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MES 2017 R2 (Version 6.1) Readme

MES 2017 R2 (Version 6.1) Readme

Last revision: Tuesday, April 16, 2019

In This Document

About This Readme

About This Release

System Requirements

Product Compatibility

Licensing

Upgrading from a Previous Version to MES 2017 R2

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

MES Documentation

About This Readme

This document contains important information about Manufacturing Execution System (MES) 2017 R2 (version 6.1). This Readme documents the system requirements, known issues, resolved issues, and changes, if any, to the MES user documentation.

Readme files from previous releases of MES are posted to the Product Hub page of the Knowledge and Support Center. Once on the Product Hub page, you can use the filter to list the MES documents, which include the Readme files. To access the Knowledge and Support Center, start at the Contact Page and click through the Customer Support links.

About This Release

MES 2017 R2 includes the following new features and enhancements.

MES Web Portal Updates

The MES Web Portal includes updates from MES 2014 R3 Patch 1:

  • The Last N Hours filter on the Production Event History grid now supports up to 168 hours (one week) vs 24 hours
  • The Last N Hours filter on the Utilization Event History grid now supports up to 168 hours (one week) vs 24 hours
  • The History grid now supports filtering (e.g., show events greater than 15 minutes)
  • The Last N Hours Reporting Period filter on the Entity Monitor page now supports up to 168 hours (one week) vs 24 hours
  • The Last N Hours Reporting Period filter on the Line Monitor page now supports up to 168 hours (one week) vs 24 hours
  • MES Web Portal can now show work orders created from a process and associated to a line

MES Intelligence Reporting Updates

  • The MES install media contains Intelligence 2017 Update 1 install components
  • Utilization Timeline: Addressed issues with the x-axis
  • OEE Analysis: The utilization loss calculation was fixed for shifts that start between an hour
  • Line Production: The unit of measure conversion was fixed.
  • Other miscellaneous report layout changes were implemented
  • The Information Server Reporting content was removed

MES Client Updates

MES Client now includes all content from MES Configurator, which has been removed:

  • Labor Categories and Labor Departments editors were added
  • A User Certification editor was added
  • A File Type editor was added
  • A Job and Step State editor was added
  • The Entity editor was updated with options to assign labor categories and departments, files, directories, scheduling options, allowable item reason groups, and attribute values
  • The Utilization Reason Groups and Reasons editor was updated to support ordering of groups and reasons within a group

Also, MES Client has been updated to log error and trace messages to the ArchestrA Logger.

MES API Updates

The MES Stateful API Document class was updated to include new methods and an indication that some methods are no longer used. The changes are related to now using standard Windows verbs to view, edit, and print files.

The MES Stateless API also had numerous changes to add support for some new MES Web API calls and support for the other new features in this release.

The following classes were added to support moving MES Configurator functionality to MES Client:

  • Core.Dir
  • Core.EntFile
  • Core.FileType
  • EnProd.CertType
  • EnProd.CertUserLink
  • Prod.JobState

The following classes were updated to support MES model-driven application content :

  • Commerce.PO and PoLine classes were added
  • EnProd.StorageExec.GetInv methods and return values were updated
  • EnProd.JobBOM.GetJobBOMData method was updated to include sublot
  • Prod.JobExec.AddConsDirect method was updated and documentation was added to describe how this is used to scrap inventory

Core.DirectAccess.ExecSP and GetDSbySP examples were added for use in system platform scripting with no parameters

Reserved Language String IDs

The first 100,000 language string IDs are reserved for MES. Any custom strings that have an ID less than 100,000 should be updated to an ID greater than 100,000.

Updated Documentation

Significant content updates to the MES user documentation are summarized below.

MES Installation Guide and Help

Updated content to cover changes to the installation, upgrading, and configuration of the MES Intelligence Reports.

