EZ-MES Objects can be seen as the tables that make up the complete MES Database.

The following gives a list of the different MES Objects that can be queried using the EZ_SoapReader:

 

Name

DB Code

Description

Action

AC

This determines the Action that is executed by a Event when the Event Trigger fires

Action Link

ACL

Enables many to many relation between actions and Event Definitions

Address (Contact)

AD

Contact person, or address for an organization

Blog

BG

Comment items that can be connected to Parts, Travelers and most configuration elements

Charge Account

CA

Account to group Work Orders

Category

CG

Object to group other objects E.g. Part Definitions

Document (Controlled)

DC

Documents that can be revised E.g. Work Instructions, Drawings, etc.

Document Link

DL

Object to enable a many to many relationship between documents and other objects

E-Mail

EM

Record of Emails sent from the MES System

Event

EV

Event Definition, together with a trigger and actions it can be used for automated actions.

Event Record

EVR

Instances of the Event Definition

Flow Definition

FD

Object used to define a manufacturing process

Traveler (Flow Record)

FR

Part Records will travel on Travelers, a Traveler can be seen as a routing based on a Flow Definition

Flow Step Record

FSR

Historic record for a step movement of the Traveler

Input

IN

Discontinued

Input-Output

IO

Change in Part Definition for the Part Records that will move through the connected Step Definition

Job

JB

Discontinued

Location

LC

Hierarchical object to construct the actual locations for an organization E.g. Facility, area, etc.

Link (on PD's)

LN

Link used to define the BOM structure by defining parent child relationships

Lot

LT

Object to group individual traceable Part Records

Manufacturer Part

MP

Used if a Part Definitions has multiple suppliers, that supply the same Manufacturer Part

Name Value

NV

Definition of the configurable user entries that will show up on the Traveler Form

Name Value Record

NVR

Actual recorded data for the User Entry

Organization

OR

Customer, Suppliers, Manufacturers or your Organization

Part Definition

PD

The part type or template that defines the properties of actual Part Records

Purchase Item

PI

Item on a Purchase Order

Payment Method

PM

Payment method for Purchase Orders E.g. 30 Days net

Purchase Order

PO 

Object to purchase Supplier Parts that will result in Part Records base on Part Definitions

Part Record

PR

Any real world part that will require individual traceability has a Part Record representation in the MES system

Part Supplier

PS

Part connected to a Part Definition that has additional information about the supplier

Part Step Record

PSR

Historic record showing all movements for a Part Record

Record (Attachments)

RC

Attached files to Travelers or Part Records

Requested Item

RI

Defines the Part Definition, Quantity and due date for items on a Work Order

Requested Product

RP

Requested Part Definition on the Traveler (can be different from the Part Definition of the Part Records that are on the Traveler)

Work Order (Request)

RQ

Object to group requested work for an Organization

Revision

RV

To track relationships between different configuration Objects when revisions are created

Step Definition

SD

The definition of the Operations that can be used to create products. A sequence of Step Definitions creates a Flow Definition

Step Item (SD - FD link)

SF

The Step Flow link to link Step Definitions to Flow Definitions and a Sequence Number

Shipment

SH

Object used to track shipments

Shipping Item

SI

Link to the Part Records that are shipped on the Shipment Object

Shipping Methods

SM

Method of Shipment E.g. FedEx ground

Soft Delete Flow

SoftDel

Object to store deleted items, invisible for the users

Specification

SP

Connected to Part Definitions to define Product Specifications

Spec Value

SV

The value for the combination of a Spec Definition and the Product Definitions

Trigger

TR

Used in combination with Actions and Event to automate specific actions.

User Group

UG

Object to group users

User Group Link

UGL

Object to enable a many to many link between Users and User Groups

User

USER

The MES System Users

Virtual Part

VP

Used to define different states of a Part Definition

 

The objects shown in Blue are the main configuration objects, while the objects shown with a green background are the records representing the real-world elements.

 

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