Settings

This page contains various settings to alter the behavior of the system, or for integration with your ERP or payroll system. Please contact support before making changes here.

To configure Shopfloor quickly on your tablets. scan the QR code on this page from within the Shopfloor app. This will configure your server and port settings without you having to do it manually. This code can be printed out for convenience.

Category: General

Aggregate from transactions -

Allow sign in before shift window - Enables or disables the ability for a user to sign in outside of their assigned shift window or not which includes Shift Hours and Shift Overtime

Allow Workorder Override - Enables or disables the workorder override feature, see Workorder Override for more information

Authorization system enabled - define if the authorization system for managment accounts is enabled

Set WIP flags automatically - in the bill of operations for products, choose if the sytem should

automatically choose the WIP start/end based on the operation order.

Azure Blobs Access Key - Specifes tha access key for the Azure blob storage being used

Azure Blobs Account Names - Specifes tha account name for the Azure blob storage being used

Azure Blobs Container - Specifes thacontainer for the Azure blob storage being used

Azure Blobs Endpoint - Specifes tha endpoint for the Azure blob storage being used

Collect Data for targets -

Accumulate conditional SMV by tags - This function allows SMVs to be added to an operation by adding together tags

Default Audit Count - sets the default audit count for use in performing quality control

Department Capacity Days - # of days to go back in order to populate capacity within planning system

Get Piece Add On from Operation - When enabled, the piece add on specified in the Manage>Operations menu will apply to all products containing that operation

Fill up Units on Import of Workorders - This indicates whether the full QTY of the WO be used to fill up the units. Alternatively, you can choose to not fill up which would base the units/quantities on your explicitly defined values

Helper Offstandard Code - Indicates whether time spent in the offstandard is included in your modular system earnings

Historical Data Generation # of dsys to process - Used to indicate the number of days to process during the automated aggregate job which populates the daily aggregate tables for historical transactions

Historical Data Generation times to process, military hours, comma separated - Used to indicate the times of day to run automated aggregate job which populates the daily aggregate tables for historical transactions

Root directory for Images - where on the local server should the images for the QC system be stored

Live Production Operations, grouped by Product - Enables or disables the grouping the operations by product or leaving ungropued as individual operations

Allow Manual Breaks - Defines whether or not a user can manually enter and leave a break.

Offset for day break. Leave empty for midnight - defines the time that the counts as the end of the work day in order to combine production data into the correct day

Number of Days Before SMV Value is Permanent - Any other value than 0 will enable Permanent Dates for SMV lock. More information can be found in SMV Lock

Accumulate ProductionData Async - Dictates how/when transaction calculations are performed which is usually triggered by an event like offstandard approval, QC report, reset prod, registering production etc

Quality Image Name Format - Allows you to customize the format of the QC images taken via the tablet

User rate limiting on API - Sets a limit on the amount of concurrent API calls that can be made from a single device for performance tuning. When limit is reached, an error message will show on the Web UI or tablet (425 errror)

Root directory for Custom Reports - Indicates the path for custom reports and QR labels for WO's, Users, Locations, Supervisors

Users can exit scheduled break - specifies whether users can or cannot log out of a break that has been scheduled

Time Zone for Scheduler (Ex: Pacific Standard Time), leave empty for local server time Central European Standard Time - Allows you to specify the timezone to be used if different than the local server time zone settings

Round Shift Start Window in Real Time - If shifts are defined to start at 7:00, for example, any work before that will be rounded to 7:00. Similar to the rounding at the end of the day but this one does it real time.

Minutes for Short Sign Out and Break Window 0 = disabled - allows you to specify the amount of time considered to be a short sign out so that it does not account against you during shift rounding

Simplified MileStone Model - In some production scenarios there are some commonly used operation steps present in all or most Products. If these operations can be used to represent Mile Stones there is simplified model that will match the operation ID to any existing Mile Stone ID and present any match.

Sign user back in at Reset - Any users signed in when production is reset will automatically be signed back in.

Global takt time 0.0 - define a Takt time for the whole system, rather than in the team or department settings

Upcoming Break Minutes - This allows you to specify the number of minutes prior to a break that scanning is not allowed to prevent operators from working over their break.

Uploaded productionoperations.csv should update previous BOL - Indicates whether the imported productoperations file should override the current values or prevent it's import

Use operartion list index number - If true = operations can be repeated in the same operation list

if false = operations are unique in the operation list

Working Day Minutes - Amount of minutes of a standard work day.

Workorder Creation Job Days - Indicates the # of days worth of SOs to be created as WO units

Workorder Units Id Format - Changes how the unit ids are generated. Typically 'WorkorderId-xx' which is {0}{1:-00}

Category: App

Allow Production Overage - Indicates whether an operator can produce more than the quantiy specified on the WO/Unit as overage

Allow partials of multiplier - Dictates whether the tablet will abide by the operation # default or allow you to produce piece by piece.

