Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Scheduler Users Guide - Manual (Page 70)

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Now we’ll open the Unallocated Jobs window by using the View > Unallocated
Orders/Operations window menu option. The resulting window is represented below.
Create the fcs file
The Unallocated Jobs window contains all operations for all the jobs currently waiting to
be scheduled, so now we’ll create our fcs file by using the File > Save As or the File >
Save menu option. The default file name is always Scheduler 1.fcs. However, we
recommend that you name this file BizBikes.fcs, so that if you create other scheduling
applications you will always know to which application this file belongs. When naming
your files, it is not necessary to include the fcs extension since FactoryTalk Scheduler
automatically appends it.
The next time you want to open this file, simply use the File > Open menu option and
select the fcs file name. The latest version of your schedule file will open with the same
settings that we originally requested in the setup window. This file contains not only the
setup information, but also the directory information of where to look for the FactoryTalk
Scheduler database.
When you open the file using the fcs file name, the Set Planning Horizon dialog will be
displayed. This allows you to change the planning horizon before the data is read in.
The fcs file also contains the information about the look and feel of the application. This
includes the font type, font colors, resource colors, etc., that you see when you view the
Sequence Overview window. The tutorial system assumes the default settings, which can
be changed using the View > Properties menu option. If you change any of these settings