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How an Open EDGEBIC Screen Notices Someone Else's Edit
On a shared database, a change made on one workstation reaches every other open screen within a few seconds, without anybody pressing anything. How the change signal works and why your selection survives it.
What Changes When EDGEBIC Moves to a Shared Database
Moving EDGEBIC from one workstation to a shared SQL Server changes three assumptions at once: who may overwrite whom, how an open screen stays current, and who may run the scheduler.
What the EDGEBIC Refresh Button Actually Does
The refresh button forces a full re-read from the database, which is not the same as closing a screen and reopening it. Why the distinction matters on a shared database, and when to press it.
Why EDGEBIC Refuses a Stale Save Instead of Overwriting
When two planners edit the same record, EDGEBIC refuses the second save rather than applying it over the first. How the version check works, what it covers, and where it deliberately does not.
Why Only One EDGEBIC Scheduling Run Happens at a Time
On a shared database, a plant-wide rule admits exactly one scheduling run. Why two overlapping runs would produce a plan that is nobody's answer, and what the second planner sees.
EDGEBIC Clear Data Tables Explained: The Reset Button With No Undo
How the EDGEBIC Clear Data Tables utility works: scoped clears versus a full wipe, what cascades, what survives, the typed confirmation, and the backup step first.
EDGEBIC Costing and Rates Explained: Four Numbers Behind Every Quoted Price
How EDGEBIC builds a job cost: work center rates, per-step rate overrides, material from product cost, the manual override, and the markup that produces a unit price.
EDGEBIC Database Recovery Explained: What Happens When It Cannot Start
How the EDGEBIC database recovery window works: the four options it offers, what Repair database actually repairs, and why a failed connection is rarely a data problem.
EDGEBIC Downtime Explained: The Hours a Working Day Loses
How EDGEBIC subtracts lost hours from inside a shift, why downtime is not a holiday, and which screens you actually use today to model a maintenance or meeting window.
EDGEBIC Status Lifecycles Explained: What a Quote, an Order, and a Job Each Mean
How status works in EDGEBIC across quotes, sales orders, and manufacturing jobs: the values, what each one changes about system behavior, and where the handoffs happen.
EDGEBIC Localization Explained: Renaming the Software to Your Plant's Words
How the EDGEBIC Localization tab lets an administrator rename on-screen labels to plant vocabulary, how the alternate-strings toggle works, and when to use it.
EDGEBIC Material Steps Explained: The Routing Row That Books No Capacity
How material steps work in EDGEBIC: a routing row for a consumed component, scheduled as an instant gate with no capacity booked, and how it differs from a sub-assembly.