Validate a Recipe

Use the Validate button to initiate a validation of the Recipe. You can perform the validation when the Recipe is either in checked-in or checked-out state. Validation consists of a verification of the following elements:

• All the Capabilities in the procedure must belong to the Equipment and have the correct version

• All the Variables used in Transition, Loop, and Transition expression must belong to the Equipment

• Equipment parameters having a string list or enum list datatype must be mapped to corresponding a string list or enum list Formula parameters.

• If the Equipment parameter's datatype is Integer/Double with min and max values defined and the Formula Parameter is an enum list, then the enum value should be validated against Equipment parameter’s min and max values. An error appears if the enum value is not in range.

• If the Equipment parameter's datatype is Integer/Double with min and max values defined and the Formula Parameter is a string list, then an error appears after validation against min and max values. If the min and max values are blank, then no error appears.

• The Formula target value should be within the limits specified in the Equipment’s Capability parameter to which it is mapped to.

  • If the target value is less than the Equipment parameter’s min value or greater than the Equipment parameter’s max value then an error will be reported. The Formula target value will be converted to the Equipment data type before doing the limit check; this could affect the validation.

• For Input and Output Equipment Capability Parameters, the scaled Formula Target value will be validated against its min and max range. Based on the Batch Size value, the scaling factor is calculated, and Parameter validation will fail when scaled Target value does not fall within min and max range. For more information on the calculation of the Scaling Factor, see Calculating and Assigning the Scaling Factor.

To validate a Recipe

1. Open the Recipe details page and then click Validate.

2. A slide-in window appears. Select the Equipment from the list of latest available Equipment in the model.

3. In the Batch Size box, specify the batch size of the Recipe. By default, the Batch Size value is the Base Formula Size of the associated Formula.

4. Click Validate.

   • A successful validation notification appears if the validation is successful.

   • If validation errors exist, a validation error message is displayed with a hyperlink. You can click the link to get the information in long message format. You can use the information to troubleshoot the recipe.

5. Click OK.