Connect offers for different modules the possibility to make suggestions for the names of the items that are created in those modules. The name is based on a pattern that you specify.


Example

For example for production order names, the pattern can consists of:

  • Machine, quality, creel and buggy related fields
  • Alphabetic and numeric serial number
  • Custom text


The suggestion is shown under the name box and can be applied, or you can be deviated from this suggestion:


Pattern creation

  1. In the top right corner, click Custom settings.
  2. For Name placeholder separator, select a separator, e.g. Underscore.

  3. For Name generation pattern, click Select.
    If a pattern already exists, click Edit.
  4. If no pattern exists, click Add name pattern and create the pattern.
    If a pattern already exists, you can change it.
    • In the left dropdown box, select the data to be used.
    • The fields on the right of this box depend on the type of data that is selected. See further.
    • Click to add more data.


Fields

  • Max length: Leave empty if there is no limitation. If value is entered this represents the amount of characters used in the name.
  • Start value: The start value of the serial number. Set to 1 if you have not created items before. Set to a value of you last manually created item.
  • Max length: The serial number has a length of x characters.


Examples

For a production order name:


PatternMachine nameOutput
Machine(None)_Numeric(3)T05T05_005, T05_006, T05_007, T05_008, ...
Machine(Left,1,4)_Numeric(4)T05564T055_1234, T055_1235, T055_1236, T055_1237, ...
Machine(Left,1,4)_Numeric(ABC)T05564T055_ABC, T055_ABD, T055_ABE, T055_ABF, ...