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How to Turn Off the Prior-Operations Warning in EDGEBIC
How to handle the prior-operations warning in EDGEBIC: why the missing-priors prompt has no off switch, how to stop it firing, and which related drag warnings you can disable.
How to Unlock a Locked-Out User in EDGEBIC
Unlock a locked EDGEBIC account: an administrator selects the user on the Users tab and clicks Unlock, which clears the lockout immediately without waiting for the 15-minute timer.
How to Zoom the Gantt Timeline in EDGEBIC
Zoom the Gantt timeline in EDGEBIC: use the right-click timescale zoom, grow or shrink the horizon by a month, jump to Today, and switch Hour/Day/Week/Month views.
How to Add a Customer in EDGEBIC
Add a customer record in EDGEBIC: the four sections of the customer dialog, the one required field, and what the customer link does and does not affect.
How to Add a Material Step to a Routing in EDGEBIC
Add a material or component step to a routing in EDGEBIC: switch the picker to product, set per-unit quantity and lead time, and link it to the step that consumes it.
How to Add a New Product in EDGEBIC
Add a new product record in EDGEBIC in under a minute: the Product Configuration dialog, the one required field, and what to check before the product is schedulable.
How to Add a Note to a Routing Step in EDGEBIC
Add a note to a routing step in EDGEBIC using the Description field in the grid or the Designer, and use canvas annotations for context that is not tied to one step.
How to Add a Plant Holiday in EDGEBIC (Including Recurring Ones)
How to add a plant-wide holiday in EDGEBIC: the Holiday dialog, the Recurring each year checkbox, and why the schedule does not move until you rerun.
How to Add a Saturday Shift for One Week in EDGEBIC
How to authorize one-off Saturday overtime in EDGEBIC with a per-day capacity override, without turning on Saturday for every week and every work center.
How to Add a Second Shift in EDGEBIC and Double Your Capacity
How to add a second shift in EDGEBIC: create it on the Shift Management page, attach it to the right work centers, and confirm capacity actually doubled.
How to Add a Step to an Existing Routing in EDGEBIC
Add a work center step to a routing that already exists in EDGEBIC: insert the row, pick the machine, enter hours, relink the chain, and save without breaking it.
How to Add a Sub-Assembly to a Routing in EDGEBIC
Add a sub-assembly to a routing in EDGEBIC: drag the component that has its own routing onto the canvas, link it to the consuming step, and let the scheduler explode it.