---
pdfexport: true
module: Electronics
timetoread: True
tutorial: deepdive
alias: tutorials-terminate-defect-action
glightbox: True
---

# Tutorial: Terminate Defect Action

## Objective

Learn how to configure and execute the **Terminate Defect Action** to automatically terminate defective boards and correctly track X-out scenarios in panels.

---

## Step 1: Configure Lookup Tables

- Navigate to **Administration > Tables** and open the **Lookup Tables**
- Configure the following:
    - `SMTBoardForms` – material forms representing boards
    - `SMTPanelForms` – material forms representing panels

![Lookup Tables](images/terminate/select_lookup_tables.png)

- Add the appropriate material forms

![Update Lookup Tables](images/terminate/board_panel_form.png)

> Ensure values are mutually exclusive between both tables

---

## Step 2: Configure Defect Action Context

- Open the **SMTDefectActionContext** Smart Table

![Select DA ST](images/terminate/defect_action_st.png)

- Create a new entry defining:
    - Product / Product Group
    - Flow / Step (e.g., SMT_AOI)
    - Defect Reason
    - Defect Action = **Terminate Material**

---

## Step 3: Configure Board Identification Logic (Required for Non-Serialized Materials)

### 3.1 Configure SMTConventionContext

- Open the Smart Table and define the convention used to identify boards per resource and step

![Select CC ST](images/terminate/convention_context_st.png)

---

### 3.2 Configure SMTMapBoardIDContext

- Open the Smart Table and define how `MESPositionID` maps to board identifiers

![Select MBID ST](images/terminate/smt_map_board_id_context.png)

---

## Step 4: Configure Product Defect Action

- Navigate to the **Product** and open the **Defects** view

![Select defects](images/terminate/select_defects.png)

- Click **Manage Defects**

![Select manage](images/terminate/select_manage.png)

- Configure:
    - **Operation** = TrackOut
    - **Action** = Terminate Material

![Manage defect actions](images/terminate/manage_defect_actions.png)

---

## Step 5: Configure Loss Reason

- Identify the step where defects are recorded (e.g., SMT_AOI) and configure the **loss reason**

![Loss reason](images/terminate/smt_aoi_loss.png)

> There is a special case, which is in Line Flows, that requires that the loss reason needs to be configured in the step after, because the Defect Action runs after track-out.

---

## Step 6: Execute – Serialized Materials Scenario

### Initial State

- Panel with multiple serialized boards
- Each board has a `MESPositionID`

![Panel A](images/terminate/panel_a.png)

---

### Track-In

- Track in the panel to the inspection step (e.g., SMT_AOI)

![Panel A track in](images/terminate/panel_a_trackin.png)

---

### Register Defects

You can register defects in two ways:

#### Option 1: Directly on the board

![Board A Defect](images/terminate/board_a_defect.png)

#### Option 2: On the panel specifying sub-material

![Board C Defect](images/terminate/board_c_defect.png)

> When registering defects on a panel, you must specify the sub-material

---

### Track-Out

- Track out the panel

Expected results:

- Defective boards are terminated

![Panel minus two](images/terminate/panel_a_minus_two.png)

- Panel attribute `SMTUnitsExcluded` is updated

![Panel minus two attributes](images/terminate/panel_a_minus_two_attributes.png)

---

### Additional Behavior

- Manually terminating a board also updates `SMTUnitsExcluded`

![Terminate Board B](images/terminate/terminate_board_b.png)

![Panel A minus three](images/terminate/panel_a_minus_three.png)

---

## Step 7: Execute – Non-Serialized Materials Scenario

### Initial State

- Panel with non-serialized boards

![Panel B](images/terminate/panel_b.png)

---

### Track-In and Register Defects

- Track in the panel
- Register defects using `MESPositionID`

![Panel B](images/terminate/panel_b34.png)

---

### Track-Out

- Track out the panel

Expected results:

- Panel quantity decreases

![Panel B2](images/terminate/panel_b2.png)

- `SMTUnitsExcluded` is updated with defective positions only

![Panel B2A](images/terminate/panel_b2a.png)

---

## Expected Result

- Defective boards are automatically terminated
- Panels track excluded units via `SMTUnitsExcluded`
- Panel is terminated when all boards are defective

---

## Frequent Configuration Questions

### Why is the Defect Action not being triggered?

Verify that both the Product configuration and the corresponding Smart Table configuration are correctly defined.

### Why is the panel not being updated correctly?

Check that the Lookup Tables and mapping tables are properly configured and contain the expected values.

### Why do I get an error during Track-Out?

Ensure that a sub-material is defined when registering defects at the panel level.

### Why is the loss reason not available?

Confirm that the loss reason is configured in the step immediately following the defect detection step.