Generating Characteristic-Based Process Instructions

Use

You use this function to create characteristic-based process instructions if:

  • They are required in all control recipes for a control recipe destination

  • Process-specific data can be copied automatically to the generated process instructions

    Example Example

    In control recipes for a specific destination, you want to transfer information on the allocated material components for each phase. The material components are defined in the material list of the process order. For this reason, the system can generate the corresponding process instructions and automatically enter the individual material data.

    End of the example.

If you define process instructions using XSteps, store the required scope of generation with the XStep in the XStep editor. For more information, see XSteps (Execution Steps) and XStep Generation

Prerequisites

The following settings have been made in Customizing for Process Management :

  • An appropriate value assignment function or table field has been allocated to those process instruction characteristics whose value is to be assigned automatically when you create the control recipe.

  • Process instruction categories have been allocated to your control recipe destinations and process instructions are generated for them when you create the control recipe. In addition, the following information is also maintained for each process instruction category you allocated:

    • The position at which the process instructions are inserted (for example, at the beginning or end of the control recipe, operations, or phases)

    • The scope of generation to be used for the process instructions (for example, one process instruction per phase, reservation item, or inspection characteristic)

Features

You can generate the process instructions defined in the control recipe destination as follows:

  • When Creating a Control Recipe

    In this case, the system triggers the generation automatically.

    It inserts the generated process instructions at the corresponding positions in the process order and control recipe.

    Note Note

    You can only create the control recipe if a value has already been assigned to the process instruction characteristics in Customizing or if the value is assigned automatically. Otherwise, the process instructions are only copied to the process order where you must assign the missing values manually.

    For more information about automatic characteristic value valuations, see Automatic Value Assignment of Process Instruction Characteristics .

    End of the note.

  • When Maintaining the Characteristic Overview in the Process Order

    If you want to check and, if necessary, change the generated process instructions before you create the control recipe, you can start the generation in the process order manually. The system inserts the generated process instructions in the process order where you can maintain them as follows:

    • You can assign values to characteristics or change characteristic values.

    • You can delete individual process instructions.

      The system does not generate the process instructions again when you create the control recipe unless you have deleted all generated process instruction.

The following numbers are assigned to generated process instructions:

  • 0000 if they are inserted at the beginning of a phase

  • 999 if they are inserted at the end of a phase