Determinants

Determinants in ProTrack Warehouse are triggerable contributers to an overall standard time.

To access the Maintain Determinant screen:

1. Log in to ProTrack Warehouse.
2. Select the Determinants tab under the Configuration menu. The Determinant screen appears.
   
   

   
   ^{Fig.226 Determinant}

   
   Determinant Tab Descriptions

   Tab	Descriptions
   Determinant Info	Displays the details of the determinant.
   Condition	Dipslys the conditions associated with the selected determinant.

   ^{Table 48. Determinant Tab Descriptions}
   Determinant Field Descriptions

   Field	Descriptions
   Determinant Name	Displays the name of the determinant.
   Constant Standard Value	This field is currently not supported and reserved for future development.
   Maximum Allowable Key-In Units	Maximum accepted value for determinants that require a manual KVI entry through the KVI entry screen or WMS update file.
   Determinant Description	Displays details pertaining to the determinant.
   Start Location	Used to hard code a starting location for a standard.
   End Location	Used to hard code an ending location for a standard.
   Drop Location	Used to hard code a drop location when re-trips are necessary in an activity.
   Determinant Level	Signifies the level of the determinant, either Assignment or Task.
   Apply Handling Time	Determines whether handling time will be applied with the determinant.
   Handling Matrix	Specifies which handling matrix will be used when handling time is enabled.
   Determinant Type	Signifies the determinant type, either Travel or Work.
   Work Time Function	Value that will be applied when the determinant is triggered.

   ^{Table 49. Determinant Field Descriptions}

Adding Determinants

You can add one or more new determinants into the system through the Determinants screen. The Determinant can be added based on the privileges of the user.

To add a new determinant:

1. Type a unique Determinant Name.
2. The Constant Standard Value is currently not supported. If this is required merely entire the value in the Work Time Function section.
3. If the KVI Entry screen will be used to specify KVI values for a field used in this determinant’s Work Time Function, enter the Maximum Allowable Key-In Units which a user may enter via at the time of entering KVIs.
4. Specify the Determinant Level as either Assignment Level or Task Level:
   
   Assignment Level Determinants:
   

• Only apply once per assignment, unconditionally (cannot have conditions).
• May be configured as either a Travel or Work determinant.
• Work Time Function may NOT include a field (variable), as assignment level determinants are not associated with a particular task line. The Work Time Function field does support functions of constants only (for example, 1.45 * 2).
  Task Level Determinants:
  
• Task Level will try to apply at each task line within an assignment based on the conditions.
• May only be configured as a Work determinant.
• Require at least one condition (even if that condition will always be true).
  
  

  Info

  • Number of Task Level Determinants and Conditions has a direct impact on the overall performance (data throughput) of ProTrack Warehouse. Care needs to be taken to build only the determinants that are required to drive the granularity of Standard required for the activity.
  • Assignment and Task Level Determinants are required for each Standard.
  
  

1. Click to apply or not apply Additional Handling.
2. From the drop-down list, select a Handling Matrix Name that was set-up in Handling Time.
3. Click one of the Determinant Type options to set the determinant type to either Travel or Work.
   

   Info

   • Travel Determinants cannot be set to apply based on a specific set of conditions. These are used to hard-code a specific assignment Start, End, and Drop locations.
   • Travel Determinants must be configured as Assignment Level.
   
   
4. If Determinant Type is set to Travel, specify the Start Location, End Location and Drop Location from their respective lists.
5. To specify the standard time for this determinant, enter a function into the Work Time Function text box. The function entered may be a simple constant value, or an algebraic expression.
   1. For expressions, you can use fields as variables. Click 'Insert a Field' link and a popup screen appears. Click a WMS Import field link, which is then populated in the Work Time Function field.
      
