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How to Export a Report to Excel in EDGEBIC
Exporting a report to Excel in EDGEBIC: the one-click footer button, which reports produce multi-sheet workbooks, and why hidden columns never make the file.
How to Filter the Job List in EDGEBIC
Filter the job list in EDGEBIC: search the order grid, group by sales order, and narrow the Job View Gantt to the jobs you care about with checkboxes and search.
How to Find a Job's Scheduled Dates in EDGEBIC
Find a job's scheduled dates in EDGEBIC: read Start Date, Item Start and Job End on the grid, or open Job View for step-by-step planned and actual times.
How to Find Out What a Report Column Means in EDGEBIC
Any report column you do not recognize in EDGEBIC has its own definition one click away: how to look up a column's meaning, formula and example values without a manual.
How to Find Which Products Have No Routing in EDGEBIC
Find every product with no routing in EDGEBIC using the BOR status column, catch the legacy multi-routing warning, and fix the gaps before the next schedule run.
How to Flag a Work Center as a Bottleneck in EDGEBIC
How to set the Is Bottleneck flag on a work center in EDGEBIC through import, what the flag does on its own, and why a target start date is also required.
How to Give One Work Center Its Own Calendar in EDGEBIC
How to give one machine different hours from the rest of the plant: untick Use Global Shifts, build its own shift list, and understand the Custom badge tradeoff.
How to Make Two Operations Run in Parallel in EDGEBIC
Make a routing step run on two machines at once in EDGEBIC: configure independent parallel to split the work and halve the wall-clock, or dependent for synchronized mirrors.
How to Mark a Whole Job Complete in EDGEBIC
Mark a whole manufacturing order complete, understand what the roll-up requires, and reopen a job when a completion needs reversing.
How to Move a Job on the Gantt Chart in EDGEBIC
Move one job's bar to a new slot on the Gantt, save or discard the override, and understand why the scheduled dates stay put while the actuals move.
How to Override Capacity for One Day in EDGEBIC
How to change a work center's hours for a single day in EDGEBIC: the per-day capacity override dialog, why the number is the day total, and how to undo it.
How to Pause a Job With a Reason Code in EDGEBIC
Pause a job with a reason code at the shop floor terminal so downtime is recorded honestly and never counted as production hours on the operation.