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   <Header>
      <Title>Linking Effectivity Unit - Process Variables</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2037572">
         <Level1>Linking</Level1>
         <Level2>operation to process variables</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2037577">
         <Level1>Linking</Level1>
         <Level2>operation step to process variables</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2037582">
         <Level1>Operation to Process Variables</Level1>
         <Level2>linking</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2037587">
         <Level1>Operation Step to Process Variables</Level1>
         <Level2>linking</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>You can use this session on the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Effectivity Unit - Process Variables</GUIRef> tab in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/uef/tcuef0102m000" role="session">Effectivity Unit (tcuef0102m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <ExampleSection>
      <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>One of the settings for a beamer is distance. During the sales
		process, the customer must specify the required distance setting of a beamer.
		The standard distance setting is 10 meters, which is defined by the process
		variable DISTANCE. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1111m000" role="session">Operation (Step) - Process Variables (tirou1111m000)</GUIRef> session, you can define that for one
		of the operations a target value of 10.0 meters is printed on the production
		order documents.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>However, for a specific sales order with effectivity unit
		  4567, a customer wants a distance setting of 15 meters. This value must be
		  entered in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1114m000" role="session">Effectivity Unit - Process Variables (tirou1114m000)</GUIRef> session:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Effectivity Unit: 4567</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Process variable: DISTANCE</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Target value: 15.0</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>This definition overrules the distance setting of 10 meters when
		a production order is generated for effectivity unit 4567. On the production
		order document a distance setting of 15 meters is printed.</Paragraph>
   </ExampleSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Linking process variables and effectivity
		units</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>To define the values of process variables desired by the
		customer is part of the sales process. No detailed knowledge of routings and
		BOMs is assumed by the sales persons. When configuring effectivity units, you
		can define process variables for an effectivity unit on the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Effectivity Unit - Process Variables</GUIRef> tab in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/uef/tcuef0102m000" role="session">Effectivity Unit (tcuef0102m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If the production order for the effectivity unit is created, the
		standard target value for a process variable is overruled by the value defined
		in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1114m000" role="session">Effectivity Unit - Process Variables (tirou1114m000)</GUIRef> session. Also when production
		order documents are printed, the standard target value is overruled. As a
		result, changes made after production order creation but before order document
		printing are reflected.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <Note>
      <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The following limitations must be noted:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>If you define a new target value in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1114m000" role="session">Effectivity Unit - Process Variables (tirou1114m000)</GUIRef> session, this value overrules
		  existing target values for a specific effectivity unit. With regard to the
		  example above: if you define a target value for DISTANCE, the target values of
		  all process variables DISTANCE are overruled for all production orders for
		  effectivity unit 4567, for any item.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If you define a target value for a specific process variable in
		  the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1114m000" role="session">Effectivity Unit - Process Variables (tirou1114m000)</GUIRef> session, but the process
		  variable is not defined in the routing, then the process variable, and
		  consequently the newly created target value, is not displayed in de micro
		  routing. LN then does not
		  know for which item or operation the process variable must be
		  displayed.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Changes to the target values in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1114m000" role="session">Effectivity Unit - Process Variables (tirou1114m000)</GUIRef> session can always be entered but
		  are only taken into account if the production order status is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osta#planned" role="option">Planned</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osta#scheduled" role="option">Scheduled</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If a production order has a distribution of more than one
		  effectivity unit, the existing target value is overrruled if: <List>
               <ListItem>The specified effectivity unit is in the
				distribution</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The specified process variable is used in the micro
				routing.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>If for different effectivity units of a specific production
		  order distribution each time another target value is defined for the same
		  process variable, the result is unpredictable. Any of the target values can be
		  used, because only one routing exists, even if the production order has a
		  distribution.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </Note>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000300" role="manual">Overview of unit effectivity</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000334" role="manual">Microrouting</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000346" role="manual">To set up a microrouting</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>