Create Quality Variable Groups and Variables

About this task

This procedure is usually performed when setting up materials or when quality variables change.

Procedure

  1. Create a variable group for each Received Material Lots (<UOM>) production unit.
  2. In each variable group, create a variable named AutoGeneratedSample with the following specifications:
    • Data source: Autolog
    • Event type: User-Defined Event
    • Subtype: Inspection Sample
    • Data type: Logical
  3. Apart from the Variable Group created in the above step, create a variable group for each test criterion used on the targets for the TCR* specification variables for every Received Material Lots (<UOM>) production unit. Normally, these criteria can be classified as common or product-specific.
  4. Create an autolog variable for every test that is part of each test criterion under the appropriate variable group. You must create multiple variables if the same test is performed under multiple test criteria. These variables must be UDE-based for the Inspection Sample event sub-type.
  5. If needed, enter central or unit specifications for these variables.
  6. In Variable Alias, enter the alias name for the variable. The alias name helps in better understandability of the variable type.
    Note:
    In the Receiving Inspection application, to view the Variable Alias field instead of the Variable Name field, in the app properties YML file, you must set DisplayVariableAlias as True.
  7. Create specification limits for the variable. If you do so, in the Receiving Inspection application, when you enter a value that is not in the specification limits, the background color changes.
    Note:
    The Receiving Inspection application does not validate values for variables of string data types. It validates the target specification for variables of all the other data types.