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TN MES111 Creating Utilization Reasons and Reason Groups in Wonderware MES - Performance

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This article from InSource outlines steps to add Utilization Reasons Group and Reasons to the MES Client.  These are used for Wonderware MES - Performance. 

 

  • Author: Michael Walker
  • Published: 09/25/2015
  • Applies to: Wonderware MES 2014 and later

 

 

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Creating a Utilization Reason Group

1. On the ribbon, click New Reason Group in the New list. A new reason group record is shown in the Editor window.
2. In the Properties pane, type the name of the reason group in the Description box.
The reason group name describes the grouping of utilization reasons and identifies the utilization reason group in the data records, so it must be unique.
3. On the ribbon, click Save in the Main group to save the changes.
You can modify the properties of a utilization reason group in the Properties pane.



Creating a Utilization Sub-Reason Group
You can create up to 10 sub-levels of a utilization reason group. For example, you can have a utilization reason group with nine ancestor groups. You can define reasons for a reason group at any level.


1. On the ribbon, click New Sub Reason Group in the New list. A new sub reason group record is shown in the Editor window.
2. In the Properties pane, type the name of the sub reason group, in the Description box.
3. On the ribbon, click Save in the Main group to save the changes.


Creating a Utilization Reason.

You can assign multiple reasons to a utilization state, to create a utilization reason


1. In the Editor window, select the reason group under which you want to create a utilization reason.
2. On the ribbon, click New Reason in the New list. A new reason record is shown in the Editor window.
3. In the Properties pane, complete the property settings.
4. On the ribbon, click Save in the Main group to save the changes.

 

Utilization Reason Properties are listed below:

  • The name of the utilization reason. The reason description describes the utilization condition of an entity and identifies the utilization reason in the data records, so it must be unique within its reason group.
  • Utilization State - an existing utilization state or click Browse button to create a new utilization state. The utilization state indicates the state that is appropriate for this utilization reason.

 

  • Include: Teardown Time - selected, specifies that an event with this utilization reason counts toward teardown time.
  • Include: Setup Time - selected, specifies that an event with this utilization reason counts toward setup time.
  • Include: Failure - selected, specifies that any time that the entity spends in the utilization reason is considered failure time. Failure time is used in the calculation of Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).
  • OEE Time: Runtime - selected, specifies that an event with this utilization reason counts toward runtime. Runtime events contribute to the calculation of Availability and Performance.
  • OEE Time: Downtime - selected, specifies that an event with this utilization reason counts toward downtime. Downtime events contribute to the calculation of Availability.
  • OEE Time: Neither selected, specifies that an event with this utilization reason does not count toward runtime or downtime. Therefore, this utilization reason time is excluded from the calculation of OEE.
  • Production Time: Fixed -  selected, specifies that an event with this utilization reason is costed as fixed time.
  • Production Time: Variable selected, specifies that an event with this utilization reason is costed as variable time.
  • Production Time: Neither selected, specifies that an event with this utilization reason is not costed as fixed time or variable time.