MES Client User Guide and Help

Updated content to cover the new and updated modules for the functionality that was moved from MES Configurator:

  • Physical Entities (assigning labor categories and departments, files, directories, scheduling options, allowable item reason groups, and attribute values)
  • Utilization (ordering utilization reason groups and reasons within a group)
  • Job and Step States
  • File Extensions (new)
  • Items (assigning certifications, files, and web sites)
  • Labor Departments (new)
  • Labor Categories (new)
  • Certifications (new)
  • Processes (assigning certifications, files, and web sites)
  • Work Orders and Jobs (assigning files and web sites)

MES Stateful API Reference Help

Updated content to cover API changes described above in "MES API Updates."

MES Stateless API Reference Help

Updated content to cover API changes described above in "MES API Updates."

MES Intelligence Reports User Guide

Updated content to cover the changes described above in "MES Intelligence Reporting Updates."

MES Web API Reference

Updated and added endpoints content related to Inventory Management.

MES Web Portal User Guide and Help

Updated to explain the additional filtering options described above in "MES Web Portal Updates."

MES Configurator User Guide

Removed from the documentation library (tasks are now performed in MES Client).

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System Requirements

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Licensing

Upgrading from a Previous Version to MES 2017 R2

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

MES Documentation

System Requirements

This section describes the hardware, software, and operating system requirements to install the MES 2017 R2 software.

For the most current compatibility information, see the Technology Matrix, which is available in the Knowledge and Support Center. To access the Knowledge and Support Center, start at the Contact Page and click through the Customer Support links.

Hardware Requirements

The following are the recommended hardware requirements for nodes on which MES 2017 R2 components will be installed.

The hardware requirements that are described in the following topics are based on the minimal requirements for running MES components. Additional minimum hardware might be required based on the version of Windows being used on a node (see Minimum Hardware Requirements for Supported Windows Versions).

Middleware or Database Server

  • Computer with dual core processor with 2 GHz or faster clock speed, or single core processor with 3 GHz or faster clock speed. Multi-core processor recommended for optimal performance.
  • 8 GB or more of RAM recommended, 4 GB of RAM minimum.
  • 300-GB Disk with RAID support for data. The amount of disk space necessary depends on the frequency of data collected (number of work orders, operations, production quantities, etc.) and the amount of data kept online in the production database.
  • Depending on complexity and size of the database server, 30 GB or more of available disk space is recommended. The database hard disk space should be enough to support the storage and performance requirements for your particular deployment.

MES Web Application Server

  • Computer with 2 GHz or faster processor clock speed.
  • 8 GB or more of RAM recommended, 4 GB of RAM minimum.

All Systems (Client Applications)

  • 30 GB (minimum) hard drive
  • Super VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor
  • CD-ROM or DVD drive, or access to a network share or portable media device that contains the installation files
  • Keyboard
  • Mouse or compatible pointing device

Minimum Hardware Requirements for Supported Windows Versions

The following additional minimum hardware might be required based on the version of Windows being used.

See your specific Microsoft operating system hardware requirements for details.

Operating Systems

Type

Links to Microsoft Operating System Requirements

Windows Server 2012

64-bit

Standard or Datacenter

Windows Server 2012 main docs page

Windows Server 2012 R2

64-bit

Standard or Datacenter

Windows Server 2012 main docs page

Windows Server 2016

64-bit

Standard or Datacenter

Windows Server 2016: System Requirements

Windows 8.1

32-bit &
64-bit

Professional or Enterprise

Windows 8.1 Enterprise: System Requirements

Windows 10 (version 1607 or greater for .NET 4.7.1)

32-bit &
64-bit

Professional or Enterprise

Windows 10 Enterprise System Requirements

Software Requirements

This section lists the AVEVA and other third-party software requirements to install MES 2017 R2:

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1 is required for all components. If the required version of .NET Framework is not installed, it will be installed during the MES installation. Note that Windows 10 versions prior to version 1607 will fail to install .NET Framework 4.7.1.
  • If installing MES Web Portal, the following are required:
    • Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.5.
    • Microsoft Web Deploy tool.
    • MES Web Portal is compatible with version 8.0.3 of newtonsoft.json.dll.
  • If installing MES application objects, the following are required:
    • The Entity Model Builder feature requires ArchestrA Integrated Development Environment (ArchestrA IDE).
    • The Utilization Capability Object (UCO) and Operations Capability Object (OCO) require Microsoft Message Queue for their asynchronous calls.

