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How to Export a Report to PDF in EDGEBIC
Produce a PDF of any EDGEBIC report for archiving, customer delivery, or a management pack, and set up the grid correctly before you export so the file reads well.
How to Export the Gantt Chart as an Image in EDGEBIC
Capture the EDGEBIC Gantt as a PNG for a meeting, a shop floor print, or a customer update, and set the visible date range correctly before you export.
How to Export the Setup Matrix to CSV in EDGEBIC
Export a work center's full changeover matrix from EDGEBIC to CSV for review, sign-off, or archiving, including both family-level rows and product-level overrides.
How to Filter a Report With the Filter Editor in EDGEBIC
Build multi-condition filters on any EDGEBIC report grid, combine conditions with and or or, read the active filter panel, and clear a filter when you are done.
How to Fix a Circular Dependency in a Routing in EDGEBIC
A circular dependency stops a routing from scheduling at all. How to find the loop in your step links in EDGEBIC, break it safely, and confirm the fix.
How to Give One User Extra Access in EDGEBIC
EDGEBIC permissions come only from roles, so there is no per-user override screen. How to build a narrow role for a single person, assign it alongside their existing one, and remove it later.
How to Group a Report Grid by a Column in EDGEBIC
Turn a flat EDGEBIC report into a summarized view by grouping on work center, customer, or date, including multi-level grouping and what happens on export.
How to Review the Security Audit Trail in EDGEBIC
EDGEBIC records security events in an append-only trail inside the database. There is no viewing screen, so here is how to request an extract and which reports answer schedule questions.
How to Run the Pre-Flight Check Before Scheduling in EDGEBIC
EDGEBIC validates master data before the scheduling engine runs: how the pre-flight check works, what it inspects, and how to clear every row it flags.
How to Set the Priority of Alternate Work Centers in EDGEBIC
Priority decides which alternate machine EDGEBIC prefers when two can finish a step at the same time. How to set it, and why the fastest machine still wins.
How to Temporarily Disable a Parallel Work Center in EDGEBIC
Take one machine out of a parallel group in EDGEBIC without deleting its configuration, using the active flag on the alternative work center row, and put it back later.
Importing ERP Labor Transactions as Scheduling Actuals
How to turn your ERP's labor transactions into EDGEBIC actuals: which columns to export, how hours attach to a job and work center, and what a reschedule does with them.