Cockpit: Production orders/work line items application you can view operations and the related resources assigned to production orders as well as output production vouchers to selected operations. The application consists of:

• Query pane – contains the buttons and fields used to filter data displayed in the work pane table.
• Work pane – displays data according to the filter criteria specified in the query pane.

Query pane

The application query pane is handled with the following buttons:

[New] – opens an empty list sheet.

[Refresh] – refreshes/opens data in the work pane table.

[Refresh] → [Refresh (background)] – refreshes the work pane data in the background.

[Refresh] → [Stop] – stops the update process in case of a large amount of data to refresh.

[Refresh] → [Count objects] – recalculates the quantity of the table line items corresponding to the specified criteria. A relevant information message is then displayed.

[Calculate and display totals] → [All objects] – adds up of all the records displayed in work pane table. The total is presented in a separate row below the table. It adds up the following values:

• Target quantity
• Target setup time
• Target processing time
• Actual quantity
• Reported setup time
• Reported processing time

[Calculate and display totals] → [All objects with group totals] – adds up of all the record groups displayed in work pane table. The total is presented in an additional row below each group.

[Calculate and display totals] → [Selected objects] – adds up the records selected in the first table column. The total is presented in an additional row.

[Calculate and display totals] → [Hide totals] – hides all rows presenting totals of the records.

[Export] – exports data to a file. More information can be found in chapter Export of data.

• [Export] → [Export displayed objects]
• [Export] → [Export objects according to search criteria]
• [Export] → [Copy hyperlink with search criteria]

[Select action] → [Output work documents] – outputs the production order work documents for the line items selected in the table. It opens a dialog window Output work documents, where you can specify the output documentation details, the batch job details and an output medium.

[Select action] → [Output work document copies] – outputs the copies of production order work documents for the line items selected in the table. It opens a dialog window Output work document copies, where you can specify the output documentation details, the batch job details and an output medium.

Data in the application can be filtered by:

• Production order type – filters data in the table by production order type.
• Production order number – displays specific operations and resources related with the defined production order.
• Category – selects the category of data displayed in the work pane table. Available options are:
  • (All) – displays all operations and resources.
  • Operation – displays operations only.
  • Resource – displays the operation-related resources only.
  • External manufacturing operation – displays only the external manufacturing operations.
  • Multi-site production operation – displays only the in-house external manufacturing operations.
• Status – filters data by the assigned production order status.
• Operation – displays a specific operation and its relationships with the defined production orders.
• Resource – displays a specific resource and its relationships with the defined production orders.
• Resource group – displays specific resources, which are part of the defined resource group, and their relationships with the defined production orders.
• Employee responsible – displays the production orders assigned to the selected employee.
• Current begin – displays the data with a specified actual start time.
• Current end – displays the data with a specified actual end time.
• Output status – displays the data with a specified output status of production order vouchers.
• External manufacturing status – filters data by the status of the assigned production order for external manufacturing.
• Supplier – displays data by a specified operation supplier/external manufacturer.
• Order priority – displays data assigned to the selected priority.
• Logistics organization – displays data assigned to the selected logistics organization.
• Line item output – voucher in which the exported line item will be included. Selectable options are:
  • (All) – selects all the documents below
  • Production order slip
  • Job ticket
  • Material voucher
  • Work document
  • External manufacturing delivery

Export of data

[Export] → [Export displayed objects] action

This action exports objects currently displayed in the work pane table. It opens a dialog window Output objects.

The dialog window consists of the following tabs, sections and fields:

• Format and options tab – export settings are defined in this tab.
  • Output format section – the basic settings, such as document format and orientation, can be defined in this section. Fields in this section are the following:
    • Format – specifies the file format to which data will be exported. Available formats are XLS and PDF.
    • Page format – specifies the sheet size. Available size values are: A4 and A3.
    • Orientation – specifies the orientation of the exported document. Selectable options are Portrait and Landscape.
  • Output range section – specifies a range of exported data. Fields in this section are the following:
    • All objects – exports all records from the table.
    • Selected objects – exports only selected objects from the table.
    • Following records – exports only the table line items with numbers specified in From record/To
    • Visible objects only – exports only the objects visible in the table.
  • Options section – specifies additional export options:
    • Output total lines – exports data together with the rows presenting totals.
    • Display pictures – exports data together with defines images.
    • Display colors – exports colored data.
    • Wrap to cell width – exports data from the table by wrapping text content to the defined column width.
    • Utilize monitor font – exports data in the font used in the system.
    • Scaling – scales the view of the exported data. Selecting the option Automatically adjusts the scaling value and selecting the option None sets the value to 100%. User-defined scaling allows the edition of the percentage value.
• Margins and headers/footers tab – specifies the margin size and the type of data to be displayed in the header and footer.

[Export] → [Export objects according to search criteria] action

This action exports the data as specified in the search criteria. It opens the Export objects according to search criteria window.

The dialog window consists of the following tabs, sections and fields:

• Application tab – detailed export settings are defined in this tab.
  • Batch application – defines the application that will be run in the background to export the data.
  • Development object – technical name of the application that exports data.
  • Action section – contains the File name field in which you can specify the target folder path and the file name with exported data.
  • General section – you can specify the format of the exported data in this section.
    • Output format – file format into which data will be exported. Available file formats are: XLS, XLSX, CSV, XML, HTML.
    • Output units – method of outputting units into an output voucher. Quantity and unit can be output in one column or in two separate columns.
    • Export column headings (checkbox) – if selected, the data is output together with the table column names.
    • Data recipient – data recipient that will be added to the operation log file.
    • Intended use – the purpose of data output, which will be added to the operation log file.
  • Column sequence section – you can specify the column order in the output file in this section.
• Background settings tab – the batch job processing settings can be specified in this tab.

[Export] → [Copy hyperlink with search criteria] action

This action generates a link for downloading the defined file with data after typing it into the browser window. It opens the Copy hyperlink with search criteria dialog window.

The dialog window consists of the following tabs:

• General tab – you can specify the format of the exported data in this tab.
  • Output format – file format into which data will be exported. Available file formats are: XLS, XLSX, CSV, XML, HTML.
  • Output units – method of outputting units into an output voucher. Quantity and unit can be output in one column or in two separate columns.
  • Export column headings (checkbox) – if selected, the data is output together with the table column headings.
  • Short URI for MS Office (checkbox) – used to generate a short URI address.
  • REST service URI – link address that needs to be copied in order to download the file with data.
  • Data recipient – data recipient that will be added to the operation log file.
  • Intended use – the purpose of data output, which will be added to the operation log file.
• Column sequence tab – you can specify the column order in the output file in this section.

Work pane

The application work pane displays data according to the filter criteria specified in the query pane. Buttons available in the table are the following:

• Hide/show ranges – used to modify the table view, selectable options:
  • Hide/Show list header – hides/shows the table column heading.
  • Hide/Show line status – hides/shows the column with the line status.
  • Show grouping and sort area – by dragging the column heading into the highlighted area above the table header it groups data by the selected attribute as well as hides the area.
  • Expand all groups – expands the grouped line items in the table.
  • Reduce all groups – collapses all grouped line items in the table.
  • Show all areas – shows all columns and their headings.
  • Hide all areas – hides all columns and their headings.

Columns in the table correspond to the fields defined in the query pane.