How to Assign Capabilities to a Work Center

Applies to CoCoCo platform v1.0.0-rc.31. Every step below was run on that version.

A capability names a kind of work a work center can carry out — for example sheet-fed offset printing, folding or perfect binding. Each capability has a name and a fixed code such as PRINT_OFFSET_SHEETFED. Planning uses the code to find the work centers that can carry out an operation, so a work center without the right capability is not considered for that step.

The capabilities you can choose from are the ones defined for your instance. The console has no page for creating new ones.

Before you start: you need the permissions to see and edit work centers (workCenter:list, workCenter:read, workCenter:write) and to see capabilities (capability:list).

Assign capabilities

1. In the sidebar, under Planning, click Work Centers.
2. On the card of the work center, click the pencil (Edit). The page Edit Work Center opens.
3. Scroll to Capabilities. The counter shows how many are ticked, for example 0 selected. If the work center already has capabilities, the card is folded and shows only the counter and Expand — click Expand. Each tile shows the name and the code of a capability, and its description if it has one.
4. Click the tiles of the capabilities this work center has. The counter goes up — for example 1 selected. Nothing is stored yet.
5. Click Save. The message Work center updated appears and the list opens again. Now the capabilities are assigned.

Some capabilities ask for extra values, for example a maximum sheet size, once you tick them.

Remove a capability

Open the work center with the pencil. Its capabilities card is folded — click Expand. Click the ticked tile again so it is no longer ticked, and click Save.

If you change your mind before saving, click Cancel: nothing you ticked or unticked is stored.