PREACTOR DOCUMENTATION

APS Rule – Preactor Grouping Rule

1. CLASSIFICATIONS

GROUPING RULE LIST

This classification must be associated to the field containing the list of the grouping criteria, in the resource table.
E.g. : Resources,"RESOURCES.PRTBL",0,100:
……………………
Grouping Rule List ;-1,STRING,
GROUPING RULE LIST
REMOTE(Orders(Product Attribute 1))
REMOTE(Orders(Product Attribute 2))
REMOTE(Orders(Product Attribute 3))….

GROUPING RULE ITEM

This classification must be associated to the fields in the orders table used as a remote field by the previous classification.
E.g. : Orders,.prsch,0,1000:
……………………
Product Attribute 1;-1,STRING,
GROUPING RULE ITEM

GROUPING RULE EMERGENCY

This classification must be associated to the fields in the orders table which is the emergency of the operation (DUE DATE
classification will be used instead if not found).
E.g. : Orders,.prsch,0,1000:
……………………
Latest Start Date,-1,TIME,
GROUPING RULE EMERGENCY

GROUPING RULE MATCH :

This classification must belong to a direct associated field, linked to the Grouping Rule List field. It must be a toggle type field in
the resource table.
E.g. : Resources,"RESOURCES.PRTBL",0,100:
……………………
Identical? ;-1,TOGGLE,
GROUPING RULE MATCH
DIRECT ASSOCIATE(Grouping Rule List)….

GROUPING RULE WEIGHT :

This classification must belong to a direct associated field, linked to the Grouping Rule List field. It must be a real type field in the
resource table.
E.g. : Resources,"RESOURCES.PRTBL",0,100:
……………………
Weight ;-1,REAL,
GROUPING RULE WEIGHT
DIRECT ASSOCIATE(Grouping Rule List)….

GROUPING RULE WINDOW :

This classification must be a duration type field in the resource table.
E.g. : Resources,"RESOURCES.PRTBL",0,100:
……………………
Look Ahead Window, ;-1,DURATION,
GROUPING RULE WINDOW….

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