Example: Definition of Output Values 
Message category PI_PROD is assigned to a process data request. You want to display an input value for the product quantity in the PI sheet. Before this input value, you want to display the planned quantity along with the material number and unit of measurement. For this reason, the following characteristics have been assigned to the process instruction:
Number |
Characteristic |
Value |
0050 |
PPPI_MATERIAL |
MAT_XYZ |
0060 |
PPPI_OUTPUT_TEXT |
Planned product quantity: |
0062 |
PPPI_OUTPUT_CHARACTERISTIC |
PPPI_MATERIAL |
0064 |
PPPI_OUTPUT_CHARACTERISTIC |
PPPI_MATERIAL_PRODUCED |
0066 |
PPPI_OUTPUT_CHARACTERISTIC |
PPPI_UNIT_OF_MEASURE |
0070 |
PPPI_INPUT_REQUESTED |
Actual quantity: |
0075 |
PPPI_MATERIAL_PRODUCED |
430 |
0080 |
PPPI_REQUESTED_VALUE |
PPPI_MATERIAL_PRODUCED |
0090 |
PPPI_UNIT_OF_MEASURE |
kg |
The values to be displayed are defined as characteristics in the process instruction:
For this reason, the output characteristics are defined using characteristic PPPI_OUTPUT_CHARACTERISTIC (numbers 0062 to 0066). They are defined before the input characteristic as they are to be displayed before the input field in the PI sheet. A text is defined in number 0060 that is displayed before the output values.
The following lines are displayed for the process instruction in the PI sheet:
Planned product quantity: MAT_XYZ 430 kg
Actual quantity: __________ kg