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Introduction

This document provides instructions for setting up setting for setting up a feed to the promised jobs report in your internet browser. 

• The Dynamic WIP screen is a tool to help monitor daily production.
• It shows the total number of jobs currently in process.
• It shows the total jobs shipped.
• You choose what stations you want to view and monitor.
• The screen automatically refreshes itself.

Procedure

Ask your administrator to make a directory /var/www/html/lab_htm. Link it to $CWD/lab_htm:

ln -s /var/www/html/lab_htm $CWD/lab_htm

From the Optifacts Main Menu:Type

Select Option 3 – Editor Utilities and press

Enter.

Select Option 6 – Configuration Editor and press

Enter.

Select Option 6 – Edit Custom Configuration and press

Enter

Add the following entry:

You need to set up the stations that you want to see on these screens first. This allows you to control which stations are grouped together and where they are displayed on the screen. $CWD/lab_htm:

Print Master/Sub-Master Station Number Report

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type 7 - Tray Track and press enter.

Type 12 - Tray Track Configuration and press enter.

Type 6 - Master/Submaster Station Number Report and press enter.

• Type S to print on screen or P to physically print the report.
• Press Q and enter to exit the report and return to the menu.

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Tray Track Portal Setup

Type 7 - Tray Track and press enter.

Type 12 - Tray Track Configuration and press enter.

Type 5 - Portal Status Setup Editor and press enter.

The Tray Track Portal Status Setup screen displays.

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• Press A to add a record.
• Enter the Sub-Master Station Number (Tray Track Station Number). Holds each station you want reported within the lab.
• Enter the Portal ID – Type WIP for Dynamic WIP. Is the relative line number on the screen. 
• Enter the Status Code - The number would equal the order in which the station is to appear on screen and the Description is the line title you want to appear on the screen.

  • Note:  Keep the Status Code the same for records with the same Station Description for consistency. 

• Enter the Status Description - This is the text that will show on the screen. 
• Press Escape to save the data.
• Type E to exit the screen.

There may be more than one track station reported on the same line of the report. The trays in the stations reports on the same Status Code line will be added together.

Example:

 If there are two stations with different descriptions and they are to be reported using the same description, the entries would look as follows. In our example below, station 1049 Drilling and 1018 Finishing Room will both be reported as Finishing.

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In the following example station 1036 Recd from Lab and 1017 Lens Back order are being reported as In Process.

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Viewing the Report

Once your mapping is set up, you simply need to choose to view the screen from the menu.

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type 7 –Tray Track and press enter.

Type 16 – Dynamic Work in Process and press enter.

• Enter the Number of Minutes for Screen Refresh 30
  • It is recommended that the time interval (in minutes) be fairly long as opposed to a short interval. When the report is selection information for the report many system resources are being used. We don't recommend small increments of time like 5 minutes because this will cause the system to do the select statements every 5 minutes and this will use up system resources at that time. This could slow down other processes every 5 minutes. A time of 30 minutes you may not notice the slow down.

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• Press Enter to display the report.

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• Open a browser—key in the address of the file for the wipscr.htm file using the IP address of your server.

Example:

(http://your_IP_Address/lab_htm/track_data/wipscr.htm):

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You may choose to save this screen in your favorites.

• Put in a name such as. DYNAMIC WORK IN PROCESS SCREEN to make it easy to find again in your favorites list. 

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You may further want to have this tab show at the top of your browser for convenience.

• If so, add it to your favorite bar.

Once you followed the procedure above and your system rebooted to start the work in process program, you should be able to click on the new favorite you created in your browser to see the work in process screen. It should update automatically based on the time interval that you built into the custom configuration editor above.

The screen shows the Station Descriptions that you had created in the mapping process.  (Refer to the Dynamic WIP (Work in Progress) Screen document for instructions on setting up stations and descriptions.)

Previous refers to the number of jobs that were in that station group

before today

IN Today shows how many jobs have moved into those stations since midnight

Out Today shows the number that moved out of those stations since midnight

WIP is the total jobs in the station group as a total of Previous + IN Today - OUT Today

We will also show up to 4 columns of the WIP total for previous hours in the day, so you can see how WIP has changed through the last 4 hours. 

The Lab Totals

 line shows the total number of jobs, including

those not mapped to specific stations above. The Lab Totals line includes the jobs displayed above

and includes jobs

in stations outside of the ones mapped for display on this screen.

You may leave the report on the screen for as long as you would like. Some labs may choose to have a designated terminal with the report on screen most of the day. 

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