APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) Asprova APS
APS system that creates production schedules
at high speed for multiple items and multiple processes
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Doing not change in due date when import the text file
Q：How should I do that the import was done once so as not to accept the import of the second times at the import of the text file? For example, how to do to not accept the changing in due date or changing in quantity at the order table?
A：
Display the Record Merge Rule dialog from the property "Record merge rule" in the Import tab in the data IO table.For each cell where "Added", "Modified", "Deleted", or "None" of the Internal Modification Flag and the External Modification Flag cross, select "Internal" from the dropdown list.Select cells and select "Internal" from the popup menu that can be displayed by right-clicking, the selected cells will change at once.
see the details from the help "Record Merge Rule dialog"(HelpNo:734500)
Next,click the field on the right side of the field mapping window(I/O), select "Internal preferred" from the dropdown list of "the property merge rule" at the "General" tab of the property window.
Now the setting is over. "Internal"and "Internal preferred" are confusing .
"Internal" means do not import.
"Internal preferred" means import when internal data does not exist.
see the details from the help "Merge rule and status flag "(HelpNo:757140)
Scheduling with infinite capacity is late
Q：Scheduling with infinite capacity is late. What is the reason
A：
We checked the data.infinite capacity is assigned, but it took time to schedule.90,000 jobs took 40 minutes.
This is because too many jobs which have the same start time and the end time are assigned in one resource.
assignment as infinite capacity is also the reason. Too many jobs were piled with the same lead time in the place. When the other jobs are assigned after those jobs, it will take more time than usual.
That is because when a job is assigned, need to check the assembly with the job near it, which changeover(item setup .etc) will happen or not. When the jobs with the same start time are assigned, changeover need to be checked one by one.Even 1 second shiftting need not be checked. The data like this one which the jobs are assigned in same time, the changeover will be changed.
Checking with the assignment of the jobs. The number of the exponential will be plused. The data we had which the changeover is not be modified fortunately.We can modify"Scheduling parameter"-"Use changeover"to"no", and the check will be omitted.
And the scheduling performance is about 3 minutes
The CSV file which has comma in the expression can not be imported/exported as usual
Q：Whe the table including property is imported/exported to the CSV file when expression has comma in it, the row may shift. How to solve it
A：
There are 2 ways.
①Use the tab delimited format in "Field and decimal delimiters",not the comma delimited format.
②modify the property of the right field mapped in "Field mapping", "Enclose with double quotations" to "yes".
Setting header/footer, size, and time periods for printing
Q：How to set header/footer, size, and time periods for printing
A：
Steps:
1.Open the chart or table you want to print.
2.Select [View] - [Print Settings] from the menu to display print settings information in the properties window.
3.Specify values for the properties for which you want to change the current values.
Specifying the numbers of backup files
Q：How to specify the numbers of backup files
A：
Steps:
1.Select [Root object] - [Workspace Settings] from the object window.
2.Select the "Settings" tab in the properties window.
3.Specify the maximum number of backup files for the "Max number of Ar3/Ar4 backup files" property.
窶ｻIf the number of existing files exceeds the specified maximum number, the existing files will be forcibly deleted from the oldest ones first.
Saving a backup file in different folder
Q：Can I change the folder to save the overwriting backup file?
A：
Steps:
1.Select [Root object] - [Workspace Settings] from the object window.
2.Select the "Settings" tab in the properties window.
3.Specify a folder to save backup files for the "Backup Ar3 / Ar4 folder relative path" property.
Adding and deleting command buttons to and from a toolbar
Q：How to add or delete command buttons to and from a toolbar
A：
*Adding/Deleting Command Buttons
To add or delete command buttons to or from the toolbars, we will use a dialog to customize toolbars.
Steps:
1.Select [Tools] - [Customize] from the menu bar.The Customize dialog is displayed.
2.In the "Command" tab, select one of the toolbar types from the "Categories".Command buttons that belong to the toolbar you selected will be displayed in the "Buttons" field.
3.[Adding a command button]
Select a command button you want to add, move it to the target toolbar with the left mouse button held down, and release the left mouse button.The command button you selected will be added to the toolbar.
4.[Deleting a command button]
From one of the toolbars, select the command button you want to delete from the toolbar, move it to the [Buttons] field in the Customize dialog with the left mouse button held down, and release the left mouse button.The command button you selected will be deleted from the toolbar.
*Initializing Toolbars
You can initialize command buttons for the default toolbars as follows.
Steps:
1.In the "Toolbars" tab of the Customize dialog, select one of the existing toolbars you want to initialize.The toolbar you selected will be highlighted.
2.Click on the [Reset] button.The command buttons that belong to the toolbar you selected will be initialized.
Creating and deleting a toolbar
Q：How to creat or delete a toolbar
A：
*Creating a Toolbar
Steps:
1. Select [Tools] - [Customize] from the menu bar.The Customize dialog is displayed.
2. In the "Toolbars" tab, click on the [New] button.A dialog to enter a new toolbar name is displayed.
3. Enter a name of the toolbar you want to create newly.
4. Click on the [OK] button.The new toolbar will be added.
*Deleting a Toolbar
Steps:
1.Select [Tools] - [Customize] from the menu bar.The Customize dialog is displayed.
2.In the "Toolbars" tab, select the toolbar you want to delete from the toolbars list.
(*Note that you cannot delete default toolbars.)
The toolbar you selected will be highlighted.
3.Click on the [Delete] button.
The toolbar you selected will be deleted from the toolbars list.
Toggling toolbars on and off
Q：How to tog toolbars on and off
A：
Steps:
1.Select [Tools] - [Customize] from the menu bar.The Customize dialog is displayed.
2.In the list of toolbars in the "Toolbars" tab, check the toolbars you want to display.
3.Click on the [OK] button.The toolbars you selected will be displayed.
Setting a date display format
Q：How to set a date display format
A：
Steps:
1. Select [Project] - [Local definition] - [System Locale] in the object window.*1Properties for the locale definition appear in the properties window.
2. Click the Value cell of the "Date format" property and select the format you want from the dropdown list box.
Types of the date formats are as follows:
Y/M/D
M/D/Y
D/M/Y
*1. If the project is assigned a name, the project name will be displayed in the "Project".
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