<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/xhtml;charset=UTF-8"/> <title>UI / Execute</title> <link rel='stylesheet' href='../styles.css' type='text/css' /> <!--PageHeaderFmt--> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <div id="menubar"> <div id="logo" align="center"> <br/><img src='../frepple.bmp' alt="frepple" /><br/> <a href='http://www.frepple.com/'> <strong>a Free<br/>Production Planning<br/>Library</strong> </a></div> <div id="menu"> <br/> <h3><a href='../Main/HomePage.html'>Main</a></h3> <h3><a href='Main.html'>User Manual</a></h3> <h3><a href='../Tutorial/Main.html'>Tutorial</a></h3> <h3><a href='../Frepple/Main.html'>Reference Manual</a></h3> <h3><a href='../Main/FAQ.html'>FAQ</a></h3> <h3><a href='../reference/index.html'>C++ API</a></h3> <br/><div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="content"> <br/> <!--PageText--> <div id='wikitext'> <p><a class='wikilink' href='../Main/HomePage.html'>Main</a> > <span class='wikitrail'><a class='wikilink' href='Main.html'>User Guide</a> > <a class='wikilink' href='Screens.html'>Screens</a> > <a class='selflink' href='Execute.html'>Execute</a></span> </p> <p class='vspace'>This screen allows you to perform a number of administrative actions and data manipulations.<br />User permissions will typically be set to limit access to this screen to key users and/or administrators. </p> <p class='vspace'>All actions performed from this screen are being logged, and these entries can be seen in the log report from the execute menu. </p> <p class='vspace'>The actions in brief that can be performed from this screen: </p> <div class='vspace'></div><ul><li><strong>Generate a plan</strong><br /> This option runs the frePPLe planning engine with the input data from the database. The planning results are exported back into the database.<br /> Two main plan types can be distinguished, based on whether you want to see demand OR material&capacity problems to be shown. <ul><li>A <strong>constrained plan</strong> respects all enabled constraints. In case of shortages the demand is planned late or short. No any material or capacity shortages are present in the plan. </li><li>An <strong>unconstrained plan</strong> shows material, capacity and operation problems that prevent the demand from being planned in time. The demand is always met completely and on time. </li></ul><div><img src='../uploads/UI/exe_plan.png' alt='' title='' /></div> <div class='vspace'></div></li><li><strong>Scenario management</strong><br /> This option allows a user to copy a dataset into a what-if scenario. When the data is successfully copied, the status changes from "free" to "in use".<br /> When the user doesn't need the what-if scenario any more, it can be released again.<br /> The selection box in the upper right corner will display the list of all scenarios that are in use. <div><img src='../uploads/UI/exe_scenarios.png' alt='' title='' /></div> <div class='vspace'></div></li><li><strong>Erase the database</strong><br /> This will delete all records from the database.<br /> <img src='../uploads/UI/exe_erase.png' alt='' title='' /> <div class='vspace'></div></li><li><strong>Load a predefined dataset in the database</strong><br /> A number of demo datasets are packaged with frePPLe. Using this action you can load one of those in the database. <br /> The dataset is loaded incrementally in the database, without erasing any previous data. Normally you'll want to erase the data before loading any of these datasets. <div><img src='../uploads/UI/exe_load.png' alt='' title='' /></div> <div class='vspace'></div></li><li><strong>Generate a model</strong><br /> For testing and benchmarking purposes it is extremely useful to be able to generate datasets with varying sizes and complexity. A few key parameters allow you to create a sample model for such test purposes.<br /> <img src='../uploads/UI/exe_generate.png' alt='' title='' /> </li></ul> </div> <!--PageFooterFmt--> <!--HTMLFooter--> </div></div> </body> </html>
