Understand job and step states

Job states report the status of a job, such as running and ready. Step states report the status of a job step or execution of job steps. The job queue is also used to prioritize work and order the list of work available to an operator.

The job state is utilized in MES Client, MES Web Portal, and MES Operator. The step state is utilized in MES Operator.

The following states are available to both jobs and steps in the MES applications:

• New

  A job that is new and not started yet. Depending on the user’s privileges, this might restrict a user from starting the job in the MES Operator application. A step in the job’s step sequence that follows the current, Ready or Running, step.

• Ready

  A job/step that is ready to start. This indicates that the requirements for running this job/step are met. For example, this may indicate that a upstream job has met the pieces produced requirement to start this job, or that this is the first job of a work order and all consumable BOM (Bill of Material) components are available.

• Running

  A job/step that is currently running in production.

• Complete

  A job/step that is finished. For example, this may indicate that required quantity is produced, all steps are complete, and all required data is entered.

The following states are available only to jobs:

• Suspended

  A job that is paused temporarily. For example, a user at a shift change suspends a job so that the next shift user can log in and continue running the job.

• OnHold

  A job that is paused indefinitely. For example, this may indicate that there are material or machine issues.

• Cancelled

  A job that was created and then stopped before completion. For example, this may indicate a customer canceled a work order for a job that is scheduled and started running.

The Queue workspace tab provides visibility to all scheduled jobs in the system. You can find details about each job, including start and required quantities, physical entity on which a job is scheduled, and job status.

When you open the Queue workspace tab, the Current View tab appears on the ribbon.

In the View group, the following commands are available:

• Save as default

  You can save the configured job queue layout as default for all users.

• Save to logged-in

  You can save the configured job queue layout as default for the logged in user.

• Revert to default

  Click Revert to default to revert to the default settings.