Material ident capture

The material ident capture tab is used to define the way materials are identified in this TPU. There are several ways to provide identification. The most common way is to use the same identification as in previous tracker process units, but there also exists several ways to register new identifiers in the tracker process unit. When material ident capture is used, new ports (IDC ports) may be available on the tracker process unit for collecting the actual data. The presence of IDC ports depends on the method of identification.

This parameter tab is based on the parameter matrix concept. Use the Add button to add a new row and the remove button to remove a selected row. The columns of the matrix are described below.

Ident name

This is the name of the ident definition on which to store the identifier. The ident definitions available are governed by the database configuration.

Ident type

This parameter decides the identification method.

  • Continued. The identifier of the actual ident definition will be inherited from the parent tracking material in the previous TPU. With this option enabled, identifiers may also be registered from the portal.
  • New (port). A new port IDC <IdentDefinitionName> will appear. The value of this port is registered as an identifier of the material when the material enters the TPU. When the value of the IDC port changes, a new identifier is registered on the material. With this option enabled, identifiers may also be registered from the portal.
  • New (message). This option enables registering of identifiers from the portal.
  • New unique (port). A new port IDC <IdentDefinitionName> will occur. The value of this port is registered as an identifier of the material when the material enters the TPU. Value changes on the IDC port are neglected. With this option enabled, identifiers may also be registered from the portal.
  • Autogenerated. The identifier is generated automatically according to a fixed strategy. This functionality is deprecated, and should not be used in new projects.
  • Extended. The identifier is created as an extension of one of the identifiers of the parent material. The new identifier is on the form <ParentIdentifier><Prefix><count> where <ParentIdentifier> is the actual identifier on the parent material. The ident definition to extend from are defined by the Ident source column. <Prefix> is a predefined text defined by the Value prefix column and <count> is the number of materials in the TPU a the time of identifier creation. The number of digits in the <count> part is defined by the #Digits column.
  • Parent article. The identifier is created as a copy of the Article of the parent material.
  • Carrier. This option is used to specify that the incoming material is registered on a carrier and that the material shall still reside on the carrier in this TPU.
  • Carrier release. This option is used to release incoming material from their assigned carrier. Materials that reside on a carrier in the previous TPU will be released from the carrier when the material enters this TPU.
  • Batch. This option is used to establish or maintain batch membership for the material. This option should be configured on the tracker process unit that allocates batch membership, and in all the consecutive tracker process unit in which the batch membership is to be maintained.

Description

This is a read only textual description of the identifier provided by the database configuration.

Value port name

This parameter displays the name of the corresponding IDC port used for collecting the new identifiers. The ports are named IDC <IdentDefinitionName> where <IdentDefinitionName> is the name of the actual ident definition.

Value prefix

This parameter is only used when the ident type is Extended.

#Digits

This parameter is only used when the ident type is Extended.

Ident source

This parameter is only used when the ident type is Extended.