Action Rules and Invoked Actions
Action rules define conditions that, when found to be true, invoke actions. They are evaluated during the quality data collection process.
You can define more than one action rule for a collection element or collection plan element. You can also define one or more related actions per action rule.
Two examples of action rules and the actions they invoke are as follows:
- when "Severity equals most severe" then Place the job on hold
- when "Oven temperature is outside the upper and lower specification limits" then Send an electronic mail notification
Example: Action Rules
Suppose you define a Tolerance collection element and assign it several possible values two of which include OOT High (Out-of-Tolerance High) and OOT Low (Out-of-Tolerance Low). You then add the Tolerance collection element to a collection plan but only copy the two 'out-of-tolerance' values to it. Next you define an action rule and related action such as "when Tolerance = OOT High" then "Display a message to the operator." In this example, if the results value entered for Tolerance is OOT High, the display action is executed.
