Sampling Pattern#

SamplingPattern.Show

Overview#

A Sampling Pattern is used for In-Step sampling. Essentially, it is used to set a Sampling Selection which defines which Sub-Materials must be sampled at a particular Step and in which sequence. In-Step Sampling can be used separately or in combination with Lot-based Sampling as provided by a Sampling Plan.

A Sampling Pattern can be used as a business rule prior to Track-In, in which case it is preserved at Track-In or it can be set at Track-In, Sampling Patterns are configured at the Step level. At the Step level, it is also possible to configure whether the sampling Selection is cleared on abort or not.

The next picture illustrates how In-Step Sampling works.

Tying Everything Together#

graph LR
    A1[Material] -.- Main[Sampling Pattern] --- C1[Step Sampling Pattern Context] --- A2[Step]
    A1 -.- C1

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,A13,A14 mermaid_businessdata
class L1,L2,L3,L4,L5,L6,L7 mermaid_entitylinked
class C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6 mermaid_context
class N1,N2,N3,N4,N5,N6 mermaid_nonbusinessdata

click Main "../../business-data/sampling-pattern"
click A1 "../../business-data/material"
click A2 "../../business-data/step"
click C1 "../../administration/tables/smart-tables/stepsamplingpatterncontext"

Sequence Of Steps#

The necessary steps for correctly using a Sampling Pattern are the following:

1. Create the Sampling Pattern.
2. Mark the desired In-Step sampling with the property In-Step Sampling set to true and attach the Sampling Pattern using the Sampling Pattern Context.