Batch Validation

The batch validator functionality lets you validate the correctness of data during a batch progression. You can close the batch only if there are no pending instructions.

This chapter covers the following topics:

Requirement

Following is a requirement that customers have for validating the progress of their batches:

Can batch progress be validated?

Yes. Use the batch validator to verify the completeness of defined instructions and proper information entry.

Use the Batch Validator to Report Batch Progress

The batch validator verifies task completion and highlights exceptions or mismatched information. Use the batch validator to identify the completeness of information entry and proper authority to perform various tasks in the batch. Identify exceptions rapidly for appropriate corrective action or nonconformance reporting.

Understanding the Batch Validator

The batch validator highlights any exceptions, incomplete tasks, mismatch in data, and missing information. The key features of the batch validator include:

Runtime Validation

Complete instructions for a batch after proper verification and identify any pending instructions at all levels of a batch. Verify and mark any pending or non-disposed nonconformance against a batch. The batch validator lets you make a secured disposition on the instructions. For example, only a supervisor can dispose instructions that are pending for a batch containing hazardous materials.

Reporting

The batch validator provides a paper-based reporting solution to help print the valuation output.

Validating Batch Information

Run the batch validator at batch close to ensure that all the tasks are performed as stipulated in the master batch record. Trigger the batch validator automatically or manually.

To validate batch automatically from batch step close or batch close

  1. Navigate to the Batch window.

  2. Enter as many parameters as needed to complete the search. Select Recipe, Formula, Routing, or Product with appropriate Version for Recipe, Formula, or Routing. Select Organization, From Date, To Date, and Status.

  3. Select a batch step or batch.

  4. Click Close. The batch validator performs validations. A message displays if there are any exceptions that require corrective action.

  5. Click Cancel to stop the closure of batch step or batch or click Skip to close the batch step or the batch.

To validate batch manually from batch step close or batch close

  1. Navigate to the Batch window.

  2. Enter as many parameters as needed to complete the search. Select Recipe, Formula, Routing, or Product with appropriate Version for Recipe, Formula, or Routing. Select Organization, From Date, To Date, and Status.

  3. Select a batch step or batch.

  4. Navigate to either the Batch Header window or the Batch Details window.

  5. Select Validate from Actions.

  6. Generate a validation results report using the XML publisher. A PDF report displays on Reporting user interface.