Related topics
This is the main program when running the Windows Reporting Client module of DC1 Time if the terminal is set up with Time reporting as the start program. The Time reporting window is used for ordinary clocking in and out, i.e., when no time code is needed. From this panel you can choose other functions within the Time client.
DC1 Time client is available in a touch screen version and a keyboard version. Which version to use is specified in the configuration parameters for the terminal. Note: This Panel help is directed to users using the keyboard version.
Touch screen version
The touch screen version contains the same functions as the keyboard version, except for the functions for manufacturing reporting, i.e.:
- Dispatch list
- Operation reporting
- Consolidated order
- Group reporting
Instead of using an ordinary keyboard, data is entered by touching the keys on the screen. You can also use a mouse and click on the key. One restriction when you are using the touch screen version is that the keyboard is only numeric.
Keyboard version
- Card ID number
- Directly in front of the card ID number, you must enter a code indicating the type of clocking.
The following codes are valid:
Code Description I Clocking in. O Clocking out.
Note: I and O will not be visible in the field. If a time code is expected or mandatory, then you will automatically be directed to the window In/Out with code.
- Function
- Enter the function of your choice and click OK or double click on the function.
Note: You have to be clocked in to use a function.
Function keys
The left-hand window contains a list of the functions that can be performed from this terminal. To select a function, double click on the line in the function list or press the function key with the corresponding number. An alternative way to access the functions is to click on the icons at the top of the panel.
Message box
On the right hand part of the window a box is showing messages. The messages are refreshed at intervals. The length of the interval is specified on company level when setting up the system.
Dispatch list
If the terminal is set up with Dispatch list as start program, this is your initial window when the terminal is started. The dispatch list can only be used together with iBS Manufacturing. The Dispatch list can be used to clock in and out when no time code is needed. From the Function list you can choose other functions within the Time client.
Function keys
The lower part of the window contains a list of the functions that can be performed from this terminal. To select a function, double click on the line in the function list or press the function key with the corresponding number. An alternative way to access the functions is to click on the icons at the top of the panel.
- Card ID number
- Directly in front of the card ID number, you must enter a code indicating the type of clocking.
The following codes are valid:
Code Description I Clocking in. O Clocking out.
Note: I and O will not be visible in the field.
Message box
At the bottom on the right hand part of the window a box is showing messages. The messages are refreshed at intervals. The length of the interval is specified on company level when setting up the system.
Operations
The middle part of the window displays all operations available for reporting for a selected work centre. The work centre is shown on the header line above the list of operations. To change work centre open the list box and select a new work centre. The work centres available for reporting are specified when setting up the terminal. The list of operations can be sorted in two ways:
| Total priority | Priority, Run sequence and Start date |
| Priority per day | Start date, Priority, Run sequence |
Sorting is in descending order for all sorting fields. To change the sorting order, move the arrow with the mouse into the list of operations, press the right mouse button and select desired sorting order. The selected sorting order is saved and is valid until changed next time.
- Seq
- Displays the sequence number within this selection.
- Order
- Displays the order number.
- Oper
- Displays the operation number.
- C.nr
- The consolidated order number is displayed if the operation belongs to a consolidated order.
- Rpty
- Indicates the run priority numeric value in the range from 0 to 99. The higher value the higher priority.
- Rseq
- Indicates the run sequence within run priority.
- Item code
- Displays the item code.
- Item description
- A description of the item.
- Quantity
- Displays the remaining quantity to be produced.
- Time
- Displays the estimated remaining time for the operation.
- Start
- Displays the planned start date of the operation.
- End
- Displays the planned end date of the operation.
- St
- Displays the operation status in DC1 Manufacturing.
The following statuses exist:
Status Description Blank Documents not printed, operation not started. Document Documents printed. Hammer Operation is started.
- Ongoing
- This column displays the status in DC1 Time. If a light bulb is displayed, reporting has been done in DC1 Time. If the light bulb is on (i.e., is yellow) the operation is ongoing.
Absence
In this program you report absence for a whole day. Planned absence, e.g., holiday, can be reported in advance. Absence can also be reported for past time if the day is not calculated and closed.
- Card ID number
- Code
- Enter a time code for absence or select from the list of valid time codes.
- Date
- The current date is defaulted, but you can report absence for future days and days in past time if the day is not calculated. To change the date, enter the new date or open the list box and select the date from the calendar that is shown.
Click OK to create the absence transaction.
