add SPC data when the operator logs onto this step.

Complete When

The circumstance in which the current step are automatically marked as Complete. The following options are available in the list:

• Standard Time Elapsed: When the time entered in the Standard Time box is elapsed counting from the beginning of the step.

• Operator Accepts: When an operator marks the step as Accepted/Complete.

• Dismiss Message: This option is available if the Action is set to Operator Acknowledge. The step ends when the operator dismisses the dialog.

Standard Time

The standard completion time for this step.

Step Occurrence%

The number how many times the step must be done for a run of production. For an operation’s step, it is percent because there is no fixed amount of production you are doing. For a job’s step, the step occurrence is a fixed number. When a work order is created from a process, the required quantity is multiplied by the step occurrence percentages to get the step occurrences for the job.

Step Grp ID

The step group ID to which you want to assign the step.

Allow Bypass

Specifies whether this step can be skipped.

Enter Data

Specifies whether the user must enter text into the Data box before changing the state of the step as Accepted or Complete. If you select this option, you must also specify how the data will be entered in the Advanced Options section.

Advanced Options: Select Way Data Is Entered

The method to use to enter the required data: text box, radio buttons, check box, or combo box.

This setting is enabled if the Enter Data check box is selected.

Depending on which element is selected, another property setting appears for specifying the data entry choices.

• If Text Box is selected, the Select Data Type list appears. It has the following options: String/Text, Analog, and DateTime.

  

  If you select the Analog, you also need to define the high and low limits to specify whether an alert should be issued when the value is outside these limits.

• If Check Box is selected, the Specify Label box appears. Type the label for the check box option.

  

• If Radio Buttons is selected, the Define Buttons section appears. Type a name for a radio button option and then click the + button to add that option. Multiple radio button options can be included. To remove an option, select it and then click the – button.

  

• If Combo Box is selected, the Define List section appears. Type the name of an entry to add to the combo box list and then click the + button to add that entry to the list. Multiple list entries can be included. To remove an entry, select it and then click the – button.

  

Spare Fields: Spare1–6

User-defined information about the step.

Certification

You can assign certifications to an operation step to manage who can perform the job steps that are instantiated from the operation step and whether a sign-off is required to complete a job step.

For more information, see Assign certifications to an operation step.

Exclusions

The entities that you want to exclude from this step. When you create a work order from a process, jobs are created for each entity linked to an operation and job steps are created for all the jobs for all the steps assigned to the operation. If you specify that an entity is excluded from a step, that step is not included in a job for the excluded entity.

Files

You can add files and web pages to an operation step to support the operator during production. For example, a file or web page can contain information relative to performing the job steps that are instantiated from the operation step. When a user is performing the job step using an application such as MES Operator, the files and web pages will be available to them for viewing.

For more information, see Add files and web pages to an operation step.

Data Log Groups

You can assign one or more data log groups to an operation step to allow users to collect measurement data about production when performing job steps that are instantiated from the operation step.

For more information, see Assign data log groups to an operation step.