How to Use Parameters in a Work Instruction Step

On the previous guide webpage, we’ve discussed how you can add a parameter formula to an image in an instruction step. On this guide webpage, we will cover how you can do the same thing with a work instruction step.

You can add a parameter formula to a work instruction step, which will transform into a real parameter on a work instruction on your operator’s device. Here’s how:

1. Click on Quality Management in the homepage sidebar.
2. Click on Quality Procedures.
3. Click on an existing article category.
4. Select the targeted work instruction.
5. Go to the work instruction step where you would like to write the parameter formula on, and click on it. Alternatively, you can also create a new work instruction step.
6. Input the formula with the following format on the targeted work instruction step description: “${Insert parameter name here}”. For example, in the video, the chosen parameter is “Body Material”. Thus, we wrote “${Body Material}” on the work instruction step description.
7. Close the work instruction, and approve it.

Tip: You can add multiple parameter formulas to a work instruction step.

This configuration can be viewed by operators on an activated product order. Here’s how to view it:

1. Go to the targeted product order.
2. Click on the targetted work instruction.
3. Navigate to the work instruction step where the parameter has been added to.

In this video, the chosen parameter is “Body Material”, and the answer is “Stainless Steel”.

Note: This feature only works on work instructions that are linked to a product order.