Shift Pattern Query

This program lets you query shift patterns.

Exploring

This program is accessed from the Program List of the SYSPRO menu:

  • Program List > Bill of Materials > Shift Patterns

In manufacturing environments shift patterns are work cycles that provide smooth rotation of staff.

Shift patterns can be defined at various levels (i.e. company, site, work center, production line, warehouse or machine) and a work day can have multiple shifts with different start and end times to accommodate shift requirements.

This facilitates planned work days or work hours for staff and planned down-time for machines.

Starting

To use this program, the following setup option(s) must be configured appropriately:

Setup Options > Preferences > Manufacturing > Bill of Materials

  • Shift pattern level

You can restrict operator access to programs by assigning them to groups and applying access control against the group (configured using the Operator Groups program).

The following configuration options in SYSPRO may affect processing within this program or feature, including whether certain fields and options are accessible.

The Setup Options program lets you configure how SYSPRO behaves across all modules. These settings can affect processing within this program.

Setup Options > Preferences > Manufacturing > Bill of Materials

  • Default shift code
  • Shift pattern level

Solving

This message is displayed when you attempt to open the Shift Pattern Query program before the required setup options have been configured.

Ensure that the Shift pattern level setup option is defined appropriately within the Setup Options program (Setup Options > Preferences > Manufacturing > Bill of Materials) before attempting to use this program.

Define the following within the Setup Options program (Setup Options > Preferences > Manufacturing > Bill of Materials):

  • Define the level at which you want to create shift patterns at the Shift pattern level setup option.

  • Optionally define the default shift at the Default shift code setup option.

Using

  • Columns in a list view are sometimes hidden by default. You can reinstate them using the Field Chooser option from the context-sensitive menu (displayed by right-clicking a header column header in the list view). Select and drag the required column to a position in the list view header.

  • Fields on a pane are sometimes removed by default. You can reinstate them using the Field Selector option from the context-sensitive menu (displayed by right-clicking any field in the pane). Select and drag the required fields onto the pane.

    The captions for fields are also sometimes hidden. You can select the Show Captions option from the context-sensitive menu to see a list of them. Click on the relevant caption to reinstate it to the form.

    If the Show Captions option is grayed out, it means no captions are hidden for that form.

  • Press Ctrl+F1 within a list view or form to view a complete list of functions available.

Referencing

This commences processing according to your selections.

This lets you change the currently configured review criteria.

This closes the current window or program.

Field Description

Shift codes

This lets you indicate the shift codes for which you want to view shift patterns.

Site locations

This lets you indicate the site locations for which you want to view shift patterns.

Work centers

This lets you indicate the work centers for which you want to view shift patterns.

Production lines

This lets you indicate the production lines for which you want to view shift patterns.

Machines

This lets you indicate the machines for which you want to view shift patterns.

Warehouses

This lets you indicate the warehouses for which you want to view shift patterns.

This list view displays the shift pattern headers according to the search criteria entered.

This window displays the shift pattern recurrence details for the header selected within the Shift Patterns window.

This list view displays the defined shifts for the selected shift pattern.

This list view indicates where the selected shift pattern has been applied.

These are categorized in the following order:

  1. Site locations

  2. Warehouse

  3. Work center

  4. Production line

  5. Machine