Manage Sampling Plan Instance#

SamplingPlan.ManageInstances

Overview#

This operation allows you to manage Sampling Plan instances.

For information on managing Sampling Plan contexts, see Create Sampling Plan.

Setup#

No special setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

Preconditions#

• Sampling is properly licensed in the system.
• Sampling Plan exists and it is Active.

Sequence Of Steps#

1. Select an appropriate Sampling Plan, go to the Instances sub-section in the Details View panel and select the Manage button.

2. Add as many instances as desired (use in the top right of the grid to add a new entry and to remove an existing entry), providing the following information for each item:

   • Material Type (values retrieved from the MaterialType Lookup Table)
   • Sampling Type. The possible values are:
     • Counter And Time Based
     • Counter Based
     • Time Based

   • Depending on the Sampling type selected above, specify:

     • Sampling Counter Frequency (for Counter Based, Counter And Time Based)

     Warning

     If set, must be >= 0. A value of 0 disables counter-based sampling.

   • Current Sampling Counter (for Counter Based, Counter And Time Based)

     Warning

     If set, must be >= 0 and < Sampling Counter Frequency. If Sampling Counter Frequency is 0, this field cannot hold a valid value and the system returns an error message.

   • Sampling Time Frequency (for CounterAndTimeBased, TimeBased) - a value, in hours

     Warning

     If set, must be >= 0 (0 means disabled).

   • Last Sampling Date (for Counter And Time Based, Time Based) - must not be a future date/time, or left empty.

     Note

     Last Sampling Date can only be edited if the Sampling Plan is TimeBased or CounterAndTimeBased.

3. Optionally, enter a comment.

4. Select Update to complete the operation.