Web Browsers Supported for MES Web Portal Client

The MES Web Portal client has been validated with the following web browsers, using the web browser versions that were available at the time of the MES 2017 R2 release:

  • Chrome
  • Edge
  • Firefox
  • Internet Explorer 11

It is expected that the MES Web Portal client will operate properly with subsequent releases of Chrome, Edge, and Firefox browsers. However, if any MES Web Portal features do not function due to changes in a new release of Chrome, Edge, or Firefox, customers will be notified by a Technical Alert when we are made aware of the issue.

Note: When running MES Web Portal in some previous releases of Internet Explorer 11, there is a browser issue that can cause filter boxes on a page to not display correctly (for example, the filter box might be covered by a tile). To prevent this, make sure that a recent release of Internet Explorer 11 (more recent than 11.0.9600.17280) is installed.

Note: Demo videos in the MES Web Portal help will not run in standard Firefox. To run demo videos in Firefox, you must have an MP4-capable video player such as Windows Media Player installed on both the server and client machines, or have a third-party MP4 plug-in installed in Firefox.

Database Requirements

Supported Microsoft SQL Server Versions

Microsoft SQL Server Version

Type

Service Pack
Level

2012

32-bit & 64-bit

Express, Standard, or Enterprise Edition

SP4

2014

32-bit & 64-bit

Express, Standard, or Enterprise Edition

SP3

2016

64-bit

Express, Standard, or Enterprise Edition

SP2

2017

64-bit

Express, Standard, or Enterprise Edition

 

Requirements

  • The MES 2017 R2 release requires SQL Server 2012 or greater as it makes use of SQL functionality added in that release.
  • SQL Server should be configured for TCP/IP for local connections. SQL Server should also be configured for TCP/IP for remote connections if servers that require access to the MES database, such as the MES middleware server or the Reports server, are on remote machines. If you use SQL Server, make sure it is installed using a case-insensitive collation.
  • Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator and IIS 6.0 or later.
  • MES Database using multiple languages requires AL32UTF8 Unicode character set installed on your server.

Recommendations

  • For proper database maintenance, use an SQL Enterprise version due to the availability of online indexing capability.

Operating System Requirements

The following table lists the operating systems that are supported and can be installed on computers that run MES 2017 R2.

Operating Systems

Type

Version

MES Features

Client
Components

Database

Middleware

MES Web Portal Service

Reports Components

Windows Server 2012

64-bit

Standard or Datacenter

none

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Windows Server 2012 R2

64-bit

Standard or Datacenter

none

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Windows Server 2016

64-bit

Standard or Datacenter

none

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Windows Server 2019

64-bit

Standard or Datacenter

none

No

No

No

No

No

Windows Server

64-bit

Core

1803/1809

No

No

No

No

No

Windows 8.1

32-bit & 64-bit

Professional or Enterprise

none

Yes

Yes 1

Yes 1

No

Yes

Windows 10

32-bit & 64-bit

Professional or Enterprise

1607 (Anniversary Update) or greater for .NET 4.7.1

Yes

Yes 1

Yes 1

No

Yes

1 Indicates that it is supported for sales and demo purposes only, not for production systems.

Support for Virtual Environments and High Availability

The MES 2017 R2 software can be run in virtual environments to support High Availability for Live Migration and Failover. Implementing High Availability can be performed using VMware technology or Microsoft Hyper-V technology.

For information about implementing MES in a virtual environment, refer to the ArchestrA System Platform Virtual Implementation Guide and the MES Virtual Implementation Guide.

For specific information on VMware product compatibility, go to http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php.

Support for Non-English Versions of Operating Systems

The MES 2017 R2 software runs on the following non-English operating systems:

  • French
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Russian
  • Spanish

The corresponding language versions of Microsoft SQL server are used, where applicable.

