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How to Put a Product Image on a Routing Node in EDGEBIC
Give a product a thumbnail so its node shows the image in the EDGEBIC routing designer. Upload the picture on the product record and the graphical BOR editor renders it on the node.
How to Read the Job Status Donut in EDGEBIC
Read the job status donut on the EDGEBIC capacity dashboard: what Late, Overdue, On time, and Early mean, and why a job can read late before its due date arrives.
How to Read the Operator Calendar in EDGEBIC
Read the operator calendar in EDGEBIC: open the Resource Calendar with Show set to Operators to see per-person and per-skill-pool availability versus booked hours over time.
How to Reassign a Job to a Different Operator in EDGEBIC
Reassign a job to a different operator in EDGEBIC: switch the Schedule View to Operator lanes and drag the bar to another qualified person's lane to re-pin the step.
How to Record Operator Time Off in EDGEBIC
Record operator time off in EDGEBIC: on the Time Off sub-tab, add an inclusive date range so the next scheduling run slides work that depended on that person's hours.
How to Rename On-Screen Labels in EDGEBIC
Rename EDGEBIC on-screen labels to your plant's vocabulary: use the Localization tab to give tab captions, buttons, and headers alternate text, then save.
How to Reschedule After a Machine Comes Back Online in EDGEBIC
Bring a machine back into the plan in EDGEBIC after downtime: reset its per-day capacity override or re-enable Is Available, then reschedule the affected jobs onto the restored capacity.
How to Reschedule Everything From Scratch in EDGEBIC
Rebuild the whole plan in EDGEBIC: select every job and run a plant-wide pass, or use Clear Schedule for a true clean-sheet reset, and learn what each path keeps and releases.
How to Reschedule Only the Jobs That Changed in EDGEBIC
Reschedule just the jobs you changed in EDGEBIC without disturbing the rest of the plan: tick the changed rows, run a targeted pass, and leave every other job's capacity intact.
How to Restore a Default Grid Layout in EDGEBIC
Reset a stuck EDGEBIC grid: restore factory grid layouts from Settings and Data Management, or use a view's own Reset to Defaults, without losing data.
How to Resume a Job From Where the Shop Actually Is in EDGEBIC
Replan a running job in EDGEBIC so remaining steps resume from reality, not the old plan: log actuals, reschedule the job, and let the resume point drive the not-started work.
How to Review Which Work Center a Group Step Resolved To in EDGEBIC
See which machine the scheduler picked for a pooled routing step in EDGEBIC. After scheduling, every surface shows the resolved member and a replacement indicator when it moves.