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Defining Collection Elements

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Defining Collection Elements

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Concept

You can define an unlimited number of collection elements, which you can then add to collection
plans to determine what quality results data will be collected and tracked. You can add, change,
and delete collection elements as your requirements change. You also can customize your
collection elements.
 
In this topic, you will define a collection element.

Required Field(s) Comments

Output - Result(s) Comments

Additional Information

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Procedure

Step Action
1. Begin by navigating to the Collection Elements page.

Click the vertical scrollbar.

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2. Click the Manufacturing and Distribution Manager link.

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Step Action
3. Click the vertical scrollbar.

Step Action
4. Click the Collection Elements link.

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5. Use the Organizations page to select the appropriate organization.

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Step Action
6. Click the M1 list item.

Step Action
7. Click the OK button.

or Press [Alt+O].

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Step Action
8. Use the Collection Elements page to define a collection element.

Begin by entering a name for the collection element. The collection element
name can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, underscores (_), and single
quotation marks ('). You cannot use words that are reserved for column names in
collection plans.

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Step Action
9. Click in the Collection Element field.

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Step Action
10. Enter the desired information into the Collection Element field. Enter "OVEN
TEMP".

Step Action
11. In the Collection Element Type field, you can choose from the three predefined
collection element types provided by Oracle Quality: Attribute, Variable, and
Reference.

You can also choose a collection element type you have customized.

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Step Action
12. Click in the Element Type field.

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Step Action
13. Click the Element Type list.

Step Action
14. Click the Variable list item.

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Step Action
15. Click the OK button.

or Press [Alt+O].

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Step Action
16. You can accept the default prompt which is the name of the collection element or
overwrite it to change the prompt.

The prompt displays in the Collection Element field in the Results region of the
Enter Quality Results page.

Step Action
17. You can add a hint that appears in the message line when you enter quality
results during data entry.

Click in the Hint field.

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Step Action
18. Enter the desired information into the Hint field. Enter "Enter Oven Temp".

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Step Action
19. In the Data Type field, select from the available data types: Character, Number,
Date, Date and
Time, Comment, and Sequence.

You cannot change the data type once you have defined the collection element.

Step Action
20. Click the Data Type list.

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Step Action
21. Click the Number list item.

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Step Action
22. The reporting length specifies how much space is allocated for this collection
element's quality results values on reports, inquiries, and in the Enter Quality
Results page.

Step Action
23. If the data type is Number, enter the Decimal Precision of the specification limit
values that you can define. You can enter a decimal precision up to 12 places.

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Step Action
24. Click in the Decimal Precision field.

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Step Action
25. Enter the desired information into the Decimal Precision field. Enter "2".

Step Action
26. Click the Save button.

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Step Action
27. You have completed the Defining Collection Elements procedure.
End of Procedure.

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