Access an Operation

About this task

As an operator, you can access operations in the Ready or In Progress status.

Procedure

  1. Access Plant Applications Web Client.
  2. In the left pane, select Work Queue.
    The Queue page appears, displaying a list of operations that are added to Work Queue. The number of operations that appear in a page depends on the resolution of your computer screen. The following table provides information on each column in the table.
    ColumnDescription
    STATUSThe status of the operation.
    OPThe name of the operation.
    WORK ORDERThe unique identifier of a work order.
    DESCRIPTIONThe description of the operation.
    SERIAL/LOTIf the work order contains only one serial/lot, this column contains the unique ID of the serial/lot. If the work order contains multiple serials/lots, this column contains a link, specifying the number of serials/lots in the work order. When you select the link, a window appears, displaying the statuses and IDs of all the serials/lots in the work order for the operation.
    Note: The value in this column does not include the number of serials/lots that are in the Cancelled status.
    COMPLETEDThe number of serials/lots for which the operation has been completed out of the [total number of serials/lots minus planned quantity of skipped serials/lots] on which you must perform the operation.
    SCRAPThe number of serials/lots that have been scrapped during the operation.
    ON HOLDThe number of serials/lots that are on hold.
    SKIP The number of serials/lots that are skipped.
    EXCLUDED QTY The number of operations excluded in a mutually exclusive set.
    ON/OFFContains buttons to clock on or clock off an operation. The number in the ON button indicates the number of serials/lots that are clocked on. These buttons are disabled for an operation that does not require clocking on.
    OPT Indicates that the operation is Optional by displaying OPT against the operation.
    COMP/RECContains the following buttons:
    • : Allows you to provide the completed quantity for an operation on a serial/lot.
    • : Allows you to mark an operation complete after the completed quantity for a serial/lot equals the planned quantity.
    • : Allows you to skip an operation that in Ready status. For more information, refer
    COMPLETEDIndicates whether the operation is complete.
    Tip: You can perform the following tasks in the Queue page:
    • Access the operations grouped by work order by selecting By Work Order.
    • Manually refresh the list of operations by selecting .
    • Add or remove columns from the table by selecting .
    • Filter the list of operations by selecting in a column heading.
    • Search for an operation in the queue using the Search the queue box.
    • Add an operation to the queue. For information, refer to About Adding Operations to the Work Queue.
    • To access an operation using a barcode, select , and scan for the barcode specific to the option. Use your device's front camera only for Barcode/QR code scanning. The application supports one-dimensional (Aztec, Data Matrix, MaxiCode, PDF417, UPC-A, UPC-E, UPC/EAN Extension) and two-dimensional (Codabar, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, EAN-8, EAN-13, ITF, QR Code, RSS 14, RSS Expanded) types of standard codes.
    • In iPad, you can use only in the Safari browser.
  3. If you want to access the details of an operation, select the operation.
    The workspace for the operation appears, displaying the details of the operation and the associated serials/lots, such as documents, BOM items, and so on.