Job step properties

General Properties

• Number

  The unique number for the step.

• Name

  The unique name for the step. This is an optional field.

• Sequence

  The sequence number for the step. The sequence number indicates the position of the step in the current operation in the process tree. Sequence number specifies the order in which this step is to be performed.

• SPC Char

  The Statistical Process Control (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.

• Description

  A brief description or instructions for production.

• 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 in 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 circumstances in which the current step is automatically marked as complete. The following options are available in the list:

  • Standard Time Elapsed: When the time specified in the Standard Time (In hours) box has elapsed. This option is enabled only if you provide the elapse time in the Standard Time (In hours) box.

  • Operator Accepts: When the operator marks the step as accepted/complete. This option is available when Operator Acknowledge is selected as action type in the Action Type list.

• Standard Time (In hours)

  The standard completion time in hours for this step.

• Step Occurrence

  The number of lots/sublots for which this step must be performed. 0 (the default) means it should be performed for all lots/sublots. This property applies only if the maximum lot or sublot size is 1 and the step group is repeatable.

• Step Grp ID

  The step group ID to which this step belongs.

• Allow Bypass

  Specifies whether you can skip this step.

• Enter Data

  Specifies whether you need to enter text into the Data box before changing the state of the step as Accepted/Complete.

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 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

• Step Spare1 to Step Spare6

  User-defined information for this step.

BOM

The amount of consumption for the BOM to apply for this step.

See Specify the BOM consumption amount for the job step.

Files

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

See Add files and web pages to a job step.

Data Log Groups

You can assign data log groups to a job step to allow users to collect measurement data about production.

See Assign data log groups to a job step.