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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.
Importing Sub-Assembly Routings From Your ERP
How to bring multi-level BOM and sub-assembly routings out of your ERP into EDGEBIC: one routing per level, how a child feeds its parent, and the import order that wires them.
Job Priorities Versus the Schedule Optimizer
Good priorities set the queue, but no fixed priority order fixes every interleaving problem. Here is what each tool does and why you still need both.
Keeping Job Numbers Aligned Between Your ERP and EDGEBIC
How to keep work order and job identifiers consistent across your ERP and EDGEBIC: natural keys, order references, multi-line auto-numbering, and what breaks when they drift.