Important general rules discussed in this document that everyone should be aware of when creating dashboards:
[ReasonState] is the preferred metric when dealing with downtime/slow running/micro stoppage/etc. reasons. This means this is preferred over [Reason] metric.
99% of customers will ever only use filters at Dashboard or Widget levels. However, there is technically a way to add a filter directly on a formula within the Formula Editor. SLX development team already built out all common formulas and they are now Saved Formulas. Many of these Saved Formulas use filters directly
Table of contents:
General changes (new formulas etc.)
Dashboard changes
Continuous Improvement Dashboard
Fixed formula: Total Scheduled Downtime Hours
Widget affected:
Previous incorrect:
Updated: filtered correctly for downtime state
FORMULA:
([Total Scheduled Hours], [ReasonState Type])
THEN: click on the blue [ReasonState Type] field > Filter > by only Downtime
Fixed formula: Total Downtime Hours
Widget affected:
Previous incorrect:
Updated: filtered correctly for downtime state
FORMULA:
([Total Total Hours], [ReasonState Type])
THEN: click on the blue [ReasonState Type] field > Filter > by only Downtime
Updated metric: ReasonState Group
Widget affected:
Previous incorrect:
Updated: changed [Reason Group1] to [ReasonState Group1]
What does this mean?
Have been informed that our customers prefer the behavior of ReasonState over Reason.
Reason = show only reasons
State = show only states
ReasonState = show reasons when available. When not available (operator did not enter a reason), then show the state
Updated table: fixed columns that were not accurate
Widget affected:
Previous incorrect:
Updated:
Columns:
ReasonState
ReasonState Occurrences
Total Scheduled Hours
Total Hours
Updated Dashboard-level filters to avoid issues with data filtering
We’ve identified certain use cases where dashboard-level filters may inadvertently cause “No Results” to display in some widgets. More details below.
Widget affected: DASHBOARD-LEVEL FILTERS
Updated:
Removed anything related to either Reasons (ReasonState, Scrap Reason, Reason Group, etc.)
Rationale:
The dashboards do not appear to filter well when there are Reason or State-type filters at dashboard filter level (scrap reasons, downtime reasons, state reasons, state, reasonstate, etc.)
It is highly recommended that customers who need to filter by these should do it at widget-level
Rule of thumb for deciding when to use Dashboard vs. Widget-level filters:
Dashboard filters should stay limited to “anything not directly related to a machine’s recorded status/state/issues”
Examples of safe dashboard filters: Machine Name, Area, Plant, Shift, Calendar DateTime, Job Name, Job Filter x, etc.
Widget filters are where you can better isolate your filtered data at machine’s “activity” level
Examples of safe widget filters: ReasonState, Scrap Reason, etc. along with any other filter (Date, Shift, etc. these are always safe)
Executive Dashboard
Overhaul of dashboard – overall change to widget layout to better reflect Executive workflow, and correction of widgets, removal of duplicate metrics
Widgets affected:
Previous incorrect: The following rows of widgets (left to right) existed:
Row 1:
KPI Cards
Row 2:
“Machine Type Pending” text field – incorrect label, not needed
Bar chart of OEE at machine level – Machine level should not be this high up in dashboard
OEE at plant level
Row 3:
“Facilities” - a repeat of OEE at plant level
Row 4:
“Facility Production” - bar chart of total production per plant
Row 5:
“Facility Good vs. Scrap” – bar chart comparing good vs. scrap at plant level
Row 6:
“Downtime Plant level” - bar chart comparing plant and total hours – Downtime filter missing
Updated: The following rows of widgets (left to right) now exist:
Row 1:
KPI Cards
Row 2:
“Facility OEE” - bar chart of OEE per plant
“OEE Trends” - line chart of OEE, Perf, Avail, Qual %
Row 3:
“Machine level OEE”
Row 4:
“Production by Plant” - bar chart of total production per plant → includes total, good, scrap
“Production by Machine” - bar chart of total production per machine→ includes total, good, scrap
Quality Dashboard
Removed Scrap Reason from dashboard-level filter as it was causing issues, rendering widgets with “No Results”
It is highly advised that anything related directly to a machine-level activity (e..g. ReasonState, Scrap Reason, Scrap Group, etc.) should be at widget-level filters from now on, NOT dashboard level filters.
Dashboard filters work very well with anything above the machine’s direct activity (e.g. Machine Name, Shift, Job, Job Filter, Plant, Area, Calendar DateTime, etc.)
Widget affected: dashboard filters
Previous incorrect: Scrap Reason (and in some versions, Reason Name) were present in dashboard-level filters
Updated: Removed all instances of “Reason”s
Production Combined Dashboard
Fixed incorrect Expected Runspeed
Widgets affected: Production Summary Table
Previous incorrect: sum([Job Expected Runspeed]) is incorrect, should be [Average Job Rate]
Updated: Replaced metric with [Average Job Rate]
Fixed incorrect Actual Runspeed
Widgets affected: Production Summary Table
Previous incorrect: sum([Total Production])/[Total Scheduled Hours], we need field for uptime hours
Updated: Replaced metric with SUM([Total Production])/[Total Uptime Hours]
Fixed Cycle Factor in Job Summary Table
Widgets affected: Job Summary Table
Previous incorrect: Currently, SUM([Job Cycle Factor]), should be Average job cycle factor.
Updated: AVG([Job Cycle Factor])
