"Properties" Section

In the "Properties" section you can:

plan the job for reuse

set the due date and the earliest start date

view, and if necessary, change the job priority

enter or change the quantity ordered and the number of planned pages

select a job by its job number, open the job and apply existing settings and data (documents, pages, page lists, layouts, sequences, etc.) to the new job

view and delete the source job numbers for a gang run job and open the jobs

view and open the target job numbers for a gang run job

view the target sheets for a gang run job

Main Pane

Set Due Date

The calendar box you need is enabled for editing when you select the "Set Due Date" option. You can enter a due date (date and time) in the date box or extend or shorten the date/time shown by clicking the small arrow keys.

Button

Function

Set Due Date

Click this button to display a calendar, see also "Choose Date" Window.

Earliest start date

The calendar box you need for this is enabled for editing when you select the "Earliest start date" option. You can enter the start date (date and time) in the date box or extend or shorten the date/time shown by clicking the small arrow keys.

Button

Function

Earliest start date

Click this button to display a calendar, see also "Choose Date" Window.

Job type

Your job type displays in this list box. The job type that was selected when creating the job is set by default. The set job type is taken from the template you used when creating the job with the "Job from Template" function.

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Note: You can change the job type using the list box.

This detail also displays as a column in the job list. In addition, you can filter by this criterion.

Job Priority

In the "Job Priority" list box, select the priority (Urgent, High, Normal or Low) the job will have.

Delivery quantity

Enter the delivery quantity in this box. You can type in the value or increase or reduce the value by 1 by clicking the small arrow keys.

Planned Pages/Articles

Enter the number of planned pages/articles in this box. You can type in the value or increase or reduce the value by 1 by clicking the small arrow keys.

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Note: The term "Articles" displays instead of "Pages" if you have "Packaging" permissions.

Project ID

This is where you enter the project number (if available).

Responsible

This displays the name of the operator who is responsible for production of this job. Mails are sent to this person if an error occurs.

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Note: The name of the operator currently logged in to Prinect Cockpit always displays as the default setting for the responsible operator.

Button

Function

Select

Click "Select" to display a window where you can select an operator who will be responsible (see also "Copy from Related Job" Window).

Related Job

This displays the predecessor job (if any) of the job.

Button

Function

Open

Click "Open" to open the selected job.

Change

Click the "Change" button to open the "Find Job" window (see the Find function ). This is where you select the job whose settings you wish to use.

Delete

Click "Delete" to delete the related job number in the "Related Job Num­ber" box.

Apply

Click the "Apply" button to display the "Copy from Related Job" window (see the "Copy from Related Job" Window).

This is where you select the functions that you wish to use.

Status of Copying Data from Related Job

When data are copied from a predecessor job, this is where the status displays. This is indicated by an icon and information in a tooltip.

Gang Job Source IDs

This shows the numbers of the jobs (source) from which pages were copied.

Button

Function

Open

Click "Open" to open the selected job.

Remove

You can delete the selected job number with the "Remove" button.

This action deletes the note that pages from the job with this number were copied to the present job. The pages themselves remain in the job.

Gang Job Target IDs

This shows the numbers of the jobs to which the copied pages were pasted (target).

Button

Function

Open

Click "Open" to open the selected job.

Gang Job Target Sheets

This shows the names of the source jobs for the target sheets in the gang job. In addition, the name of the layout (layout name/sheet name) comes first in the name.

Internal Comments

This is where you can type in, modify or view a comment. This comment also displays in "Internal Comments" in the "Product Description" section.

External Comments

This is where you can view comments transmitted by the MIS or recorded through the job notes. You cannot edit (delete, modify) these comments.