QM specification properties

• Name

  The name for the QM specification.

• Description

  A description of the QM specification.

• Edit Level

  The number for the required level to edit the current QM specification. The Edit Level is set within the user's group permissions. By default, the edit level value is 1.

• Version

  The version of the QM specification.

  The combination of name and version number, and the combination of name and start date, must be unique. The purpose of the Version box is to help you organize the data. It does not indicate whether the QM specification is active or not. The start date and end date of the QM specification determine whether it is active or not.

• Start Date

  The effective start date of the specification. By default, the start date is the current date and the start time is the current time. You can also change the start date to a value other than the current date and time.

• End Date

  The date on which the specification ceases to be effective. By default, the end date is blank.

A QM specification must have an entry in at least one of the context properties: Entity, Item Category and Item, Process and Operation. You can also have entries in multiple context properties.

• Entity

  Click the Browse button and select the entity context at which the samples are going to be taken. The selected context can be an entity class, an entity parent, or an end entity. The options available include all entities with the Can Capture QM Data capability as well as parents of those entities and entity classes of those entities.

• Item Category and Item

  Click the Browse button and select the item context to define the quality samples. The samples are to be collected when an entity with the Can Capture QM Data capability is running a job (work order) and producing an item that matches the selected item or item category.

• Process and Operation

  Click the Browse button and select the operation context for the QM specification. You can use this option to create quality samples when an entity is running a job (work order) at the specified operation.

• Sample Plan Name

  The default sample plan used by the characteristics within the QM specification. The sample plan has the list of sample frequencies that MES uses to generate samples against an entity within the QM specification.

• Number of Points Per Page

  The number of samples per SPC chart page. This is to ensure that all the SPC charts are displayed consistently. The value of this field must be between 5 and 800. The default value is 18.

  The number that must be entered in this field is determined by the resolution of your monitor. If there are too many samples displayed on a page, the chart will not be readable.

• Display Sequence

  Determines the order in which to display this QM specification in a sample that has multiple QM specifications. QM specifications with the same display sequence value are sorted alphabetically.

• Category Name

  Select the category for the QM Specification from the list. This optional property is intended for use in the customer's implementation and populates the Category ID column in the qm_spec table. It is not directly utilized by the MES system.

• User Defined QM Specification Spare1–4

  User-defined information about the QM specification.

  Note: The Description, Edit Level, and End Date, and User Defined QM Specification Spare properties are optional.