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Background documentationRule Overrides

 

The system contains default settings for most system rules. Initially, the settings at all three levels are the same.

At the site level, you can override global level rules, and at the object level, you can override both site and global level rules.

For each system rule, you can also control, at the global and site levels, whether to allow lower level overrides.

  • Site-Level Overrides

    Once you create a site, you can change system rule settings at the site level without changing them at the global level. New site-level settings override the global settings.

    Example Example

    You have two sites ABC and DEF. You want to use the Labor Tracking feature for site ABC, but not for site DEF. The default value for the Enable Labor Tracking rule is false. This means that Labor Tracking feature is turned off at the global level, and initially for all new sites you create.

    After you create sites ABC and DEF, and after you set up the Labor Tracking feature in site ABC, you can set the Enable Labor Tracking rule to true for site ABC while leaving it false for site DEF.

    The Enable Labor Tracking rule is still false for any new sites you create.

    End of the example.

  • Object-Level Overrides

    The system allows you to change some rules at the object level. If a rule is overridable at an object level, you can override its site and global values.

    Example Example

    You have one site, ABC. You do not want any operators at the site to start SFC numbers that are on hold. However, you want to allow two trusted lead operators to start SFC numbers that are on hold.

    The default value for the SFC Numbers on Hold Can Be Started system rule is true. Therefore, you want to change the value for the rule in site ABC to false.

    Next, in User Maintenance, you can retrieve the records for each of your trusted lead operators and, on the System Rules tab page, set the SFC Numbers on Hold Can Be Started system rule to true.

    The system allows only those operators to start SFC numbers on hold.

    The SFC Numbers on Hold Can Be Started rule is still true for any new sites you create.

    End of the example.

Procedure

To see what individual records are currently overridden for a specific rule, do the following:

  1. On the System Rule Maintenance screen, select the rule whose overrides you want to view.

  2. Choose Display Override Usage.

    The System Rule Override Usage screen appears. It contains the following information:

    Column

    Description

    Context Type

    The type of the individual override such as material, operation, resource, or user. For example, OperationBO indicates that the rule is overridden for an individual operation record.

    Context Value

    More specific detail about the override. For example, OperationBO:ABC,TEST,A indicates that operation TEST, version A, in site ABC is currently overridden. This means that the value of the rule for that operation is different from the value for the rule in site ABC.

    Rule Value

    The setting of the rule at the individual level. In the above example, false indicates that the setting of the rule for operation TEST, version A, in site ABC is currently false.