To enter data via the ‘Alternate Resources’ form first position your cursor on the row you wish to contain the data in the ‘Alternate Resources’ section. Then double-click in one of the cells in that section, or alternatively click on the ‘Forms’ icon and select ‘Alternate Resources’ from the Routing Wizard ribbon.
Prerequisites
Organization and Item information must exist in the spreadsheet.
Routing Alternate information must exist in the spreadsheet.
Operation Sequence, Effective From, and Department information must exist in the spreadsheet.
Substitute Group Number must exist in the spreadsheet.
The following is an example of the Operation Resources form:
Alternate Resources Tab
Alternate Resources belong to the same Department as Operation Resources and are defined by similar fields/attributes as Operation Resources.
For that reason, only the differences will be listed in this documentation.
Alternate Resources are defined in groups (Alt Substitute Group) that may contain from 1 to all of the Department Resources.
Alt Resource Action -The list of values contains the upload actions available for the Operation Resources section. (Refer to section: Upload Routings)
Alt Substitute Group Number –Enter the Substitute Group number.
New Alt Resource –The list of values contains all Resources assigned to the Department. Use with ‘Create’ action to add another Alternate Resource to the group, or with an “Update’ action to change an Alternate Resource in a group.
Alt Replacement Group –Enter the Replacement Group number.
Alternate Resources Details tab
Once you have entered your data click the:
‘OK’ button to transfer the information back to Excel.
‘Cancel’ button if you wish to revert to the values at the time you opened the form.