MES Firewall Exceptions List and Firewall Ports

Exception white list entries and firewall ports specific to MES applications are not needed with MES 2017 R2. HTTP or SQL Server firewall ports that are required by MES applications are opened by default on Windows or by installing SQL Server.

Product Compatibility

MES 2017 R2 is compatible and can co-exist with the following products. Compatibility means that the products can communicate with each other over the network. Co-existence means that the products can be installed on the same computer.

For the most current compatibility information, see the Technology Matrix, which is available in the Knowledge and Support Center. To access the Knowledge and Support Center, start at the Contact Page and click through the Customer Support links.

Component

Version

Compatibility

Co-existence

InTouch®

2017 (all updates)

Y

Y

Application Server

2017 (all updates)

Y

Y

System Platform

2017 (all updates)

Y

Y

Operations Management Interface (OMI)

2017 (all updates)

N1

Y

Historian Server

2017 (all updates)

N/A

Y

Historian Client

2017 (all updates)

N/A

Y

Batch Management

2017

N/A

Y

QI Analyst™

8.0 SP4

N/A

Y

Intelligence

2017 Update 1

Y

Y

Enterprise Integration

2017 R2

Y

Y

Recipe Management

2017 SP1

N/A

Y

Skelta™ BPM Workflow Management

2017, 2017 R2, 2019

Y

Y

Skelta™ BPM Connector/Extensions for MES

6.22

N

N

Skelta™ BPM Connector/Extensions for MES

6.33

Y

Y

Skelta™ BPM Connector/Extensions for MES

6.44

Y

Y

1OMI 2017 and all updates do not support .NET controls and therefore cannot contain any of the MES .NET controls for visualization. Starting with OMI 2017 Update2, external libraries can be used in the scripting environment, which includes the wrapped MES Stateful and Stateless API libraries.

2This version of Skelta BPM Connector/Extension for MES works with MES 2017 and Skelta BPM 2017 or Skelta BPM 2017 R2 (Update 1 and 2).

3This version of Skelta BPM Connector/Extension for MES works with MES 2017 R2 and Skelta BPM 2017 or Skelta BPM 2017 R2 (Update 1 and 2).

4This version of Skelta BPM Workflow Connector/Extension for MES works with MES 2017 R2 and Workflow Management 2019.

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Known Issues

MES Documentation

Licensing

The 2007 Microsoft Office Fluent User Interface is subject to protection under U.S. and international intellectual property laws and is used by MES under license from Microsoft.

Quinn-Curtis SPC Chart Control:

The use of the QCSPCChart and QCChart2D WPF, .NET, and JavaScript controls require the purchase of an Advanced Dev Studio or MES Quality license.

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Upgrading from a Previous Version to MES 2017 R2

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

MES Documentation

Upgrading from a Previous Version to MES 2017 R2

Upgrading from the following MES versions is supported:

  • 4.0 (all service packs and patches)
  • 4.5 (including P1)
  • 5.0 (including SP1 and R2)
  • 5.3
  • 6.0

To upgrade from an earlier version, you must first uninstall the previous version and then install the new version.

The MES Database Setup component in the post-install Configurator application supports migration of databases from version 3.1 and later. To migrate from versions earlier than 3.1, you must first update the database to version 3.1. Custom modifications to any version of the MES database might not be supported by the utility and might prevent migration.

The MES database upgrade from versions prior to 6.0 will take significantly longer than previous upgrades as the utilization data must be migrated to the new schema. Databases with multiple millions of records in the Util_Log, Job_Util_Log_Link, and Item_Prod tables will take on the order of hours to migrate. Prior to migration, the post-install Configurator application will provide a rough estimate of the time required.

Beginning with MES version 6.0, the database structure has views that include the same columns as the tables prior to MES version 6.0 so that legacy queries will not break. However, the data will be slightly different as there are no longer extra records during shift changes.

