Using B.I. Essentials

You can use B.I. Essentials to reveal attributes of the objects in your session. Color codes corresponding to the different values of an attribute are applied to the objects. B.I. Essentials specific to Robot Surface Simulation enables you to color code a variety of statuses of your content.

  1. From the Tools section of the action bar, select B.I. Essentials .
    The following B.I. enable you to reveal attributes specific to the Robot Surface Simulation app:
    • Detailing Status
    • Resource Monitoring and Status
    • Resulting Product Usage
    • Track Link Status
  2. Select Detailing Status from the list.

    Colors are applied to all objects in the tree and in the 3D area accordingly.
  3. In the tree or in the work area, select an object to display detailed information.
  4. To select a B.I. Essentials value, hover over the value and click the plus sign (+) that appears.

    Targets that are assigned, and are programmed with an operation:

    Targets that are assigned, but are not yet programmed with an operation:



  5. At the right edge of the work area, click Fastener Details .

    The Fastener Details dialog box appears.

    The Primary Key list allows you to select a view that is based on Task, Trajectory/Pattern, or Feature/DesignFastener.

  6. Select Feature/DesignFastener.
    The resulting table provides columns for:
    • Robot
    • Task
    • Trajectory/Pattern
    • Tag/Manufacturing Fastener
    • Feature/DesignFastener
    • Displacement, Distance Offset, Angular Offset between Design fasteners and Manufacturing welds.
  7. Select a row in the table to highlight it and display a summary of the row content.


  8. Click Configure Columns.

    The Configure Columns dialog box appears.



    You can select which columns appear in the table, as well as select a Column Name and move it up or down in the list.

  9. Click Export.

    The table view is exported to an Excel document. The Excel document is stored as VPM document in the database and linked to the ASO if ASO is a manufacturing cell. If the ASO is not a manufacturing cell, it is linked to the parent manufacturing cell of the ASO.