In and out with code
In this program you clock in or out using a time code. Time codes are used to report exception, e.g., when an employee is sick or when requesting overtime. Which codes that are allowed or shown in the list below depends on when you clock and how the parameters Absence code control and Presence code control are set in the System value maintenance table. Different sets of codes may be shown if you clock in or out outside working hours or during working hours.
- Card ID number
- Directly in front of the card ID number, you must enter a code indicating the type of clocking.
The following codes are valid:
Code Description I Clocking in. O Clocking out.
- Code
- Enter a time code or select from one of the lists below. The list to the left displays codes for Presence (overtime and compensation time) and the list to the right displays codes for Absence.
Presence
For Overtime or Compensation time the following will be shown:
- Code
- A time code valid for the overtime or compensation time.
- Description
- A description of the time code.
Absence
For Absence the following will be shown:
- Code
- A time code valid for absence.
- Description
- A description of the time code.
Click OK to confirm the transaction.
Change cost centre
In this program you report time for another cost centre than your home cost centre when you are not working for a project or with manufacturing operations.
- Card ID number
- Cost centre
- Open the list box and select a new cost centre. Note: If you have previously started work for a cost centre, a stop is automatically created when the new cost centre is started. Leave the field blank if you just want to stop an activity and return to your home cost centre.
Click OK to create the transactions.
Change project and activity
In this program you report start and stop for project activities when DC1 Project is used.
- Card ID number
A list of project activities is now shown in the bottom half of the window.
- To start/change: Select an activity and click OK. The previous activity will automatically be stopped.
- To stop: Only click OK.
Selection
Select an activity in the list or enter the following fields inside the Select frame.
- T
- Enter the type of activity. The following codes are valid:
Code Activity 1 Project 2 Quotation
Click OK.
- Ord.nbr
- Enter the project order number. Click OK.
- Version
- Enter the version number. Click OK.
- Phase number
- Enter the phase number. Click OK.
- Line number
- Enter the line number. Click OK.
- Cost centre
- If the work is done for another cost centre than your home cost centre, select a cost centre from the list.
Note: If you have previously started a project activity a stop will automatically be created when the new activity is started. If you just want to stop the ongoing activity, leave all identification fields blank and click OK.
Click on the OK button to create the transaction.
Positioning
To position in the list of project activities, enter a value in one or more of the fields inside the Position frame.
- T
- Select one of the project activities by entering one of the following codes:
Code Activity 1 Projects 2 Quotations
Click OK.
- Ord.nbr
- Lines with order number greater than or equal to the entered value are selected. Click OK.
- Activity
- Lines with activity code greater than or equal to the entered value are selected. Click OK.
- Customer
- Lines with customer number greater than or equal to the entered value are selected. Click OK.
Valid project activities
The following list displays valid project activities:
- T
- Displays the type of activity.
- Ord nbr
- Displays the project order number.
- Activity
- Displays the activity number.
- Customer
- Displays the customer name or number.
Operation reporting
In this program you report manufacturing time and quantities. The program is also used for the reporting of work groups. If you are a member of a work group and report start or stop, a start or stop transaction will be created for all members of the work group.
If the Dispatch list is used, the selected operation in the dispatch list will be shown down in the left corner.
- Card ID number
- When the card number has been entered the most recent operations will be shown in the list in the middle of the window.
- Order nbr
- If you have started an operation, the order number of that operation is shown in the field. You can also select an operation from the operation list, or enter an order number manually.
- Operation
- If you have started an operation, the operation number of that operation is shown in the field. You can also select an operation from the operation list, or enter an operation number manually.
- Function
- Enter one of three codes with the following meaning:
Code Description 1 To stop the operation. 2 To report quantities (without starting or stopping). 3 To start the operation.
If Start of an operation is reported, then the fields Cost centre and Work centre are shown.
- Type of time
- Enter one of three codes with the following meaning:
Code Description 1 Internal setup time. 2 External setup time. 3 Run/labour time.
- Cost centre
- Open the list box and select a cost centre if the work is done for another cost centre than your normal one.
- Work centre
- Open the list box and select a work centre if the work is done at another work centre than the planned one. Click OK.
Reporting start
When you report Start for run/labour time or quantities, the program will return to the previous window.
Reporting stop
When you report Stop for run/labour time or quantities, the following fields are shown:
- Approved
- Enter approved quantity.
- Rejected
- Enter rejected quantity.
- Reason
- Enter a reason code. A system parameter controls if a reason code is mandatory when rejected quantity is reported.
- Complete
- Indicate, by entering one of the following codes, if the operation is finished.