Note: If an existing database has custom indexes or keys that reference MES core tables, the database migration will fail. Prior to upgrading, drop any custom indexes and keys. They can be added back after the database migration is complete.

Note: You can only perform a database Restore from an archive that was created with the version of MES that you are currently running. Restores using an archive from a previous version of MES are not supported and might fail.

For more information on upgrading, see the MES Installation Guide and online help.

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About This Release

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Known Issues

MES Documentation

Resolved Issues

This section describes important resolved issues in MES 2017 R2, listed by their Change Request number.

L00106017

Add ability to set the display order of utilization reason groups and reasons in MES Client.

L00145747

The stored procedure sp_S_job_exec_VerifyProcess is using floats on a calculation, which results in an error in BOM quantities at operations.

L00148162

Production counts stop during shift change in system with many records and custom indices.

L00148263

AlarmClient control doesn’t display alarms from history blocks when MES objects are deployed on the same node. Incompatible versions of newtonsoft.json. MES Objects no longer use newtonsoft.json.

L00148329

Intelligence Model Deployment Utility deletes the current model when used to configure MES reports in an existing system.

L00148429

Samples are generated even after a job is paused.

L00148433

Work orders and items produced overlap on the Monitor page if the screen is not maximized.

L00148750

Cannot login to the MES Web Portal for OS Group-based security in specific scenarios.

L00148781

End job frequency creates samples for previously completed jobs.

L00148797

Item_prod and Item_cons queries validate the user_id parameter passed and will not return all requested rows.

L00148806

APRScheduler.exe generates two warnings on every execution, stating that The Middleware Service is already running.

L00148823

The API ItemInv.Add method incorrectly merges lots and generates errors when using sublots.

L00148962

Creating a new BOM version takes a very long time when many BOM versions exist.

L00149173

Stored procedure SP_U_Item incorrectly declares the max_sublot_size and max_order_size as an integer while the SP_I_Item and the Item tables have the fields set as a float.

L00149287

With End job and production count frequencies enabled, when multiple entities have jobs running and end job occurs before any production count samples are readied, future production count samples are not getting cleaned up.

L00149390

HF 145747 for 5.2: The stored procedure sp_S_job_exec_VerifyProcess is using floats on a calculation, which results in an error in BOM quantities at operations

L00149392

HF 145747 for 5.3: The stored procedure sp_S_job_exec_VerifyProcess is using floats on a calculation, which results in an error in BOM quantities at operations

L00149480

Unable to configure MES middleware with SQL Server on a remote node and non-default port.

L00149518

Shift exceptions are being missed when configured during the same shift.

L00149795

Unable to configure the MES middleware if the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) differs from pre-win2000 domain name.

L00150065

Related to CR 149795: MES Client creates OS User Groups with the wrong domain name when the first part of the FQDN is not matching the NetBIOS domain name.

L00150105

In OS Group security mode, making a change on Entity Access deletes the user_grp_link entry for that specific username and group.

L00150185

MES Client is slow to open the process definition section when there are thousands of entities.

L00150240

When trying to start a job from the UCO, it is using the operation (oper_id) instead of the operator.

L00150470

Some MES tables have untrusted and disabled check constraints.

L00150485

Deadlock can happen when updating sample status and calculating statistics for multiple new characteristic results that occur at the same time.

L00150487

The API DirectAccess.GetDSBySP method that is not part of a transaction fails to return the correct error message after applying HF L00145716.

L00150653

Import schedules with a trigger type of "Table data exists" raise the error Supply Chain Connector Unknown command request RUNEXTQUERY in Dx_sched object.

L00150656

Unhandled exception in SampleViewerCtrl for Edit Sample Result dialog box.

L00150674

If multiple certifications are configured at the same time, MES Configurator is unresponsive.

L00150879

Database migration is failing if a reason group description is greater than 40 characters.

L00150888

License error in FactWebAccess with the Web Access ExecCmd.

L00150901

When using autologin, unable to edit process or add operations after it has been created due to incorrect checked-out information.

