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:

The material number and unit of measurement are assigned to the process instruction as message characteristics and a value is assigned directly (see number 0050 and 0090)

In number 0075, the planned material quantity is defined as a default value for the input value.

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