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How to Create a Watched-File Integration in EDGEBIC
Create a watched-file integration in EDGEBIC: point it at the file your ERP drops, pick the target entity and import mask, set the debounce, and let a new file trigger the run.
How to Rehearse an Integration With the EDGEBIC Simulator
Use the built-in Simulator to provision demo data, watch real integration runs happen, and prove the mechanism before you point anything at a live ERP. Includes the tear-down rule.
How to Run an Integration Now and Pause All Schedules in EDGEBIC
Force one integration to run with Run Now, cancel a run in progress, disable a single definition, or tick Pause all schedules to stop every automatic sync for the session.
I Dragged an Operation and Nothing Happened: Fixing a Planner Drag in EDGEBIC
A drag that snaps back, stages nothing, or seems to be ignored on the EDGEBIC Planner board has a short list of causes. Read the status line, then work down this list.
How to Choose a Schedule Lane Mode in EDGEBIC
The View by setting decides what the Schedule View lanes represent: WorkCenter, ResourceGroup, Job, Planner, or Operator. How to switch, and which one answers which question.
How to Float the Machines That Matter in the EDGEBIC Planner View
Click an operation's bar and the machine block re-sorts around it: the current machine, then its group's active members, then the rest of the job's routing. Click again to release.
How to Run the Schedule Reconciliation Report in EDGEBIC
Open the reconciliation checklist, read the eight parameter chips, work the two exception grids, and finish when both are empty.
How to Work the Reconciliation Exception Rows in EDGEBIC
Each reconciliation row names the number that triggered it and the next step. Here is the order to take them in and where each drill-down lands.
How to Assign an Operation to a Machine in the EDGEBIC Planner View
Drag an operation out of its job lane and drop it on the machine you want it to run on. The machine change and the time change stage together as one edit.
How to Correct an Over-Reported Production Quantity in EDGEBIC
There is no un-report button. Correct an over-reported quantity with a compensating adjustment, or reopen the order to reverse every entry pegged to it.
How to Model a Step That Needs Two Tools in EDGEBIC
A routing step takes one tool. Model a fixture-plus-gauge operation as a single combined tool record, quantity set by whichever you own fewest of.
How to Report a Sub-Assembly as Received in EDGEBIC
Tell EDGEBIC that finished components are on the shelf so the next reschedule explodes only the shortfall of that branch into work center steps.