Documentation for ProTrack Warehouse 7.5.
This section describes each of the components in detail and explains the importing process.
The only way to configure XYZ-related data elements in ProTrack Warehouse is by building an import file, and importing the elements one at a time. This section refers to the spreadsheet, "SOP for XYZ Importing.xls". This is the official document containing import templates for each XYZ component. Each tab of the workbook must be completed prior to importing the data elements.
Coordinate System Origin - Coordinate values cannot be negative, thus the origin should be set with large enough to allow floors to grow in any direction. For example, the origin could be treated as (1000, 1000). When viewing a facility's layout in ProTrack Warehouse using the Facility Layout Java applet, the coordinate system axes are orientated such that the x-axis points to the right and the y-axis points downward. In other words, the x-coordinates ascend as you move to the right and the y-coordinates ascend as you move downward.
Location Data Element Naming Conventions - It is recommended that the following naming conventions be followed to so that the user easily knows where the data element is located on the Facility Layout.
Data Element |
Naming Convention |
Naming Convention Example |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
Facility |
FAC |
DC1 |
Facility ID must match EXACTLY what is configured in ProTrack Warehouse and being sent in the WMS extraction file. |
FAC-FLR |
DC1-FLR1 |
|
|
FAC-FLR-AISLE |
DC1-FLR1-04A |
When two or more Aisle Paths are needed for a single rack (i.e. due to a non-passable barriers such as a security cage fence), append lowercase letters to the AISLE element. |
|
FAC-FLR-AISLE-1 |
DC1-FLR1-04A-1 |
The '-1' suffix increments ('-2', '-3', etc.) with additional Segments on a single Aisle Path. |
|
FAC-LOC |
DC1-032457 |
Must match the 'To Location' field EXACTLY being sent in the WMS extraction file. |
|
FAC-FLR1-FLR2-1 |
DC1-FLR1-FLR2-1 |
|
Table 35. Naming Conventions
Floor
A floor is the lowest level component of XYZ mapping. A facility can have multiple floors, which may or may not represent various actual floors in the warehouse. Floors can be used for this purpose (such as in mezzanine areas), or they may be used to simply divide a large single floor into multiple smaller sections. Any component added to the floor should be inside the floor.
Please refer to the Floor tab of the current "SOP for XYZ Importing" Excel spreadsheet.
Floor ID |
Floor Name |
Description |
Start X |
Start Y |
End X |
End Y |
Width |
Facility ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1-FLR1 |
1-FLR1 |
Chicago - First floor |
4000 |
2500 |
8000 |
5000 |
4000 |
1 |
2-FLR1 |
2-FLR1 |
Joliet - First floor |
2000 |
2000 |
6600 |
5000 |
4600 |
2 |
Table 36. Floor Example
Info
- Commas ( , ) are not allowed in description fields for any .csv import file, as ProTrack Warehouse will treat the comma as a field separator and the file will error out.
Floor Field Descriptions
Field |
Description |
|---|---|
Floor Name |
Name of the floor. |
Start X |
X value of the start co-ordinate of the floor. |
Start Y |
Y value of the start co-ordinate of the floor. |
End X |
X value of the end co-ordinate of the floor. This value should be equal to start X. |
End Y |
Y value of the end co-ordinate of the floor. |
Height |
This is for future development, and thus not currently available in this version of ProTrack Warehouse. |
Width |
Width of the floor. |
Description |
Description of the floor. |
Table 37. Floor Field Descriptions
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