Hello, I’m trying to make a modification to MES to where when a job is clock into from a certain department, it automatically launches the End Activity Window after they finish clocking in. I’ve never done a customization before, so I’m not sure if i’m going about it the right way. below is the sc…

[image] DGow: I’m trying to make a modification to MES to where when a job is clock into from a certain department, it automatically launches the End Activity Window after they finish clocking in. Have you looked at Report Quantity? You can use that to record your production (if you don’t ha…

Why to wait till they finish clocking in? You can do a check when they start activity. Maybe a BPM → Method Directives → Labor → Update → Pre-Processing; where a row is added, and take EmpId from LaborDtl table and compare with Employee table, fetch the department and throw an error. You will need …

Unfortunately it needs to be done through forms, I have already done it via a BPM/Report quantity for a different manner, but this one specific instance is basically just a shortcut to speed up reporting in one department.

This is one of those times that it might be good to step back and assess the problem you are really trying to solve. You’ve determined on your own that you need to customize End Labor Activity. But what led you to that point? To @Chad_Smith ’s point, if you are simply trying to end activity right wh…

I tend to agree with @dr_dan . I can’t tell you how many times I have seen a company @$&?! themselves trying to maintain the same process instead of concentrating on the business problem.

I am trying to open the end activity report, as the company still wants them to be able to enter the information such as quantity/scrap/DMR. I would much rather have it automatically close the job out (and I made a version that did just that) but it was shot down, so this was the compromise, all I’m…

Feel free to add votes to this: KIN-I-4590 Able to report scrap and non-conformity in report quantity Off to go add this to the Friday post.

Take a look here for some info on using lfo when launching forms. [image] LaunchFormOptions Basic Steps Experts' Corner I am attempting to put a button on the DMR processing screen that pulls up our DMR Form with the DMR number populated from the DMR processing screen. So …

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Chad_Smith (Chad Smith) March 7, 2025, 8:08pm 9

Take a look here for some info on using lfo when launching forms.