Allow piece rate to calculate SAMs- Specifies whether changing the piece rate is allowed to recalculate the SAM

Allow sign in by typing ID - Enables or disables the ability for an operator to type in their user ID as opposed to selecting it from a list or being forced to scan their QR badge

Always display workorder tags - If enabled, the tags applied to the WO will be visible otherwise, only the WO unit tags will be shown on the Shopfloor tablet UI

Complete current job on scan - If set to true, the tablet will assume all work on that job are complete when the next QR code is scanned. This is a time-saving measure

On job scan, stay with current operation if valid...- if set to true, the tablet will not auto-select the next operation in the product's operation list, as long as that operation is valid for the product being worked on, and that the tablet is allowed to perform that operation, as defined by the location field in the operation list.

...if not, find first uncompleted operation - When enabled, scanning a new job QR will automatically default to the first uncompleted operation in the operation sequence otherwise, it stays with the current operation

Give Access To Location History - Enables or disables the operators access to this menu via the Shopfloor tablet app setting

Give Access to Me and My Team - Enables or disables the operators access to this menu via the Shopfloor tablet app setting

Give Access to Unit History - Enables or disables the operators access to this menu via the Shopfloor tablet app setting

Give Access to User History - Enables or disables the operators access to this menu via the Shopfloor tablet app setting

Allow reduction of history - Enables if they can use the -1 button for production registered yesterday or any day in the past

Hide completed operations - Indicates whether operations that have been completed remain visible within the operations list on the Shopfloor tablet app

Include repairs in total counter - Indicates whether production in the form of repairs is accounted for in the overall production count.

Line Balancing Levels Low, Med, High (%) - Allows you to specify the efficiency percentage to use for each color level (Green, Orange, Red)

Password for config access (numeric only) - Allows you to specify an alternate password for access to the locations and settings menu on the Shopfloor tablet app.

Allow reduction of history - Prevents the reduction of quantity retroactively if the transactions occurred prior to the current day

Offstandard for Reprint - Allows you to specify the offstandard used to initiate reprinting of job tickets

Show User OnStandard Efficiency (Default Total Efficiency) - If enabled, the efficiency shown for the user will be On-standard Efficiency only otherwise, it will default to showing Total Efficiency

Enable tap once for +/- 1 - increments produced number by 1 when touching the check mark on the tablet screen

Show edit notes button - allows tablet users to update the workorder notes from the tablet.

Show list of workorders/units - if true, the tablet will show a list of the workorders and units when pressing one of the relevant buttons on screen. if false, the work's QR code must be scanned

Filter list of workorders - specifies whether or not you have the option to filter the list of workorders on the tablet or if the full list is just shown

Show Operation List - Indicates whether the entire operation list is visible to the operator via the Shopfloor tablet app

Show list of users - allows the tablet to show a list of all users. If set to false, the user's QR code must be scanned

Star Levels low,med,high(%) - This allows you to set the efficiency thresholds for the star feedback on the tablet. This feature also controls the efficiency % bar setting colors

Stay in Sub Route - When enabled, the user will automatically be placed into the same sub route they are currently working in upon the scan of a new job QR code

Category: App Info Items

Always display workorder tags - When enabled, the tablet will always show the tablets assigned at the WO level otherwise, it will only show the tags assigned to the individual units

Show User OnStandard Efficiency (Default Total Efficiency) - Enables or disables whether the onstandard efficiency or the total efficiency is shown on the Shopfloor tablet app.

Show pay before SAM - Indicates whether the SAM or $$/Money is shown first on the tablet (tap this box to switch to the other value)

Do NOT show Pay - When enabled, the tablet will not show any payment information on any of the tablet screens

Show unit earnings - Indicates whether the SAMs based on the QTY

Show units made first - When in a modular environment, this option allows you to toggle between seeing only the produced amount vs amount made

Show Documents and Notes on first tab - Indicates whether documentation and WO/Operation notes are shown on the home tab

Show Information on first tab -

Show Job Info on first tab - If enabled, the current operation sam and piecerate will be shown based on the current product BOL otherwise, it will be hidden

Show Performance on first tab - When enabled, the current production counts and SAMs earned will be shown otherwise, they will be hidden

Show Repairs on first tab - Indicates whether the count of repairs performed appears on the home tab.

Category: Pay Parameters

Company Guarantee 0 = disabled - allows you to set a global value for the company guarantee

Create absence for indirect users - If it is false, any user without the "Direct" flag on will not get any absence even though they have no time registered.

