Job states are used to assign different attributes to a job. You can define your own job states or choose from the standard list.  Once a job state has been defined and is used by DMS, it cannot be deleted unless jobs using the job state are assigned to another job state.  Instead of deleting a job state you can make it unavailable for use by unselecting the Available check box.

The types of job states and their associated icons are:

1. Canceled: Will not be scheduled 
2. Completed: Will not be scheduled
3. Engineering/Planning: Will not be scheduled 
4. History: Will not be scheduled
5. Hold: Will not be scheduled 
6. Pending: Will not be scheduled unless Pending jobs are released during a schedule run  
7. Quote: Will not be scheduled 
8. Schedule: Will be scheduled 
9. Template:  Will not be scheduled
10. Standing Work Order.  Standing Work Orders are never scheduled and when updated in Job Updating, the job state and operation status cannot be changed.  Standing work order jobs can be setup for routine maintenance or other activities that do not require scheduling, but you want to record the time and activity in DMS.

Each job state you define can have its own name, color, and bold text for ease of identification in the Manufacturing Orders Job Grid.

To access Job States, select Tables | Job States.  The following example shows the Job States window where several job states have been defined using various colors and bold text.  The job states are sorted by Job State Type:

The following tabs and commands are available:

File

1. New To add a new job state, select File | New.
2. Edit To edit an existing job state, highlight the job state in the grid and select File | Edit or double click on the job state grid.
3. Delete  To delete an existing job state, highlight the job state in the grid and select File | Delete or click on the delete icon .  DMS will confirm the delete.  Click OK to delete the job state, or click Cancel to cancel the delete.

The following explains the prompts for the job state:

1. Name  A unique job state name must be entered.  The name can be up to 20 characters long.
2. Job State  The job state is one of the following:
1. Canceled
2. Completed
3. Engineering/Planning
4. History
5. Hold
6. Pending
7. Quote
8. Schedule
9. Template
10. Standing Work Order
3. Text  Select the text color for the job state.  There are 20 valid colors to choose from.
4. Bold Text  If you want the job state to use bold text, select the check box.  Otherwise do not select the check box.
5. Click Save to save the Job State or click Cancel to cancel the entries.