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | The operation is not finished. |
| 1 | The operation is finished. |
Note: If several employees work with the same operation, only the last employee to report should report the operation as finished.
Start new operation
When you report Stop for run/labour time the following fields are shown, where you can start a new operation.
- New order
- Enter the order number and operation number if you immediately want to start a new operation.
- Cost centre
- Open the list box and select a cost centre if the work is done for another cost centre than your normal one. Click OK.
- Work centre
- Open the list box and select a work centre if the work is done at another work centre than the planned one. Click OK.
Join work group
This panel is used when you want to join a work group.
You are not allowed to join a work group in the following cases:
- You are the only member of another work group that has work ongoing.
- You have an ongoing activity, which is not related to a group.
Note: In both cases, the ongoing work must be stopped before you can join the new group.
- Card ID number
- Overview: groups and members
- Displays the work groups and their members.
- Join group
- Select, from the list, the group you want to join. Click Join to activate the selection.
When you join a work group the following will happen:
- If you are a member of another work group you will be removed from that group, or if you have work ongoing for that group a stop transaction will be created.
- You will be added to the new group and, if you are present (clocked in) and the new group already has work ongoing, a start is created for that operation or consolidated order.
Quit work group
This panel is used when you want to quit a work group you have been working with. You are not allowed to quit a work group if you are the only member of the group and the group has work ongoing, i.e., an operation or consolidated order has been started, but not stopped.
- Card ID number
- Overview: groups and members
- Displays the work groups and their members.
- Quit group
- If you are a member of a group, the button Quit group is activated. Click Quit group to quit the group.
Note: If you have work ongoing for the group, a stop transaction is automatically created.
Consolidated order
In this program you report time or quantities for a consolidated order. A consolidated order is a group of operations produced and reported as one unit. The reported time is distributed among the operations. Quantities are reported for each operation. The upper list in this window displays the operations in the selected consolidated order. The lower list in this window displays the last reported values per operations in the selected order.
- Card ID number
Select a consolidated order in the scroll down list and click OK.
- Planned start date
- The planned start date will be shown if this has been entered when the consolidated order was created.
- Order nbr.
- Displays the manufacturing order number.
- Operation
- Displays the operation number.
- Item description
- Displays the item description.
- Quantity
- Displays the remaining quantity of the operation.
- Time
- Displays the remaining time of the operation.
To start a consolidated order
- Function
- Enter the following code (or leave the defaulted 3):
Code Description 3 To start an operation.
Click OK. The program will return to the previous panel where you enter your card ID number and click OK again. If you have an ongoing operation, the last reports on that operation will be shown in the following fields:
- Date
- Displays the date of the last report.
- Order
- Displays the manufacturing order number.
- Operation
- Displays the operation number.
- Function
- Displays the type of report.
- Approved
- Displays the approved quantity.
- Rejected
- Displays the rejected quantity.
- Reason
- Displays the reason code.
To stop a consolidated order or report quantity
Note: You first have to select the operation you want to report on in the lower list.
Enter one of the two codes with the following meaning:
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | To stop a consolidated order (this is the default). |
| 2 | To report quantity. |
Click OK. The following fields will be shown:
- Approved
- Enter the approved quantity.
- Rejected
- Enter the rejected quantity.
- Reason
- Enter a reason code for the operation.
- Completed
- Indicate, by entering one of the following codes, if the consolidated order is completed. This field is open only for the last operation.
Code Description 1 Yes, the consolidated order is completed. 2 No, it is not completed.
TR journal enquiry
This panel displays the time reporting journal of an employee. If the terminal is a stand-alone terminal, only transactions reported from this terminal are shown.
- Card ID number
- Date
- Displays the transaction date. If absence for a whole day is reported the date for the absence is shown. In all other cases the displayed date indicates when the transaction was created.
- Time
- Displays the transaction time. If absence for a whole day is reported the start time for the absence is shown. In all other cases the displayed time indicates when the transaction was created.
- Transaction
- A description of the transaction. This could be, e.g., type of transaction (in, out, start or stop), reference to order and operation, reported quantities, etc.
Balance enquiry
This program displays a selection of the period balances of an employee. For each employee there is a selection rule that controls which wage types should be selected and the number of balances for each wage type.
- Card ID number
- Wage type
- Description
- Displays the wage type description.
- Year
- Displays the year of the balance. If this field is blank the balance is a total balance.
- Period
- Displays the period within the year of the balance. If this field is blank the balance is a balance of all periods within the year or a total balance.
