Type 0: Structure of Process Instructions for PI Sheets 

 

For the system to correctly process universal process instructions in the PI sheet, you must define the characteristic in a certain order.

In the following sections, the characteristics are grouped into characteristic blocks according to their purpose. You can combine them into process instructions in the following order:

  1. First, you define phase sequences.
  2. Second, you define data requests.
  3. Third, you define the message creation. You can define as many process message blocks as you like.
  4. Fourth, you define any of the remaining characteristic blocks. Each characteristic block can be defined any number of times. You can define these characteristic blocks in any order.

 

Order of Characteristic Blocks

Characteristic Blocks

* = optional

A) Definition of Phase Sequence

Characteristic

  

Meaning

PPPI_PREDECESSOR

  

Number of the predecessor phase

B) Definition of Data Request

Characteristic

  

Meaning

PPPI_DATA_REQUEST_TYPE

  

Type of data request:
< Simple data request (value "simple")
< Repeated data request (value "repeated")

PPPI_MINIMUM_TABLE_SIZE

*

Minimum number of table lines

PPPI_MAXIMUM_TABLE_SIZE

*

Maximum number of table lines

C) Definition of Message Creation

Characteristic

  

Meaning

PPPI_MESSAGE_CATEGORY

  

Message category

D) Definition of Entries

Characteristic

  

Meaning

PPPI_INPUT_REQUEST

*

Text for input request


< PPPI_DEFAULT_VALUE or
< PPPI_DEFAULT_STRING or
< PPPI_DEFAULT_VARIABLE or
< <Any message characteristic>

*

Default value
< Numerical value
< Alphanumerical value
< Variable
< Characteristic value


< PPPI_VARIABLE or
< PPPI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE

*

Variable definition for value entered:
< Variable
< Global Variable

PPPI_REQUESTED_VALUE

  

Characteristic to be entered


< PPPI_VALIDATION_FORMULA or
< PPPI_VALIDATION_FUNCTION

> <Parameters for check function>

*

Input validation:
< Validation rule (max. 8 times)
< Check function

Export parameters (see Definition of Dynamic Function Calls)

PPPI_TEXT_FOR_INVALID_INPUT

*

Long text for invalid entries

PPPI_ACCEPT_INVALID_INPUT

*

Accepting invalid entries

PPPI_SIGNATURE_AUTHORIZATION

*

Authorization for signature

PPPI_SIGNATURE_STRATEGY

*

Signature strategy

PPPI_SIGNATURE_MODE

*

Signature mode

E) Definition of Output Fields for Characteristic Values

Characteristic

  

Meaning

PPPI_OUTPUT_TEXT

*

Text of output field

PPPI_OUTPUT_CHARACTERISTIC

  

Characteristic to be output

F) Definition of Output Fields for Variable Values

Characteristic

  

Meaning

PPPI_OUTPUT_TEXT

*

Text of output field

PPPI_OUTPUT_VARIABLE

  

Variable to be output

G) Definition of Calculations

Characteristic

  

Meaning

PPPI_INPUT_REQUEST

  

Text for input request


< PPPI_VARIABLE or
< PPPI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE

*

Variable definition for value entered:
< Variable
< Global variable

PPPI_CALCULATED_VALUE

  

Characteristic to be calculated

PPPI_CALULATION_FORMULA

  

Calculation formula (characteristic can be assigned any number of times, the formula may, however, only be 240 characters long)

H) Definition of Automatic Value Assignment

Characteristic

  

Meaning



< PPPI_VARIABLE or
< PPPI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE

*

Variable definition for characteristic with automatic value assignment
< Variable
< Global variable

PPPI_AUTOMATIC_VALUE

  

Characteristic with automatic value assignment

I) Definition of Value Assignment Using Variables

Characteristic

  

Meaning

PPPI_DEFAULT_VARIABLE

  

Default variable

PPPI_EXTERNAL_VALUE

  

Value received

J) Definition of Dynamic Function Calls

Characteristic

  

Meaning

PPPI_FUNCTION_NAME

  

Function module name

PPPI_BUTTON_TEXT

*

Button text

PPPI_FUNCTION_DURING_DISPLAY

*

Function call allowed in display mode

Parameters according to definition in function module:
· <Export parameters>
· <Changing parameters>
· <Import parameters>

 

Parameters in function module

J-1) Definition of Export Parameters

Characteristic

  

Meaning

PPPI_EXPORT_PARAMETER

  

Name of the import parameter in the function module


< <Message characteristic> or
< PPPI_STRING_CONSTANT or
< PPPI_FLOAT_CONSTANT or
< PPPI_DATE_CONSTANT or
< PPPI_TIME_CONSTANT or

< PPPI_STRING_VARIABLE or
< PPPI_FLOAT_VARIABLE or
< PPPI_DATE_VARIABLE or
< PPPI_TIME_VARIABLE

 

For value assignment of fixed values:
< Any message characteristic
< Constant - alphanumerical value
< Constant - floating point number
< Constant - date
< Constant - time
For value assignment using variables:
< Variable - alphanumerical value
< Variable - floating point number
< Variable - date
< Variable - time

PPPI_OPTIONAL_PARAMETER

  

Optional parameter transfer

J-2) Definition of Changing Parameters

Characteristic

  

Meaning

PPPI_CHANGING_PARAMETER

  

Name of the changing parameter in the function module


< PPPI_STRING_VARIABLE or
< PPPI_FLOAT_VARIABLE or
< PPPI_DATE_VARIABLE or
< PPPI_TIME_VARIABLE

  

Value transfer in variable:
< Variable - alphanumerical value
< Variable - floating point number
< Variable - date
< Variable - time

PPPI_OPTIONAL_PARAMETER

*

Optional parameter transfer

J-3) Definition of Import Parameters

Characteristic

  

Meaning

PPPI_IMPORT_PARAMETER

  

Name of the export parameter in the function module


< PPPI_STRING_VARIABLE or
< PPPI_FLOAT_VARIABLE or
< PPPI_DATE_VARIABLE or
< PPPI_TIME_VARIABLE or

  

Value transfer in variable:
< Variable - alphanumerical value
< Variable - floating point number
< Variable - date
< Variable - time

PPPI_OPTIONAL_PARAMETER

*

Optional parameter transfer