🌐 NL · Last reviewed: 27 May 2026
Shopfloor sessions and Production Employees
Shopfloor sessions capture work on the shop floor with start/stop timestamps, linked specs and routing lines, and per-employee timelines. Errors/warnings are optionally logged for auditing.
The session model
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Field |
Purpose |
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Shopfloor Session No. |
Auto-numbered. |
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Type + No. |
Work Centre or Machine Centre (capacity type). |
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Date-Time Started / Stopped |
Session duration. |
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Current State |
Mobile Production State enum (Started, Stopped, Finished, Paused). |
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Persons Active |
Count of timelines with status Expected. |
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No. of Spec / Routing / Timeline lines |
Derived counters. |
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Errors / Warnings / Info Messages |
Session log per category. |
Workflow
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Operator opens Shopfloor Session List and starts a session.
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DXSteel auto-attaches spec lines and routing lines.
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Operator logs time. With Time registration by persons = On, every operator gets their own timeline.
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During work: production labels are printed via Print Label.
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Operator finishes the session. With errors present, DXSteel blocks the finish.
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With Auto Finish Production Orders, the production order auto-closes.
Production Employees + Shopfloor Employees
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Production Employee — link to the BC Employee master.
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Shopfloor Employee — extension record for session assignment.
Session log
Each action within a session creates a log record. Filter by type (Error / Warning / Info) for troubleshooting. Error format: "Error Prod. Order %1, Spec. %2: %3".
Best practices
Enable Log Shopfloor Session in Processing Setup for traceability. Without the log, post-mortem analysis is hard.
For mobile dashboards: sessions provide the data feed for real-time production status. Pair with the Mobile Production State enum.
A session cannot finish while error log records exist. Resolve them first or accept them explicitly.
[Screenshot: Shopfloor session list with active session and per-operator timelines]