Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Scheduler Users Guide - Manual (Page 82)

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If you have these other types of constraints, you can get information on their validity by
selecting both the Adjust > Validate Op On Drop and the Adjust > Extended Validate
On Drop menu options. This checks all constraints and reports any violations in the log
file.
Evaluate a schedule
Once you generate a schedule, you might want to evaluate its quality. Before proceeding
further, you might want to unallocate all jobs and use the Sequence > Forward > Release
Date menu option to get back to our original schedule.
The quality of any given schedule is extremely dependent upon the objectives set by the
planners and is often dependent on several measures. Thus, FactoryTalk Scheduler
provides a number of different ways to measure each possible schedule—performance
metrics, charts, schedule analyzer, and reports.
Performance metrics
Let’s start at the most aggregate level and work our way down. If you are interested in the
total schedule performance, based on average measures, you might want to look at the
performance score card. You can view this score card by selecting the Performance >
Performance Metrics menu option. This displays the performance scorecard window
shown below, which provides general information on the current schedule related to jobs
and resources. Although it provides general performance measures for the entire schedule,
it does not provide detailed information on specific jobs or resources.