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alias: tutorials-data-collection-classic-vs-modern
tags:
- data collection
timetoread: true
description: "This documentation illustrates data collection workflows within a manufacturing system"
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# Classic vs Modern

This example will reflect a real use case, and will highlight the differences between the Classic and Modern **Data Collection** user interface in Critical Manufacturing MES.  

To execute any **Data Collection** you must have a **Material**, which has an associated **Flow** with **Steps** because the collection of data is performed at a given **Step**.

Additionally, **Steps** must provide **Services**, which are associated to **Resources**. And there must be an effective **Data Collection** that is associated to the **Step** we want to collect data at.

In this example, we will be collecting data at the Moulding **Step** of the Cookies Flow:

![Screenshot showing a comparison between classic and modern design elements.](../images/dc_use_case_01a.png)

## Classic Data Collection

In the **Material** that we want to collect data, ensure you are at the Moulding **Step** - the one we configured for the **Data Collection Context**:

![Screenshot showing the moulding step selection interface in the data collection process.](../images/dc_use_case_01.png)

Dispatch and track in the **Material** to the Moulder-01 **Resource**, which is where we associated the **Instrument** we will be using:

![Screenshot showing a UI with a configuration setting for Data Collection Context.](../images/dc_use_case_02.png)

!!! note
    There is a second step named Instruments, and this is the result of our previous set up configuration.

Moreover, on selecting **Next**, you can see the availability of the **Instrument**, and its information, for both **Parameters**:

![Screenshot showing the configuration result of previous setup, with Dipaten and Trackin Matena parameters displayed.](../images/dc_use_case_03.png)

Track in the **Material** and instead of posting data from the **Material**, let's use the [[resource-page#resource-view|Resource View]] as this is generally what the operator sees on the shop floor:

![Screenshot showing the Classic Data Collection setup results, following the Instruments step configuration.](../images/dc_use_case_04.png)

Select the **Material**, select **Post Data** on the top ribbon, and in the **Post Data to Data Collection** wizard proceed by selecting the **Instrument**, and posting the data, for both **Parameters**:

![Screenshot showing a wizard with options for selecting Instrument in the Post Data to Data Collection process.](../images/dc_use_case_05.png)

Here is an example of a sample collection, and the green bar by the input value means it is within the defined limit set:

![Screenshot showing a wizard with options for selecting Instrument and posting data in the Post Data to Data Collection process.](../images/dc_use_case_06.png)

After collecting the data, we can select **Preview** to view the information in full. This includes the average of the measurements per parameter, each individual reading, and the instrument used:

![Screenshot showing a classic data collection interface with no specific UI elements identified.](../images/dc_use_case_07.png)

When the data is posted, it becomes available in the **Collected Data** section of the **Material**:

![Screenshot showing a data collection interface with unclear input fields.](../images/dc_use_case_08.png)

And **Resource**:

![Screenshot showing a data collection interface with an unclear label ("BS PF ak Me uo of") and possibly other controls.](../images/dc_use_case_09.png)

## Modern Data Collection

We will now look at the same use case but with the Modern **Data Collection**.

For this example, we will be posting data directly from the **Material** to differentiate from the Classic **Data Collection** above.

Starting with the **Material** in the Moulding **Step**, and tracking it in to the Moulder-01 **Resource**, we are once again taken to the **Instrument** information:

![Screenshot showing a wizard with options for data collection, including color-coded bars and a checkbox to view only mandatory information.](../images/dc_use_case_10.png)

After tracking in the **Material** and selecting **Post Data** on the top ribbon of the **Material** page, the system displays the Modern **Data Collection** interface:

![Screenshot showing a data collection interface with an option to view only mandatory information.](../images/dc_use_case_11.png)

In this wizard you can opt to see only mandatory information by checking the appropriate box, you immediately see, and can associate, the color-coded bars to the defined limit set values, and you can select the **Instrument**:

![Screenshot showing a data collection wizard with an option to view only mandatory information.](../images/dc_use_case_12.png)

For the purpose of this tutorial, we will select only the mandatory sample readings, and as we are using the Modern **Data Collection**, we use our keyboard to enter the values.

This Modern grid format to post values, as opposed to the Classic approach where you have to go back and forth, promotes immediate visibility and greater user friendliness when collecting vaster amounts of data as sample and reading information is readily available:

![Screenshot showing a Modern grid format for data collection with fields including Post Data to Data Collection, Wife's tests, and Cookie Meter.](../images/dc_use_case_13.png)

If we select to **Preview** the collected data, we also have access to the average of the measurements per parameter, each individual reading, and the instrument used:

![Screenshot showing a data collection interface with options to post data and preview collected data.](../images/dc_use_case_14.png)

Also in the **Preview** mode, if you select the Information icon, you can quickly access the limits that were set:

![Screenshot showing a data collection interface with a field labeled "Cookie Diameter (mm)" displaying an average value of "[55.5 x".](../images/dc_use_case_14a.png)

On posting the data, the **Data Collection** information is available in the **Material**:

![Screenshot showing a data collection interface with an Information icon and limit settings.](../images/dc_use_case_15.png)

And **Resource** under the **Collected Data** section:

![Screenshot showing a data collection interface with an "Information" icon and limit settings.](../images/dc_use_case_16.png)