To define process manufacturing cockpits, you can use universal process instruction categoriesof type 0 available in Customizing. You cannot use the other process instruction types in the cockpit definition.
In Customizing for the cockpit definition, you can define process instructions as follows:
You create a new process instruction category of type 0 .
The process instruction categories that you create in the cockpit definition are only available there and cannot be used in master recipes or process orders.
You refer to existing process instructions in the Customizing activity Define Process Instruction Categoriesin the cockpit definition.
You can refer to all process instruction categories of type 0 contained in this Customizing activity. When you refer to existing process instruction categories, changes that are made in the Customizing activity Define Process Instruction Categories also affect the process instruction in the cockpit definition.
You copy existing process instructions of the Customizing activity Define Process Instruction Categories .
You can copy all process instruction categories of type 0 contained in Customizing. When you do so, the link to the original process instruction category is lost.
For the system to be able to process the process instructions correctly in the cockpit, they must contain certain characteristics and be structured according to specific rules. Note that some process instruction characteristics may not be used in cockpit definitions.
The following sections describe the structure of universal process instruction categories (type 0) that are used in cockpits.
Caution
Note that at present you cannot use the process instruction assistant to define process instructions of Type 0: Universal process instruction category .
You can use process instruction type 0 both in PI sheets and manufacturing cockpits. However, the following functions that are possible in PI sheets are not supported in cockpits that run only in a mode of transaction COPOC:
Definition of the phase sequence
Use of global variables
Use of digital signatures
This means that you may not use the following characteristics in cockpits:
Characteristic |
Meaning |
PPPI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE |
Defining a value as a global variable |
PPPI_DECLARE_VARIABLE |
Declaring existing global variables |
PPPI_VARIABLE_TYPE |
Type of the global variable you have declared |
PPPI_SIGNATURE_STRATEGY |
Signature strategy for digital signatures |
PPPI_SIGNATURE_MODE |
Signature mode (synchronous or asynchronous) |
PPPI_PREDECESSOR |
Number of the predecessor phase |
The same limitation applies to cockpits that are integrated in a frameset, with the exception of the characteristic PPPI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE, which can be used in cockpits. See: Definition of Variables
The following functions are supported in process manufacturing cockpits: