Configure a Dispatch Region

In order to configure a Dispatch Region, do the following:

1. Deploy and Define the Mine Areas within the Dispatch Region (for example, LocAll and StocksAll below).
2. Associate locations with each mine area (for example, LocA and LocB,StockA and StockB below).
3. Define an active list that is a list of the Mine Areas within the Dispatch Region.
4. Define the Dispatch Region (for example, OreX below). One attribute of the Dispatch Region wil be the Active List you have defined in the previous step.

Deploy MineArea Reference Data

1. In Reference Edit, select Other Actions | Deploy Reference Data on the navigation pane header.
2. In the Deployment dialog, select Configuration Items | Locations | DispatchRegion and MineArea. MineArea is also listed further down. Select this also.

   

3. Select OK to save your settings and close the dialog.

Define Mine Areas

1. Go to Groups | Locations | MineArea.
2. Select Checkout on the workspace toolbar.
3. Click New MineArea. The dialog will open.
4. Select the following to define LocAll:

   Option	Select
   Code	LOCALL
   Description	LocAll
   Abbreviation	LocAll

5. Click OK to save the setting.
6. Click New MineArea again. Select the following to define StocksAll:

   Option	Select
   Code	STOCKSALL
   Description	StocksAll
   Abbreviation	StocksAll

7. Click Checkin on the header.

Associate locations with each mine area

1. Go to | Locations | Location.
2. Click Checkout on the workspace toolbar.
3. Double-click on LocA to view its properties.
4. On the General tab set:

   Attribute	Select
   MineArea	LocAll

5. Click OK to save the setting.
6. Make the following changes to the other locations in the Dispatch Region:

   Location	Attribute	Select
   LocB	MineArea	LocAll
   StocksA	MineArea	StocksAll
   StocksB	MineArea	StocksAll

7. When you have finished editing the locations, select Checkin.

Create the Dispatch Region Active List

1. Go to Active Lists | Dispatch Region | Locations. Active lists do not need to be checked in and out.
2. Click the New Active List option on the header.
3. In the New Active List dialog, select the following:

   Option	Select
   Name	OreX Dispatch Region
   Category	Locations
   MineArea	MineArea
   Selected Elements	LocAll (LOCALL) StocksAll (STOCKSALL)

4. Click OK to create the active list.

Create the dispatch region

1. To define the new dispatch region, go to Groups | Configuration Items | Locations | DispatchRegion in the navigation pane.
2. Check out the tokens in the group.
3. Go to New DispatchRegion to create OreX.
4. Select the following:

   Option	Select
   Code	OreX Dispatch Region
   Description	Locations
   Abbreviation	MineArea
   Attribute
   MineArea	OreX Dispatch Region

5. ClickOK to save your settings.
6. Click Checkin on the header. You have created the following dispatch region.

7. Click Publish on the navigator header.

Units of equipment allocated to a location within a dispatch region will be restricted to locations within that region.

KPI Reference Groups.