Setting Up a Barrel Style Definition

Access the Edit Barrel Style Definition Information form.

Style Prefix

Enter a two-character value that the system uses to generate concatenated identifiers for barrel style definitions. The suffix is added to the beginning of the concatenation to make the record unique.

Barrel Attributes (1 - 3)

Select an attribute from UDC 31B/BA to identify specific characteristics of style. For example, Forest and Toast Level are barrel attributes, and the combination of forest and toast level can describe specific barrel style characteristics.

If barrel attribute 1 or 2 is Cooper Number, barrel attribute 3 is disabled.

You must enter a value in the Barrel Attribute 1 field.

Style Suffix

Enter a one-character value that the system uses to generate concatenated identifiers for barrel style definitions. The suffix is appended to the end of the concatenation to make the record unique.

Data Type

Select a value from UDC 31B/DT that specifies data type. Values are:

Counter Day: Track longer time periods, for example, the time spent in a particular type of barrel.

Counter Event: Track the number of times an action has been performed, for example, the number of times the bulk material in a barrel has been stirred.

Timer Day: Track the days that have elapsed between the on event and the off event in days.

Date: Track style definition by date.

Percent: Track the percentage of the style.

Counter Hour: Track how many hours a lot has been in a vessel or an operation. This counter is best used for styles that are associated with lengthy operations.

Timer Hour: Track the number of hours between the on event and the off event. This value is used for events that start with one operation and end with another.

Important: You must enter a value in this field. This value cannot be changed for an existing record.

Value

Enter a value that is associated with the data type. If the data type is Percent, the default value is 100. For Percent, the value cannot be greater than 100. All other data types have a default value of 1.

Wine Effect Modifier

Select a value from UDC 31B/WM that specifies the wine effect modifier. This value controls how the style value of an existing blend lot style is affected when a vessel or piece of equipment is encountered or an operation is performed. Values might include:

Additive: Adds the new calculated value to the current style value of the blend lot. This value is applicable only to counters and timers.

Maximum: Changes the style value for the blend lot if the new calculated value is higher than the current value on the blend lot. This value is not applicable to Counter Event.

Minimum: Changes the style value for the blend lot if the new calculated value is lower than the current value on the blend lot. This value is not applicable to Counter Event.

Override: Always change the style value for the blend lot. This value is not applicable to Counter Event.

Average: Calculation is based on weight average. This value is not applicable to counters and timers.

Instructable Y/N (instructable yes or no)

Enter Y to specify that the value is instructable in the operations. You must enter a value in this field.

Blending Method

Select a value from UDC 31B/BM that specifies the blending method. Use this value to set the rules for how the style values are calculated when two or more lots with existing style items and style values are blended. Values might include:

Additive: The resulting lot has the sum of the values of the contributing lots that meet or exceed the threshold percent.

Maximum: The resulting lot has the maximum value of the contributing lots that meet or exceed the threshold percent.

Minimum: The resulting lot has the minimum value of the contributing lots that meet or exceed the threshold percent.

Style Cat Code 01 and Style Cat Code 02 (style category codes 1 and 2)

Select values from the style category code UDC table (31B/T1 and T2) to support classification of the barrel style definitions that you create. You can use these style category codes for summary.

Handling Code

Select a value from UDC 31B/BH that specifies handling codes. Use this value to specify the method of treatment during blend calculation if the style item and style value do not exist on one of the lots being blended. Values are:

Do Not Calculate: Do not calculate a value.

Ignore Blank Values: This lot should be excluded just as in the minimum threshold.

Treat Blank Values as Zero: If any of the blended lots has a blank value, treat the value as if it were zero.

Threshold Value Percent

Enter the minimum percentage of the resulting lot that a contributing lot must be before its style is contributed.

The percentage value cannot be greater than 100.

VBT Summ Method (virtual barrel tank summary method)

Select a value from UDC 31B/VM that specifies summary methods for VBTs. Use this value to calculate the VBT style to assign to the lot instead of the styles of every single barrel within the VBT. The value that you specify for this field is recorded in the F31B34 table. Values are:

Maximum: Use the maximum style value of any one barrel.
Minimum: Use the minimum style value of any one barrel.
Weighted Average: Use the weighted average of the style values for every barrel within the VBT.

VBT Summ Handling Code (virtual barrel tank summary handling code)

Do Not Calculate: Do not calculate a value.
Ignore Blank Values: This lot should be excluded just as in the minimum threshold.
Treat Blank Values as Zero: If any of the blended lots has a blank value, treat the value as if it were zero.

VBT Summ Threshold % (virtual barrel tank summary threshold percentage)

Enter the minimum percentage of the resulting VBT that contributing barrels must be before their style is contributed. The percentage value cannot be greater than 100. The value that you specify for this field is recorded in the F31B34 table.

Modify Definition

Select to revise an existing definition.