      

      
      ^{Fig.227 Determinant - Work Time Function}

      
      

      Info

      • While saving, the system validates the work time function. When Work Time Function is defined it is necessary to list the fields within double quotations “ “, without which the formula will not be valid.
      • The expression may be built using addition,subtraction, division, or multiplication operators: + - / * Also, parentheses may be used to specify order of operations: ( ).
      • The total length of the work time function cannot exceed 80 characters.
      • The formula can be an expression much like that used in Excel. Example: (“Quantity” * “Unit Weight”) * .0006
      • The formulas can generate a negative number if time needs to be reduced due to a specific task not being preformed on this specific assignment. Example: “Quantity” * -1.234
      • Total standard time for one assignment is 35,791 minutes (assume employee works eight-hour day this would allow 74 employees to work the same assignment). ProTrack Warehouse stores STD time in milliseconds and the max integer field in SQL Server 2005 is 2,147,483,647.
      
      
6. To add a condition to a determinant, click the 'Condition' tab. the screen appears with the Select Condition link and a blank ‘condition’ list.
   
   

   
   ^{Fig.228 Determinant - Conditions}

   
   
7. You can add the determinant conditions by clicking Select Condition link.
   
   

   
   ^{Fig.229 Determinant - Select Conditions}

   
   
8. Select the check box of the individual Field Name.
   
   

   
   ^{Fig.230 Determinant - Select Fields}

   
   
9. Click and the selected fields will be listed in the ‘Conditions’ list section of the Determinants screen.
   
   

   
   ^{Fig.231 Determinant - Conditions}

   
   
10. You can change the Condition Type for each Determinant Condition by selecting from the list.
11. A specific Field Value is required for comparison when the Condition Type is:
    

    Condition Type	Description
    Equal To	Every time the field name’s value matches the field value, this condition is true.
    Greater Than or Equal To	Every time the field name’s value is greater than or equal to the field value, this condition is true.
    Greater Than	Every time the field name’s value is greater than the field value, this condition is true.
    Less Than or Equal To	Every time the field name’s value is less than or equal to the field value, this condition is true.
    Less Than	Every time the field name’s value is less than the field value, this condition is true.
    Not Equal To	Every time the field name’s value is not equal to the field value, this condition is true.

    ^{Table 50. Condition Type Descriptions}
    
    

    Info

    • The comparison is looking for an exact “case sensitive” match when alpha characters are used.
    • Greater Than, Greater Than or Equal, Less Than, or Less Than or Equal conditions must be used on numeric fields. Example: Cannot compare Greater Than “C”.
    • On Change condition compares the current value of the field selected to the previous value, and will be true when the values are not the same.
    • The conditions only apply within the same assignment, and thus cannot used to trigger a determinant between assignments.
    • When more than one condition is included in the same determinant, then all conditions must return true or the determinant will not apply. The “and” is implied between conditions.
    
    The following table lists all possible outcomes of the various Determinant Condition Types based on the type of data in the two fields being compared:
    