L00151173

When migrating from MES database version 5.03 to 6.00, the language.sql script fails on introducing FK when a custom language exists.

L00151178

OEE Analysis Performance calculation and Utilization loss calculation is incorrect when a shift changes mid-hour.

L00151229

Unable to add AD group in MES Client when connected to a Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC).

L00151270

When shift change occurs during an IDLE event, CurrentOEEPercent shows 100, while CurrentPerformancePercent shows 0.

L00151324

HF 148823 for 5.3: ItemInv.Add incorrectly merges lots and generates an error when using sublots

L00151369

Sample result state is not updated for Complete/Complete Late samples after modifying the result of a characteristic that changes the result state.

L00151416

When splitting a Utilization event that crosses daylight saving time, the durations shown in the split are off by an hour.

L00151433

HF L00151369 for MES 6.0: Sample result state is not updated for Complete/Complete Late samples after modifying the result of a characteristic that changes the result state.

L00151594

MES Client takes long time to load inventory entities with many thousand storage entities.

L00151604

Control rule check does not consider the severity code assigned at the qm_spec_char_link level when the characteristic default severity code is <= Not Monitored, no control rules are returned even if a severity code > 1 is set at the qm_spec_char_link level.

L00151714

HF L00151229 for MES 6.0: Unable to add AD group in MES Client when connected to a Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC).

L00151818

Cannot change the work order status of a work order running a long time. Get a SQL Server out-of-memory error.

L00151987

Session is deleted when closing log data dialog in MES Operator.

L00153339

MES Service memory leak and handles leak.

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About This Release

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Upgrading from a Previous Version to MES 2017 R2

Known Issues

MES Documentation

Known Issues

This section describes important known issues in MES 2017 R2, and in System Platform that affect MES.

License Viewer Shortcut Does Not Open After Uninstall

When uninstalling a software component that uses the ArchestrA.lic file with other components still installed, the shortcut to the License Viewer application (aaLicView.exe) might no longer work. This is more likely to happen when uninstalling MES 2014 R3 or when uninstalling any AVEVA component from a non-default install path. This issue can be resolved by modifying the shortcut location manually or by running a repair on any of the remaining AVEVA software components.

MES Intelligence Reports: Detection of Utilization Event Deletion or Modification

The MES Intelligence Reports model cannot detect utilization event deletion or duration modification. The Intelligence service is dependent upon a detection method for notification of changes to records. The MES model uses the last_edit_at field in the MES database for its detection method. When a utilization event is deleted by modifying an existing event's duration or inserting a new event to cover an existing event, there is no option to notify the Intelligence Service. Similarly, if an event's duration is changed but not its start time, the last_edit_at column is not modified since the duration is not stored in the new Util_History table, resulting in no notification to the Intelligence Service.

Known Issues for MES

The following table lists the known open change requests for MES, listed by their change request number.

L00131983

Trying to start a job on more than one machine causes an error inserting into the Prod_Rate_History table on very specific scenarios.

L00132902

If multiple items to be produced in a process have a common sub-item to be produced in BOM #1 and BOM #2, then every time that common sub-item is marked as "Set as Produced Item" on BOM #1 for an operation, the same sub-item will be marked as produced on that operation for BOM #2.

L00133800

The date/time control on the entity configuration Attributes tab in MES Web Portal is enabled only after the third click in Internet Explorer 11 when used for the first time.

L00135404

With the OS language set to Russian, the Entity OEE targets set in MES Client will generate a validation error but still save correctly.

L00137118

During migration of the MES database from MES version 4.5 SP1 to 5.0 SP1, there is an error associated to conflict with check constraint CK_Sample_Size.

MES 2014 (version 5.0) and above prohibit this invalid configuration. The user must correct the bad data in the database and then run the migration again.

L00143414

Launching of the Operator following a fresh install fails with an error dialog that states Unable to load DLL 'PEGRP32C.DLL'.

This is an intermittent issue that can be resolved by rebooting the machine after installation.

