Defining expected work
Expected work represents jobs that are expected to arrive before a specific time or
during a particular interval. You set up expected work objects and associate them
with input devices so the input devices can monitor for the work that is supposed
to arrive and warn you when that work is late.
- Click the Administration tab.
- In the left pane, click .
- Click Add.
After you add your first expected work object, you can copy it instead of adding an object.
- Fill in values for the required and optional properties.To see information about any of the properties, click the icon next to the property name.
- Click OK.
- Associate the expected work object with one or more input devices:
- Disable and disconnect the input device.
- Open the property notebook for the input device.
- On the General tab, find the Associated expected work property and choose one or more expected work objects.
- Click OK.
- Enable and connect the input device.
The input device does not start monitoring for expected work until the start date and time that you selected when you created the expected work object. After that date and time, the input device starts monitoring and reporting status at the chosen intervals.
- Note:
- You can set up a notification object to send an email when expected work for an input device is late.
- If you have the Web Service Enablement feature, you can set up a notification object to issue a SOAP or REST web service call when expected work for an input device is late.