- Balance
- Displays the balance in hours.
Manufacturing order enquiry
In this program you are able to view details for a selected manufacturing order.
- Enter manufacturing order
- Enter the manufacturing order of your choice and click OK.
Note: If the function is called from the Dispatch list, the window displays information for the selected operation in the dispatch list.
- Item
- Displays the item and the item description.
- Warehouse
- Indicates to which warehouse the item will be delivered.
- Status
- Displays the status code of the manufacturing order.
The following values apply:
Code Description 10 Shop floor documents are ready to be printed or reporting is allowed to start. 20 Shop floor documents have been printed and reporting is allowed to start. 40 Production reporting has started for the order.
- Variant
- Displays the variant of the item. An item can have several variants where part of the bill of material or bill of routing differs from the base structure. The base structure always has variant number 000.
- Drawing no.
- Displays the drawing number of the item.
- Unit
- Displays the stock unit of the item.
- Order type
- Displays the order type of the manufacturing order.
- Order number
- Displays the manufacturing order number.
- Item version
- Displays the item version.
- Quantity
- Displays the ordered quantity in stock unit.
- Divergent +/-
- Displays the deviation from originally planned quantity.
- Planned start date
- Displays the planned start date of the order.
- Planned completion date
- Displays the planned completion date of the order.
- New document
- Indicates if the new shop floor documents should be printed.
- Planner
- Displays the name of the planner.
- Sales order
- One of two codes is displayed with the following meaning:
Code Description 1 The manufacturing order is connected to a sales order line. 0 The manufacturing order is not connected to a sales order line.
- Project
- One of two codes is displayed with the following meaning:
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | The manufacturing order is connected to a project. |
| 0 | The manufacturing order is not connected to a project. |
- Actual start date
- Indicates the date when the manufacturing order was started, i.e., when the first operation was reported or when the first material issue was made.
- Actual completion date
- Indicates the date when the order was completed, i.e., when the last reception was reported.
- Reported quantity
- Displays the total reported received quantity.
- Rejected quantity
- Displays the total reported rejected quantity.
- Current work centre
- Displays the work centre of the last reported operation.
- Current operation
- Displays the last reported operation.
- Number of operations
- Displays the number of operations in the bill of routing.
- Completed operations
- Displays the number of completed operations.
- Number of material
- Displays the number of component lines in the bill of material.
- Issued material
- Displays the number of material lines for which material has been issued from stock.
Note: To view reported values for the order click on the button Reported values. The window Reported values is shown. This window displays reported time and quantities for the selected operation.
Note: If the terminal is a stand-alone terminal, only reported values from this terminal are shown. Also note that the journal is kept for a limited number of days. If the reporting is done for a long period, the oldest reports may have been removed.
- Date
- Displays the date for reporting.
- Time
- Displays the time for reporting.
- Operation
- Displays the operation number.
- Function
- Indicates if the report is a start or stop of an operation or quantity report.
- Type of time
- Indicates if the reported time is setup time or run/labour time.
- Approved
- Displays the reported approved quantity.
- Rejected
- Displays the reported rejected quantity.
- Reason
- Displays the reason code when reporting rejected quantity.
- Complete
- Indicates if the operation is finished.
- Name
- Displays the name of the employee entering the report.
Change calendar
In this program you change to another day scheme in the calendar.
- Card ID number
- Date
- Open the list box and select the date for which the day scheme should be changed. The default is today’s date.
- Day scheme
- Displays the current day scheme of the selected date.
- New day scheme
- Open the list box and select a new day scheme. Click OK to confirm.
Change wage type
In this program you change wage type, i.e., override the wage type for presence during work hours in the day scheme.
- Card ID number
- Wage type code
- Open the list box and select a new wage type. Click OK to confirm.
Personal mail
On this panel you are able to read personal messages. General messages and messages to a specified terminal are always shown in the message box in the Time reporting window and in the Dispatch list. But, it is also possible to send messages to a specific employee.
- Card ID number
- The personal messages are shown.
To delete the messages after reading, click on the Delete button. All message lines are then deleted.
Report additional time
This panel is used to report additional time, i.e., time that will not be calculated from the day scheme.
- Employee
- Date
- The current date is shown, but this can be changed.
- Time code
- Enter a time code. Only time codes that are connected to a wage type for which field Extra is set to YES are valid.
- Hours
- Enter the time in hours with decimals. The number of decimals that can be used (one or two) is controlled by the system value NBRDECTIM.