L00149834

Configuring a BOM using MES Client with the BOM item having update_inv TRUE sets update_inv in bom_item_oper_link to false.

L00150310

Viewing an entity's KPIs on a node with the MES middleware/Web Portal having a different timezone from the entity's site timezone returns incorrect KPIs on the Entity Monitor page.

L00150416

An entity configured to get "Utilization Data from" a different entity does not work when viewing the Monitor tab of the entity in the MES Portal. It does work elsewhere.

L00150438

Passing empty for the required WorkOrder ID parameter to the API aaMES.Prod.aaWO.Delete method will delete ALL work orders from the database.

L00150908

Inefficiencies in the DoAutoShiftChanges stored procedure.

L00150964

Line Monitor page doesn't show the correct utilization details when an entity gets its utilization source from a different entity

L00151027

With the API AddProdPostExec method, you can reduce more than the produced amount, resulting in an incorrect total production reported.

L00151127

After a shift change, the wrong duration is shown in MES Web Portal for the current event.

L00151475

Backflushing for substitutes doesn't retrieve the substitute item's settings and instead uses the job BOM item's settings.

L00151788

MES does not maintain distinct consumption records when enabled in system attributes for consumption being made from entities configured for "indistinguishable lots" and having multiple lots at the entity.

L00151799

Supply Chain Connector time-based schedules are not triggering for one hour after clock change in October.

L00152173

When a new person logs into the InTouch window using OS security, the button bar disappears from the Sample Viewer control.

L00152314

MES Client Job Queue allows you to change the job state of a running job in the properties pane, which should not be allowed (the grid does not allow for a change).

L00152502

Creating a work order results in a duplicate entry in the Job_Bom table with incorrect bom_pos value because creation of the new BOM version of a parent item is not correctly setting/removing produced item flags.

L00152505

It takes more than 5 minutes to add a BOM version with the API FactMES.EnProd.BomVersion.Add() method.

L00152573

Creating an instance of a Sample Recording Object (SRO) logs unhandled errors when there is a default area defined. The workaround is to not have a default area or to ignore the messages.

L00152677

When logging in to MES Client on a Web Server, the following error is received: External component has thrown an exception.

L00152727

HF 152505 for 5.2: It takes more than 5 minutes to add a BOM version with the API FactMES.EnProd.BomVersion.Add() method.

L00152761

Slow performance of creating a work order from a process when many operations exist on the process.

L00152841

When a new user logs in with the API, the button bar disappears from the Sample Viewer control.

L00152991

MES middleware will fail to acquire a license after fail-over of SQL Mirroring node.

L00153037

Job Start and Shift frequencies do not generate all the characteristics defined depending on the alphabetical ordering of multiple active QM Specifications.

L00153048

For the MES Middleware and Middleware Proxy Configuration components in the post-install Configuration utility, the components are shown as not configured and values are not saved after an upgrade. The values must be re-entered after an upgrade.

Known Issues for System Platform and Common Components That Affect MES

The following table lists the known open change requests for System Platform that affect MES, listed by their change request number.

L00138837

AppEngine can crash due to the calls made to the FactMES API dlls even when using try/catch. Specific to Nullable data types. Will not be fixed in Application Server, so recommendation is to continue using the wrapped MES API DLLs in Application Server scripting.

L00117794

Tooltip text on the MES Button Bar .NET control buttons is not shown when running the control in InTouch. This is an InTouch issue.

L00140001

On an OS using a comma separator instead of a period separator for numbers, when the ArchestrA IDE is first opened, the MES objects will display the period separator instead of the comma separator. If you open another editor, the MES objects will display correctly. This is an ArchestrA IDE issue.

L00144202

After failover, selecting an OCO object with PEM enabled in the Object Viewer logs many error messages from the BaseRuntimeComponentServer component when reading a PEM extended attribute's data type property.

This can be corrected by restarting the hosting engine of the object.

L00152895

Modifying result attributes in an SRO object or counters in an OCO object after deployment results in runtime errors upon redeployment when the Preserve Runtime Changes option is enabled in WSP 2017.

