You use this activity to view and change system rule settings.
System rules define the overall guidelines by which the system operates. This includes the level of detail for tracking various shop floor metrics such as production and machine time.
System rules give you the flexibility to place these controls at several levels in the system. You can set system rules at three different levels as follows:
Global
Defined for all sites in a single installation
Site
Defined at a specific site overriding the global settings for this site only
Object
Defined for specific objects overriding the site and global settings
See also: Rule Overrides
Example
Log on to the system using the * (global) site.
Note that the system creates the global site automatically during the installation.
In the Activity Manager
, choose System Rule Maintenance
.
On the System Rule Maintenance
screen, in the Site Value
column, enter the new values for the rules you want to change.
If you want to prevent users from changing this setting at the site level, make sure that the checkbox in the Overridable
column is deselected.
Save your entries.
System rules are grouped together based upon the effects they have on different areas as follows:
Component traceability (see Component Traceability Rules)
ERP integration (see ERP Integration Rules)
Miscellaneous (see Miscellaneous Rules)
Nonconformance (see Nonconformance Rules)
Shop order (see Order Rules)
Production operations (see Production Operations Rules)
Production tracking (see Production Tracking Rules)
Resource (see Resource Rules)
Return Material Authorization (see RMA Rules)
Serialization (see Serialization Rules)
System setup (see System Setup Rules)
Visual Test and Repair (see Visual Test and Repair Rules)