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Use

You use this function to output input fields, output fields and functions (that you have defined in process instructions of the type Simple Data Request ) in the form of a table in the PI sheet. In this way, you can display information of the same kind in a clearly laid-out and structured way.

In this function, all XStep process instructions with the same logical structure are grouped together. In comparison, in repeated data requests, a process instruction is copied and output in a table.

Example Example

By grouping generated XStep process instructions in which the material components are automatically adopted, you obtain a clearly laid-out material list in the PI sheet.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

End of the example.

Prerequisites

So that the system is able to group XStep process instructions of the same type and output them in list form in the PI sheet, the XStep process instructions must meet the following conditions:

  • They are of the type Simple data request

  • They belong to the same process instruction category

  • Their logical structure, with regard to input fields, output fields and control functions, is identical

  • No text symbols are used in the labels

  • Example

The following example illustrates how you can define a material list:

  1. You create a ( ) standard XStep in the SXS repository.

    The system automatically creates a ( ) version and an ( ) XStep tree for the standard XStep.

  2. You create an ( ) XStep for the XStep tree.

  3. You create the following XStep parameters for the XStep:

    ( )

  4. You assign values to the XStep parameters in the following way:

    ( )

    See also: XStep Parameters

  5. Assign a ( ) Destination to the XStep .

  6. You assign the XStep to the scope of generation ( ) For all Ingredients .

    See also: XStep Generation

  7. You create a ( ) Process Instruction for the XStep.

  8. You create the following XStep process instructions for this node ( ) :

    • Output -> Parameter Value for the parameters MATNR , QUANSO and UOM

    • Input -> Parameter Value for the parameters QUANIS and SIGN

    • Input -> Signature for the parameter SIGN

      Your standard XStep should now have the following structure:

      ( )

      See also: XStep: Outputs and XStep: Inputs

  9. You check the XStep tree and simulate the standard XStep.

  10. You release the SXS version.

    See also: Standard XSteps

  11. You create a process order and go to the XStep editor ( ( ) XSteps).

  12. You create an XStep tree.

  13. You create an SXS reference ( ) <New SXS Reference> for the XStep tree.

  14. You assign a concrete SXS reference to the XStep by assigning the standard XStep version that you have already defined.

  15. You explode the SXS reference.

    After you have exploded the SXS reference, the system adds the whole XStep tree to the referenced SXS version in your XStep tree.

  16. If necessary, you execute the generation.

  17. You generate the control recipe.