Graphical Monitor 

Use

You use the graphical monitor to display a current overview of the work assigned to the individual people at a work center.

The graphical monitor is automatically updated by the system at specified intervals. You can therefore obtain an up-to-date overview for several people and, if necessary, several orders.

Prerequisites

In order to use the graphical monitor, people must have been assigned for the specified work center in the Time Management (PT) application component.

You define the selection period, update period and the data for the graphic profile on the initial screen for the graphical monitor.

You make the individual settings for the graphical display (mode, view, increment and break times) on the monitor screen by choosing Settings.

Features

Color Differentiation of Scheduled Jobs

The graphical monitor displays the person splits scheduled in different colors. It distinguishes between:

Reading Help

So that you know on exactly which time position the cursor is, the graphical monitor displays a vertical line. The time is also shown in the status line.

Updating

The display is automatically updated by the system at specific intervals, which you define in the graphic profile. After the update, finally confirmed operations are no longer displayed. However, newly added operations are displayed.

Order Display

On the monitor display, you can display the accompanying order by double clicking on the required person split.

Automatic Updating After Change to Order

If you change the order data, the monitor display changes automatically after the update according to the data changed.

The paging function is available for person splits and the people listed in the monitor. For more information, see Sending of Short Messages Using Paging.

Activities

Depending on the application component in which you are working, choose one of the following menu paths to call up the graphical monitor: