Functions in Manufacturing Cockpits

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Functions in Manufacturing Cockpits

Use

This section provides information about the functions in the manufacturing cockpit that:

Can be executed using the context menu or icons
Support data entry
Lead to the automatic creation of process messages

Prerequisites

To be able to use the functions described below in the cockpit, the following requirements must be met:

Recording Data

Default value A default value has been defined for the input field in the corresponding process instruction in the cockpit definition.

Value help A value help has been defined in Customizing for the process instruction characteristic to which the input field belongs.

Input validation An input validation has been defined for the input field in the corresponding process instruction in the cockpit definition. See Type 0: Definition of Input Validations

Reporting Data

To report data To be able to report values you have entered, you must have defined a message creation in the process instruction in which the input value is included as a characteristic.

To execute a signature A process instruction in which the signature is defined as an input value has been included in the cockpit definition. See Type 0: Definition of Entries

Features

Functions in the Context Menu

The following functions are available in the context menu of the manufacturing cockpit:

Functions in the Context Menu	Available for
Display propertiesYou can use this function to display the properties for every input field in a dialog box. For more information, see Displaying Properties in Manufacturing Cockpits .	Process step
Display messageYou can use this function to display the message that is to be used to report the values entered or calculated.	Process step
New entries (table line) If you have entered a value in a table line or completed a value that you have entered, you can use this function to make the table line ready for input again.	Table
Complete (table line) You can use this function to complete individual table lines. The process messages for this table line are automatically created. The table line is deactivated. You cannot complete a table line unless all required entries have been made.	Table
Add line (table)If lines can be added to a table, you can choose this function. You can also use the icon to perform this function.	Table
Complete (table) You can use this function to complete an entire table. The process messages for this table are automatically created. All input fields in the table are deactivated. You cannot complete a table unless all required entries have been made.	Table
New entries (process instruction) If you have entered a value in a process instruction (section) or completed the values you have entered, you can use this function to make the process instruction ready for input again.	Section
Complete (process instruction) You can use this function to complete a process instruction (section). The process messages for this section are automatically created. All input fields in the section are deactivated. You can also use the icon to perform this function. You cannot complete a process instruction unless all required entries have been made. The asterisk next to the text field shows you which entries are required.	Section
New entries (document) If you have entered values in the cockpit or completed the values you have entered, you can use this function to make the entire cockpit ready for input again.	Entire cockpit
Complete (document) You can use this function to complete the entire cockpit. All process messages for the cockpit are automatically created. All input fields are deactivated. You cannot complete a cockpit unless all required entries have been made. The asterisk next to the text field indicates which entries are required.	Entire cockpit

Note Note

When you perform the New entries function, bear in mind the hierarchy according to which the objects in a cockpit are structured. Individual sections (process instructions) are, for example, subordinate to the entire cockpit. In turn, individual tables are subordinate to a process instruction.

If the entire cockpit has been completed, you cannot edit the table in a section directly . You first need to reset the cockpit ( New entries (document) ) before you can make new entries in the table.

End of the note.

Recording Data

In the cockpit, you can record individual values in individual input fields or several values in a table. When recording data, you can use the following functions:

Default values

The input fields for which you have defined default values in the cockpit definition already contain these default values when you open the cockpit.You can:

Accept the default value by positioning the cursor on the input field and choosing Continue
Replace the default value by another value
Delete the default value

Value help

If the appropriate Customizing settings have been made, you can use value help to choose a value for input fields.

Input validation

If an input validation is defined for a value in the cockpit definition, the system checks your entries. If the value you enter is outside the defined value range, the system issues a warning.

However, you can still transfer the invalid input value to the cockpit, if this has been specified in the process instruction. You can make the following settings:

Invalid values are accepted without any restrictions
Invalid values are not accepted
Invalid values are only accepted with a signature

Once you have entered a value that does not comply with the validation rule, you may from then on change the value assignment but may no longer delete it.

You can only define signatures without a password check in the cockpit.

Reporting Data

You can trigger the automatic creation of process messages as follows in the cockpit:

Function	Implications
Complete (table line)	All process messages are created automatically. All input fields are deactivated, which means they are no longer ready for input.
Complete (table)
Complete(process instruction)
Complete (document)
Signature in input field	All process messages as of the preceding signature are created automatically. All input fields as of the preceding signature are deactivated, which means they are no longer ready for input.
Signature in table	The procedure for signing tables differs depending on whether the signature is required or optional. If the signatures are required, the system selects all data to be reported for the corresponding table line. You can execute the signatures in any sequence. If the signature is optional, you can, for example, enter values in several table lines after each other and then only sign in the third line. The system automatically copies the signature you have executed to the preceding lines. It selects all data to be reported for the preceding lines that have not yet been completed. All input fields are deactivated, which means they are no longer ready for input.