Group Transactions by department - Enables the ability to group transactions by department in order to create payment

Standard to use for absence - allows you to specify an offstandard that is used to define any missing work time inside shift definition

Standard for rounded unapproved overtime - allows you to specify an offstandard that is used to indicate the rounded unapproved overtime based on shift definitions

On Standard formula. Piece rate if empty - defines the formula used to calculate onstandard pay

Average - Minimum hours per period - defines the minimum hours that have to be worked in a period

Average 1, number of periods - defines the number of perieds for average 1

Average 1, type of period - defines the type of period for average 1 (Days, Weeks or Months)

Average 2, number of periods - defines the number of perieds for average 2

Average 2, type of period - defines the type of period for average 2 (Days, Weeks or Months)

Average 3, number of periods - defines the number of perieds for average 3

Average 3, type of period - defines the type of period for average 3 (Days, Weeks or Months)

Average 4, number of periods - defines the number of perieds for average 4

Average 4, type of period - defines the type of period for average 4 (Days, Weeks or Months)

Category: Appearance

Culture Name - Allows you to adjust the format of currencies, dates, times etc based on the culture specified

Show cycle times as decimal minutes - shows time using decimal minutes or separated by a colon

Pay fields decimals in details - allows you to specify the number of decimal places in the pay details screens

Pay fields decimals in summaries - allows ou to specify the number of decimal places in pay summary screens

Custom Workorder Field 1-4 - This option provides you with a way to name the Custom 1-4 column headers within the Manage>Workorders menu

Theme css-file to use - Default.css is the default Exenta Style.

Category: Documentation

Root directory for documentation - the folder in which visual instruction documents are stored. This should be outisde of the Shopfloor folders to ensure it's not overwritten during updates'

External Content Thumbnails URI - URL to use for external production documentation

External Content Links URI - URL Link to use for external production documentation

Query string for miscellaneous documentation - see the section on visual instructions for more information

Query string for Operation documentation path: \Operations* AND name: %OPERATION%* - see the section on visual instructions for more information

Query string for Product documentation path: \Products* AND name: %PRODUCT%* - see the section on visual instructions for more information

Query string for Work Order documentation - see the section on visual instructions for more information

Category: Report

Offstandard Approvals Report Name - Define custom name of report

Output directory for report service files - Define a customer path to save the generated reports via the report service

Production Summary Report Name - Define custom name of report

Product Operation Report Name - Define custom name of report

User Offstandard Report Name - Define custom name of report

User Operation Report Name - Define custom name of report

User Pay Report Name - Define custom name of report

Category: Integration Exenta

These settings are assoicated with Exenta ERP configuration and will be customized for your ERP setup during initial installation

Client API Endpoint - API Endpoint URL to use for data calls using REST API

Company Code - Code to identify different plants. Also included in the SFCtoSimparel export file

Integartion enabled - If enabled, it allow the flow of data systematically between SFC and ERP

API Host [1] URI (https://simts1.simparel.com) - First API host URL

API Host [2] URI (https://simts2.simparel.com) - Second API host URL

API Host [3] URI (https://simts3.simparel.com) - Third API host URL

API UserID - User ID to use in order to authenticate with the SFC REST API

API Password - Password for the user ID being used to authenticate with the SFC Rest API

Path to login API (APIDev/SimparelAPIService.svc/login) - URL path to the login API to be used

Path to logoff API (APIDev/SimparelAPIService.svc/logoff) - URL path to the logoff API to be used

Path to POConsume API - URL path to the POConsume API to be used

Path to POFail API (APIDev/SimparelAPIService.svc/APIRunner/SFCPOFail) -URL path to the PO fail API to be used

Path to PORemake API (APIDev/SimparelAPIService.svc/APIRunner/SFCPORemake) -URL path to the POMake API to be used

Path to ScanPrintPO API -URL path to the ScanPrintPO API to be used

Path [2] to login API (APIDev/SimparelAPIService.svc/login) - 2nd URL path to the login API to be used

Path [2] to logoff API (APIDev/SimparelAPIService.svc/logoff) -2nd URL path to the Logoff API to be used

Path [2] to POConsume API - 2nd URL path to the POConsume API to be used

Path [2] to POFail API (APIDev/SimparelAPIService.svc/APIRunner/SFCPOFail) - 2nd URL path to the POFail API to be used

Path [2] to PORemake API (APIDev/SimparelAPIService.svc/APIRunner/SFCPORemake) - 2nd URL path to the PORemake API to be used

Path [2] to ScanPrintPO API - 2nd URL path to the ScanPrintPO API to be used

Path [3] to login API (APIDev/SimparelAPIService.svc/login) - 3rd URL path to the Login API to be used

Path [3] to logoff API (APIDev/SimparelAPIService.svc/logoff) - 3rd URL path to the Logoff API to be used

Path [3] to POConsume API - 3rd URL path to the PO Consume API to be used

Path [3] to POFail API (APIDev/SimparelAPIService.svc/APIRunner/SFCPOFail) - 3rd URL path to the PO Fail API to be used

