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Use

If you want to group several consecutive input values in a simple data request, you define a common heading for them.

The input values following a heading are indented in the PI sheet.

Features

You can define several headings in a process instruction.

To define the heading for a group of input values, you assign the following characteristic before the input request of the first input value:

Characteristic

Meaning

Value

PPPI_INPUT_GROUP

Grouping of input values

Any short text (heading)

To assign a characteristic value, you can use one of the following options:

  • You can enter any short text you like manually .

  • The following values can be assigned to the characteristic automatically :

  • The material number if characteristic PPPI_MATERIAL for the material number has been assigned to the process instruction before

  • The description of the inspection characteristic if characteristic PPPI_INSPECTION_CHARACTERISTIC for the inspection characteristic number has been assigned to the process instruction before