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Business Rules
| TrackAbout Feature | |
|---|---|
| Feature Name: | Business Rules |
| In Module: | Core Tracking |
| Short Description | Rules for defining workflows |
| Available In: | TAMobile 6 Desktop, TAMobile 6 Rugged |
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TrackAbout supports many business rules which are enforced in many places. The most common is to say that action X cannot be done unless the cylinder is in status A or B. However, many business rules are supported.
Business rules: Prevent entry errors
Examples:
Entering a last retest (hydraulic) date that is older that the manufacturer’s date
Entering a last retest date or manufacturer’s date that is in the future
Checking validity of valve lot and serial number entries based on patterns
TrackAbout is aware of various common cylinder markings that can be mistaken for serial numbers, such as DOT numbers, and will not accept these as valid serial numbers.
Business rules: Prevent process errors
Examples:
Selecting a valve that isn’t applicable to the service of the cylinder
Selecting a water capacity that isn’t applicable to the service of the cylinder
Filling products at higher pressures than the fill ramp allows
Business rules: Validate attributes
Examples:
Retest period has not passed
Valve expiration date has not passed
Cylinder manufacturer is valid
Barcode scanned is valid based on a list of known-good patterns plus various checksum algorithms
Cylinder working pressure must match fill pressure
Cylinder has not been in toxic/hydrogen service, preventing it from being in other product services
Cylinder has all the required attributes recorded in the system in order to be filled (i.e. not missing serial number, manufacturer date, etc)
Business rules: Validate product families
Examples:
Ramps are connected to raw material tanks and a set of products
Cylinders being sorted onto a pallet are incompatible filling families
Cylinders being filled together are in compatible filling families
Business rules: Validating users
Examples:
Operators can only fill on ramps to which they have been assigned
Operators can only fill particular products to which they have been assigned
Business rules: Validating cylinder status
Examples:
Cylinders that are empty and haven’t been sorted (inspected) cannot be filled
Cylinders that are full cannot be filled again
Cylinders that are scrapped are not recognized
Cylinders requiring analysis that have not been analyzed cannot be delivered
Cylinders that are not full cannot be delivered
Cylinders that are in quarantine cannot be delivered, and are not full
Cylinders that are blocked cannot be used at any point in the process until the block has been cleared in maintenance
Cylinders that are recalled cannot be used
Cylinders that are in a complaint status cannot be used until the complaint has been resolved