Print a Recipe Template

You can print an existing Recipe Template report along with the SFC or the SFC with parameters details to PDF using the Print to PDF option available on the Recipe Template Details page. This option enables you to store the configured Recipe Template electronically for future reference.

The generated report stores the SFC along with the various configuration details of each element it contains.

To print an existing Recipe Template

1. Open the Recipe Template Summary page.

2. Click the Recipe Template that you want to print. The Recipe Template Details page appears.

3. Click Print to PDF. The Print to PDF dialog box appears.

   

4. In the Content drop-down list, click to select Procedure or Procedure with details to print the type of report. The default content type is Procedure.

5. In the Page Size drop-down list, click to select the page size.

   NOTE: The default page size is Letter. You can select any of the following page size to print the report: A3, A4, Legal, and Letter. You can also modify the default page size to any of the above-mentioned options using the System Configuration page.

6. In the Layout drop-down list, click to select the page layout. The default layout is Portrait.

7. Click OK. The Recipe Template is printed and saved as a PDF document in the selected page size.

Recipe Template Details Report

The Recipe Template Details report stores the following information in the .PDF format and is divided into the following:

• Header information page

• Detailed information page with Procedure or Procedure with parameter details

Recipe Template Report - Header Information and Description

The header page of the report for a Recipe Template stores the following information as shown in the below screenshot:

• Recipe Template Name and Description: Displays the name and description of the Recipe Template for which the report is printed in the header region.

• Version: Displays the version number of the printed Recipe Template.

• Last Checked -in: Displays the last checked-in date and time of the Recipe Template. Note that the date and time in the reports is printed as per the current regional settings of the computer.

• Author: Displays the name of the author/user who created the Recipe Template.

• Formula Template: Displays the name of the Formula Template based on which the printed Recipe Template is created.

• Upgradable: Displays whether the Recipe Template requires any upgrade or not.

• State: Displays the state of the Recipe Template.

• Keywords: Displays the various Keywords assigned to the Recipe Template.

Recipe Template Report - Detailed Information and Description

The detailed page of the report for a Recipe Template stores the SFC which is then followed by the procedure details in the table as shown in the below screenshot:

Important Points to Remember

• The header or the title page has no page number. Actual page numbering in the report starts from the reports detailed page.

• If the Recipe Template is complex and the procedure overflows a page in such a way that it exceeds printing in more than one page then the Procedure flow is displayed using the page breakers and connectors. For example, if a procedure branch is continued to page 2, the point at which the Procedure branch is ending on page 1 is denoted by a page breaker and the procedure branch where it continues is denoted by a page connector on page 2. The 'To' page breaker symbol displays the destination page number where the procedure flow continued. The 'From' page breaker symbol displays the source page number on which the procedure flow exceeded the page limit.

• When the branches are nested such as Execute one inside Execute All, Loop inside loop, Loop inside branch, Branch inside loop, then the flow breaker is displayed at the end of the page for each of the open end and it is continued in the horizontal (X) position from the next new page.

• When the branch legs overflow horizontally it is continued using the horizontal flow breaker. At the end of the branch, all the legs of the branch that were horizontally split is connected across pages using the horizontal flow breaker.

• The horizontal flow breaker symbol includes 'To pg #' in the page breaker at the page where the flow is cut and ‘From Pg #’ in the page breaker at the page where the flow is continued.

• Hyperlinks are added in each Capability and Transition that allows you to navigate to the respective details page listed in table when you click a Capability or Transition in the procedure.

• Bookmarks are added on the left pane of the PDF for hyperlinking to the Procedure Capability/Transition. The bookmarks are available for header and procedure when you export a Recipe Template. All bookmarks are sorted by alias. If you open a saved report in Google Chrome browser, the bookmarks are available on the right pane.

• Capability Parameters for various Capabilities are displayed in the table format as per the Parameter Groups defined in the system.

• If the value for an item exceeds 1024 characters, the value is shown properly only in A3 page size. In other page sizes, such as A4, Letter, and Legal, value is shown with an ellipsis.