Process Tags

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview:

7.2.x

Tags can be assigned to a process unit. Some functions in PARCview require a tag to be assigned to a process to work properly, such as grade-based SQC tag limits.

The process tree contains the site’s process areas. Expand and collapse the tree by clicking the “+” and “–” buttons next to the process names. Clicking a process name selects it and displays its process configuration.

The process tree has a hierarchical structure, but this is strictly organizational. In other words, there is no parent/child-type or inheritance-type functionality. Some “parent” process areas might not actually be configured for use and instead simply act as containers for logical groups of process areas.

PARCSecurity Permissions

PARCsecurity Console should be configured for the following permissions for rights to System Configuration elements.

• DataPARC Admin: Grants administrative access to PARCview.
• System Config Process Area: Grants access to the Process Area tab in System Configuration.
• System Config Process Tags: Grants access to the Process Tags tab in System Configuration.
• System Config Reason/Evidence/Category: Grants access to the Reason, Evidence and Category tabs in System Configuration.

Configuration

The Process Tag tab allows you to assign existing Tags to a Process Area.

Any tag not assigned to a Process Area is located in the “Unidentified Process” area.

From the Process Tag Tab some tag fields can be edited. Other tag fields like “OPC Tag Name/Loop Num” can only be updated from PARCTagSync or the dataPARC Excel Add-In Tag Editor functionality.

Log Files

PARCMessage is a built-in error monitoring software. It creates an ongoing log of errors generated from PARCview on the specific computer where PARCMessage is running in the system tray. The Icon in the tray is a triangle, red if errors are present, and green if there are no errors.

Errors can also be stored in the PARCview install directory both on the server and clients ...\Capstone\PARCView\LogFiles.

Required Server Applications

No server applications are required to use System Configuration.

UA Server: All PARCview vr 7 functionality requires a Universal Access (UA) server.

GDS: All PARCview vr 7 functionality requires a Global Discovery Server (GDS).