    Determinant Condition Type	Value Sent in WMS File Task Field	Value Configured in Determinant	Functional Outcome
    Equal To	numeric	numeric	both values are treated as numeric and evaluated accordingly
    	numeric	varchar	WMSFileFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated
    	varchar	numeric	DetFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated
    	varchar	varchar	Expression is evaluated
    	numeric	no value	both values are converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated as FALSE
    	varchar	no value	DetFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated as FALSE
    	no value	numeric	both values are converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated as FALSE
    	no value	varchar	WMSFileFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated as FALSE
    	no value	no value	both values are converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated as TRUE
    Not Equal To	numeric	numeric	both values are treated as numeric and evaluated accordingly
    	numeric	varchar	WMSFileFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated
    	varchar	numeric	DetFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated
    	varchar	varchar	Expression is evaluated
    	numeric	no value	both values are converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated as TRUE
    	varchar	no value	DetFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated as TRUE
    	no value	numeric	both values are converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated as TRUE
    	no value	varchar	WMSFileFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated as TRUE
    	no value	no value	both values are converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated as FALSE
    Less Than	numeric	numeric	both values are treated as numeric and evaluated accordingly
    	numeric	varchar	WMSFileFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated
    	varchar	numeric	DetFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated
    	varchar	varchar	Expression is evaluated
    	numeric	no value	always evaluated as FALSE
    	varchar	no value	always evaluated as FALSE
    	no value	numeric	always evaluated as FALSE, forced (would be TRUE)
    	no value	varchar	always evaluated as FALSE, forced (would be TRUE)
    	no value	no value	always evaluated as FALSE
    Less Than or Equal To	numeric	numeric	both values are treated as numeric and evaluated accordingly
    	numeric	varchar	WMSFileFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated
    	varchar	numeric	DetFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated
    	varchar	varchar	Expression is evaluated
    	numeric	no value	always evaluated as FALSE
    	varchar	no value	always evaluated as FALSE
    	no value	numeric	always evaluated as FALSE, forced (would be TRUE)
    	no value	varchar	always evaluated as FALSE, forced (would be TRUE)
    	no value	no value	always evaluated as FALSE
    Greater Than	numeric	numeric	both values are treated as numeric and evaluated accordingly
    	numeric	varchar	WMSFileFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated
    	varchar	numeric	DetFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated
    	varchar	varchar	Expression is evaluated
    	numeric	no value	always evaluated as TRUE
    	varchar	no value	always evaluated as TRUE
    	no value	numeric	always evaluated as FALSE
    	no value	varchar	always evaluated as FALSE
    	no value	no value	always evaluated as FALSE
    Greater Than or Equal To	numeric	numeric	both values are treated as numeric and evaluated accordingly
    	numeric	varchar	WMSFileFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated
    	varchar	numeric	DetFieldValue is converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated
    	varchar	varchar	Expression is evaluated
    	numeric	no value	always evaluated as TRUE
    	varchar	no value	always evaluated as TRUE
    	no value	numeric	always evaluated as FALSE
    	no value	varchar	always evaluated as FALSE
    	no value	no value	both values are converted to varchar and then expression is evaluated as TRUE
    ON CHANGE	Current TaskValue	Next TaskValue	Same logic as EQUAL TO, but comparing the field within the same assignment

    ^{Table 51. Condition Scenarios}
    
    
12. Click to save create the new determinant.
    
    

    Info

    • To delete the Determinant Condition in the Condition Tab, select the corresponding Delete Checkboxes and click .

Searching Determinants

To search for particular determinants:

1. Click in the Determinants screen, the Search Determinant screen appears.
   
   

   
   ^{Fig.232 Determinants - Search}

   
   
2. Type either Determinant Name or select the Determinant Type and Determinant Level from their respective lists.
   
   

   Tips

   • To list Determinants with names starting with a particular character, enter the character into the field. For example, to search determinants starting with the character 'C', enter 'C' in the Determinant Name to list determinants with names starting with C.
   • If no search criteria are specified all the determinants will be listed in the 'Determinant Search Results' section.
   
   
3. Click and the records for the selected criteria are listed in the ‘Determinants Search Results’ section of the Determinants screen.
   
   

   
   ^{Fig.233 Determinants - Search Results}

Viewing & Editing Determinant

The determinants can be viewed and edited from the ‘Determinants Search Results’ section in the Determinants screen. The determinants can be viewed or edited based on the privileges of the user.

To view and edit the determinant:

1. Search and list the determinants you want to view or edit in the ‘Determinants Search Results’ section.
2. Click the selected Determinant Name link from the ‘Determinant Search Results’ section. The details of the determinant appear in the corresponding fields in the Determinants screen.
3. Change the required fields.
4. Click to save the changes.
   
   

   Tips

   • If you have made the changes in the fields and do not want to save the details, click Reset before you save the changes.
   • To delete the Determinant Condition in the Condition Tab, select the corresponding Delete Check boxes and click .
   • If you want to add determinants at this point, click to clear the fields and bring the screen to add mode.
   • These changes will only be applied to assignments worked after the changes have been made, unless on the Daily Inquiry screen is invoked.