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4. Select one of the following types from the Filter Types list.
5. Enter the Filter Criteria (optional) and then enable or disable the Match Case
checkbox to determine if the filter is to be case-sensitive (enabled) or case-insensitive
(disabled).
6. Click OK. The Enable Filter checkbox is now enabled. Select the box (so that it has a
check mark) to activate the filter you just created.
Starting, Stopping, Aborting, and Deleting Batches
Batches that are on a FactoryTalk Batch Server’s batch list can be started, held, restarted,
and deleted from the main BatchCampaign window.
Starting a Batch
1. Click the desired Server or Campaign Entry/Item on the Main Window, in the
hierarchy view on the left, to display the individual batches in the list view.
2. When the individual batches are shown in the table to the right of the hierarchy view,
select the batch, and then click the Start button in the toolbar.
3. The batch state should change to RUNNING.
Filter type Data type
„ Starts With
„
Contains
„ Ends With
.
These filter types are basic string compares
„ Less Than
„
Greater Than
„ Equal To
„
Less Than or Equal
To
„ Greater Than or
Equal To
For these choices, if the contents of both the recipe attributes and the filter
criteria can be converted to numbers; the compare will be numeric,
otherwise it will be a string compare.
For example, if you have the following recipe IDs:
„ Triple_Chocolate_A
„ Triple_Chocolate_B
„ Triple_Chocolate_C
„
Triple_Chocolate_D
If you choose a filter type of Greater Than and a filter criteria of
Triple_Chocolate_B, then only Triple_Chocolate_C and
Triple_Chocolate_D will be listed.
The batch mode must be either AUTOMATIC or SEMI-AUTOMATIC and the batch state must be
Ready before you can start it.
To change the mode, go to the FactoryTalk Batch View application, select the batch, and then
click the appropriate mode button.
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