Facility#

Facility.Show

Overview#

A Facility corresponds to a physical shop floor location, which can be local or remote.

The following objects are assigned specifically to a Facility:

• Materials
• Containers
• Resources

Materials can only be transferred between Facilities via a Ship Material transaction.

Tying Everything Together#

graph LR
    L1[Ship To Facility] === Main[Facility]
    Main --- A1[Material]
    Main --- A2[Protocol Instance]
    Main --- A3[Container]
    Main --- A4[Data Collection Instance]
    Main --- A5[Notification]
    A6[Area] --- Main
    A7[Step] --- A6
    A8[Resource] --- A6

classDef mermaid_title color:#000, fill:#fafafa, stroke:#fafafa, stroke-width:0x, font-size:100%, font-weight:200;
classDef mermaid_start color:#000, fill:#fafafa, stroke:#fafafa, color:#fafafa, stroke-width:0x, font-size:100%, visibility: hidden;
classDef mermaid_businessdata color:#000, fill:#65CDE8, stroke:#65CDE8, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_nonbusinessdata color:#000, fill:#B7DEE8, stroke:#B7DEE8, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_entity color:#000, fill:#FB9F53, stroke:#FB9F53, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_entitylinked color:#000, fill:#FCD5B5, stroke:#FCD5B5, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_context color:#000, fill:#B9CDE5, stroke:#B9CDE5, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_optional color:#000, fill:#B7DEE8, stroke:#65CDE8, stroke-width:1px, font-size:100%, stroke-dasharray: 5 5;
class Main mermaid_entity
class A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,A6,A7,A8,A9,A10,A11,A12 mermaid_businessdata
class L1,L2,L3,L4,L5,L6 mermaid_entitylinked
class C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6 mermaid_context
class N1,N2,N3,N4,N5,N6 mermaid_nonbusinessdata

click Main "../../business-data/facility"
click L1 "../../business-data/facility"
click A1 "../../business-data/step"
click A2 "../../business-data/protocol/protocol-instance"
click A3 "../../business-data/container"
click A4 "../../business-data/data-collection/data-collection-instance"
click A5 "../../business-data/notification"
click A6 "../../business-data/area"
click A7 "../../business-data/step"
click A8 "../../business-data/resource"

Sequence Of Steps#

The necessary steps for correctly creating and using a Facility are:

1. Optionally, create a Calendar to be used as default.
2. If the Facility is remote, a Site must be created first.
3. Create the Facility, optionally assign a default Calendar.