How to use Target Maintenance

Summary

Target Maintenance is a powerful portlet designed to streamline the management and maintenance of spreadsheets with enhanced speed and efficiency. It offers robust support for customization within any MES application. With features like pagination, filtering, and easy data handling, Target Maintenance simplifies operations involving large datasets and custom data creation.

 

Benefits

• Efficient Spreadsheet Management: Accelerates spreadsheet handling tasks.
• MES Application Customization: Assists with application-specific customizations.
• Flexible Data Handling: Allows creation of data and specification of data types.
• Pagination Support: Opens targets with thousands of lines using configurable pagination.
• Comprehensive Target Management: Enables users to add, filter, rename, and delete targets, among other operations.

 

Manage and Maintain spreadsheets faster and more efficiently	Help with any MES Application customization	Create data and define the data type

 

 

Accessing the Target Maintenance Portlet

1. Sign in: Log in to the 42Q Portal.
2. Navigate: From the left-hand menu, expandShop Floor Control > Configuration >Target Maintenance
3. Select: Click on Target Maintenance.

 

Using Target Maintenance

Filter a Target

1. Enter the Target Name in the search field.
2. Click Filter to display matching results.
3. To clear the search, select Clear and re-enter new criteria.

 

Figure 1: Filter Targets

 

 

 

Add a Target

1. Click the Add icon near the Target List tab.
2. In the pop-up Target Form:
   1. Enter the Target Name (avoid using the “/” character).

 

Figure 2: New Target

 

 

1. If importing a target, select the file from the local path.

When Save Imported Data Right Away is checked (default), the imported target includes all filled lines and columns. If unchecked, only the columns are imported without values.

2. Click Save to finalize.

 

Managing Targets

1. Double-click a target name in the Target List.

 

Figure 3: Target List main page

 

 

1. The Target Maintenance Page will display, enabling management options.

 

TARGET MENU OPTIONS

ACTION	FUNCTIONALITY
Create column	Creates a column.
Create line	Creates a line that will be inserted at the end of the table.
Delete line	Deletes a selected line.
Copy line	Copies a selected line.
Reset table	Clears any update performed and restores the original table values.
Delete table	Deletes a table.
Save table	Saves any changes made in the target.
Export table	Downloads a table as a .CSV file that will be saved locally by the user.
Import table	Uploads a selected target.

Note: To save any table update, the user needs to select Save in the Manage Tab section.

 

 

How to delete a column

To delete a column, simply roll the cursor over the column name and select Delete Column from the drop-down menu, then select Save in the Manage Tab section to complete.

Note: If the table is at Verification In Progress, just the 2nd user entries will be deleted.

 

How to edit a column

To edit a column, roll the cursor over the appropriate column name and select Edit Name Column from the drop-down menu.

 

Figure 6: Edit Column

 

The Edit Column Form will display. Edit the necessary fields and select Update to complete.

 

Figure 7: Edit Column Form

 

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