To avoid these errors, do not select the Preserve Runtime Changes check box option when deploying the MES objects. Otherwise, request a hotfix from Technical Support.

L00153087

MES .NET controls do not honor property settings when used in an InTouch Frame window.

Related Topics

MES 2017 R2 (Version 6.1) Readme

About This Readme

About This Release

System Requirements

Product Compatibility

Licensing

Upgrading from a Previous Version to MES 2017 R2

Resolved Issues

MES Documentation

MES Documentation

The MES 2017 R2 documentation set includes the following:

MES Deployment Guide

Provides guidance on deploying a MES solution.

MES Virtual Environment Implementation Guide

Provides information to assist with implementing MES in a virtualized environment.

ReadMe

Provides information about software and hardware requirements, known issues, licensing, and documentation.

MES Installation Guide and online help

Provides information about installing MES applications.

MES Client User Guide and online help

Provides information about customizing and maintaining the plant floor information.

MES Dynamic Routing User Guide

Provides information required to set up dynamic routing of operations through a process defined in MES.

MES Middleware Extensibility Hooks Reference

Provides information about how to use middleware extensibility hooks to perform custom actions before or after a specific middleware event is executed.

MES .NET Controls Developer Guide

Provides information about the properties and methods of the MES .NET controls for use in custom applications and ArchestrA graphics.

MES Application Object (OCO, UCO, SRO) Help

Provides information about run-time behavior, configuration, and run-time attributes of UCO, OCO, and SRO application objects. This help is accessed from the Object Editor Help menu in the ArchestrA IDE.

Operation Capability Object (OCO) User Guide

Provides information about installing, configuring, and using the Operations Capability Object to track production transactions against equipment.

Sample Recording Object (SRO) User Guide

Provides information about installing, configuring, and using the Sample Recording Object to collect and store values for samples.

Utilization Capability Object (UCO) User Guide

Provides information about installing, configuring, and using the Utilization Capability Object to collect equipment performance data.

MES Entity Model Builder User Guide

Provides information about creating entities from the ArchestrA equipment model.

MES Stateless API Reference online help

Provides information about using the Stateless API within the ArchestrA IDE to develop and customize ArchestrA scripts.

MES Stateful API Reference online help

Provides information about using the Stateful API within the ArchestrA IDE to develop and customize ArchestrA scripts.

MES Web API Reference online help

Provides information about using the Web API to develop custom applications.

MES Operator User Guide

Provides information about executing production processes at the plant floor using the Operator application.

MES Web Portal User Guide and online help

Provides information about using the web browser-based MES Web Portal to customize and maintain the MES system and execute jobs at the plant floor.

MES Service User Guide

Provides information about how to use the MES Service utility to perform regularly scheduled tasks in the MES system.

MES Supervisor User Guide

Provides information about coordinating and overseeing the daily activity of the plant floor.

MES Intelligence Reports User Guide

Provides information about viewing MES Intelligence Reports.

MES Help

Provides online information about MES Supervisor, Operator, and Data Editor.

MES Data Editor User Guide

Provides information about inserting and modifying data in the MES database.

MES Web Access User Guide

Provides information about using web access methods that allow MES middleware calls to the MES database.

The MES 2017 R2 product library includes a set of Portable Document Files (PDFs) located in the Docs folder in the MES installation folder. You need Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view the MES documentation. You can download the latest version of Adobe Reader from the Adobe Corporation web site:

http://get.adobe.com/reader/

After installing Adobe Reader, double-click a PDF file to view the book with Adobe Reader. You can also open a book with the Adobe Reader Open command from the File menu.

The MES installation instructions are located in the root folder of the MES installation folder as a PDF file and an online help file. You can view these instructions by clicking Help as you start the MES installation procedure.

Related Topics

MES 2017 R2 (Version 6.1) Readme

About This Readme

About This Release

System Requirements

Product Compatibility

Licensing

Upgrading from a Previous Version to MES 2017 R2

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

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