Setting Up Data Collection 
You can use this process to configure the Data Collection functionality (see Data Collection (DC)).
Process
In System Rule Maintenance, you review or change settings of the following system rules:
Allow Multiple Data Collection
RecommendationSet this rule to true if you need to collect data more than once for the same SFC number, DC group, and operation.
End of the recommendation.Store Data Collection Results in ODS
RecommendationData collected for a work center or resource is not archived, since it is not associated to an SFC number. So, in order to ensure that this data is saved in the ODS database, set this rule to true.
End of the recommendation.ERP Integration Active
Copy DC Data
For more information see Miscellaneous Rules and Serialization Rules.
In Activity Maintenance, you retrieve the following activities and review or change activity rule settings:
DC Group List (DC_LIST_DISPLAY) (see DC Group List)
Data Collection Entry (DC500) (see Data Collection Entry)
Data Collection Standalone (DC550) (see Data Collection Standalone)
In List Maintenance, you review or change lists of the DC_COLLECT and DC_ENTRY categories (see List Categories and Predefined Lists).
For Data Collection for SFC numbers, you choose a predefined POD or define your own POD that contains the following plug-ins (on the Options tab page of POD Maintenance):
DC Group List (DC List) (DC_LIST_DISPLAY)
Data Collection Entry (DC500)
NoteThe default Operation POD, the default Work Center POD, and the Shop Workbench are all configured for data collection.
End of the note.To utilize Pass/Fail processing, Log NC (NC_DATA_ENTRY) must be included in the layout of the POD.
For Standalone Data Collection, the Data Collection Standalone (DC550) activity along with the Data Collection Entry (DC500) plug-in are required.
In Data Collection Maintenance, you define one or more DC groups (see DC Group):
NoteThe Collect Data At field defines when (during the processing of an operation) data can be collected for the DC group.
End of the note.On the Main tab page, choose Insert New to open the Parameter Detail screen and add data parameters and enter values in the required fields (see Data Parameter).
If you want to define preset values or collect additional data specific to a particular parameter, you can do the following:
Choose Insert New on the User Options tab page, and define parameters with preset values.
These values are stored in the WIP database and can be accessed by custom software or formula scripting (via the executeQuery() method) for use in calculations (see Writing Formula Scripts). There are no Data Collection or formula scripting methods or functions to access the values directly.
Choose Insert New on the User-Defined Fields tab page, and define the fields and their data type (Numeric or Text).
Data for these fields can be entered during data collection. The values are stored in the WIP database and can be accessed directly by formula scripts using the user-defined field name. The values for these fields cannot be accessed via the findSingleParameter() method. These values are stored in the database after the formula script has been executed, so they cannot be obtained using executeQuery() in the same data collection session.
For more information, see Data Collection Maintenance.
If you want to perform SPC analysis of the collected data, you set up SPC (see Setting Up Statistical Process Control (SPC))
If you want to validate data collected with Standalone Data Collection, you set up the Data Collection Limits Check and Open Data Collections Check hook point activities (see Setting Up Activity Hooks, Data Collection Limits Check, and Open Data Collections Check).