Material Sublot

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Material Sublot

When an operation is running and producing parts or finished goods that are serialized, you may consider storing them as sub-lot objects of a single material lot. Sub-lots can be traced back throughout the process and show up as a highlight on the material lot object in the Trace Graph. Creating sub-lots is more efficient than executing a process segment for each part produced, however splitting sub-lots apart later on in the process would require new material lots to be created for each sub-lot for traceability purposes.

The Material Sublot is derived from the AbstractMESObject and inherits all the exposed properties, methods and events for that object.


Object Creation

Sub-lot objects can be created at the time of the operation using the  response segment  object functions:

  • Response Segment object.addSublot()
  • Response Segment object.addSublots()

They can also be created after the operation has completed using:

  • system.mes.createSublots()

They can also be created using the  MES Sublot List  component.


Use


Object Properties 

Property values can be accessed and changed for an object by using the getPropertyValue() and setPropertyValue() method.

Example
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eqPath = '[global]\Dressings Inc\California\Raw Materials\Unload Station 1'
    
#Get the current operation being run at the equipment
oper = system.mes.getCurrentOperation(eqPath)
    
#Get the active segment running under the operation
segName = oper.getActiveSegmentName()
seg = oper.getActiveSegment(segName)
  
#Get the sublot with serial number SN1823
sublot = seg.getSublot('Housing', 'SN1823')
  
#Do something with the sublot
sublot.setPropertyValue('Width', '1002')
  
#Don't forget to save the changes to the sublot
system.mes.saveMESObject(sublot)


This object inherits the AbstractMESObject  properties.

Name
Scripting
R/W
Description
Lot . Assembly . Type LotAssemblyType Read Currently this is here for reference and is included to align with the ISA-95 standard and will become significant in the next phase of the Track and Trace Module.
Sublot Status SublotStatus Read/Write The status of the Material Sublot object. When a Material Sublot object is currently being processed by a Response Segment, this will be set to Active. When the Response Segment is ended, this will be set to the Final Lot Status setting in the Operation Segment configuration. If a Final Lot Status is not defined, it will be set to the default status of Completed.


Object Functions

This object inherits the AbstractMESObject functions.

 getLocationLink()

Description

 Get the link to the location of the material sublot.

Syntax

getLocationLink()

  • Parameters

 None

  • Returns

  The MES Object Link representing the location.

  • Scope

All

 

getMaterialDefLink()

Description

 Get the link to the definition of the material sublot.

Syntax

getMaterialDefLink()

  • Parameters

 None

  • Returns

  The MES Object Link representing the definition.

  • Scope

All

 

getName()

Description

Gets the name of corresponding material sublot.

Syntax

getName()

  • Parameters

None

  • Returns

String name - The name of the corresponding material sublot.

  • Scope

All



Object Events

Objects have events associated with them that allow for custom scripts to be added whenever the event occurs. Refer to  MES Object Events  for more information.

This object inherits the AbstractMESObject events...


Event Name
Description
New

The event is fired when a new instance of a Material Sub-Lot object is created.

If no script is entered, then the default handler will be executed. To execute the default handler from within the script entered here, add a script line:

event.runDefaultHandler()     

CreateSerialNumber

This event is run every time a Material Sublot object is requested to create a new serial number. This event provides a method to intercept the generation of serial numbers so that the format of the serial number or even the number itself can be modified. For systems that retrieve serial numbers from a ERP or other system, this event will allow obtaining a serial number from it. Script in this event can also read from a block of available serial numbers that are maintained in a database.


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