Path [3] to PORemake API (APIDev/SimparelAPIService.svc/APIRunner/SFCPORemake) - 3rd URL path to the PORemake API to be used

Path [3] to ScanPrintPO API - 3rd URL path to the ScanPrintPO API to be used

Category: Integration Alertif

These settings to be used to configure the integraion between Alertif and Shopfloor if applicable

Integration enabled - Indicates whether the integraion between Shopfloor and Alertif is enabled and active

API Base URI - Alertif URL that should be used to integrate with Shopfloor

Tennat ID - Id of the Alertif Tenant to use for integration

API User - User account that Shopfloor should use to authenticate with Alertif for access. This must be defined within Alertif ahead of time

API Password - Password for the User account that Shopfloor should use to authenticate with Alertif for access. This must also be defined within Alertif ahead of time

Regex Pattern for offstandards to pass (MD|MM|100) - Indicates the pattern for the offstandards that should trigger a new workitem to be created within Alertif automatically

Category: Integration Bar Codes

Pattern for Report Job Trigger - Indicates the expected pattern to use for Report Job Trigger

Global check if subitem is unique - Indicates the global check parameter for the unique subitem

Pattern for Prescanning Validation - Indicates the expected pattern to be used for Prescanning Validation

Category: Data Retention

Audit Logs (days) - Number of days to retain information in the Audit logs

Exent Logs (days) - Number of days to retain information in the Event logs

Tablet Logs (days) - Number of days to retain information in the tablet logs

Category: Planning

These parameters are used for the Shopfloor Planning platform and will be set up on initial installation.

Milestone for Delivery Date - Define the critical milestone for delivery, planning will be based on this. Typically Sewing

Milestone for Imported Date -

Use Planning Menus - Whether or not the planning menu will be visible or not.

Category: Printing

These parameters are used for sending labels directly to printers for automatic printing. (Zebra Printers)

Delete files from working directory? - Temp files are created for each label printing, this setting decides if they are kept in the work folder or not

Path to Input File In Process - Path to the input file, this is the template that the files sent to the printers are based on.

Path to Input File for Workoders

Working Directory - Path to the working directory, where files will be temporarily stored before sent to print, or permanently if first setting is false.

Category: Integration ERP

These settings are assoicated with ERP configuration and will be customized for your ERP setup during initial installation

ERP: Alert e-mail - Indicates the email or distribution group to use for ERP alert sending

ERP: Database number - Database number to be used for ERP integrations

ERP:Plant ID - Plant ID to be used for ERP Integraions

ERP: Integration enabled - Indicates whether integration between Shopfloor and ERP is enabled or disabled

ERP: Endpoint address for integration - Endpoint address to be used for ERP integration

Include QC and Repairs - Indicates whether QC and repairs are included in the integration data being sent from Shopfloor to ERP

Category: SendGrid API

SendGrid Account - Account name of your Sendgrid account used for alert sending for offstandard approvals, password resets etc

SendGrid Password - Password for your Sendgrid account

SendGrid From Adress - From Address for your Sendgrid account

Category: SMTP

In the Category SMTP you can setup parameters to be used with your SMTP enables mail server/service. If an SMTP host is defined this will override the built in cloud hosted Shopfloor Mail Service. Below is an example of using a simple Gmail account to send mail alerts by SMTP. Just replace User and Password with your account credentials.

SMTP Host - Indicates the host to be used for email alert sending

SMTP Port - Indicates the port # of the SMTP server being used ( 587, 465, 25 etc)

Enable SSL - Indicates whether the SMTP server uses SSL Authentication

SMTP From Address - Specifies the From Address to be used for email alert sending

SMTP User - This is the user ID that should be used to authenticate with the SMTP server

SMTP User Domain - This is the domain to be used for your SMTP server

SMTP User Password - Password to be used with your SMTP account for authentication

Category: SMS

Twilio Account SID - This is the SID for your Twilio account that can be used for SMS notifications (Charges would apply)

Twilio Auth Token - This is the Authentication Token for your Twilio account that can be used for SMS notifications

Twilio Phone number - This is the Phone Number for your Twilio account that can be used for SMS notifications

Category: Sync Settings

These settings are assoicated with enterprise configuration and will be customized by SF during intial installation

Sync to Central at this URI - URL for the central instance that all slaves should sync to

This instance is a Central - Specifies that this is the central instance that other slaves will sync to

The plant code if this is a satellite instance - This specifies the plant code of the slave plant

Set GUID's at this instance - Indicates whether GUIDs for data is generated at this instance

Slave Only - Specifies whether this is a slave or central instance

Sync issues, alert e-mail - Specifies the email or distribution group that should be alerted in the event of any issues

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