Data Settings - Options

To access this screen:

On the Scheduling Setup screen, select Data Settings >> Options.

The Options screen is used to choose if you wish your schedule calculation to include validation of input data values.

If Enable Data Validation is selected, basic checks will be made on the files specified on the Select Data screen, and any validation errors are displayed in the Error Log screen.

You can also use this screen to select a Duration Format to be used when displaying duration in your product's various scheduling data tables.

Activity steps:

Display the Data Settings - Options screen.
To validate input data values during schedule calculation, select Enable Data Validation.
To control how duration values appear in scheduling data tables, select a value from the Duration Format list.
To review validation results, view messages in the Error Log screen.

What Data Validation Is Performed?

When the Enable Data Validation option is selected, Studio OP checks that the different data sources are consistent with each other and that the project settings are also consistent. The following data checks are performed:

Block Reserves
- BLOCKID and CATEGORY do not contain duplicate entries.
- Valid values are present for TONNES, VOLUME and DENSITY, which means they are not absent values.
- Log an error if VOLUME is zero and TONNES or DENSITY is greater than zero.
- TONNES / VOLUME = DENSITY (with a threshold of 0.001).
Block Outlines
- Block outlines table is consistent with reserves table, by comparing block IDs present in the block outlines table with block IDs in the reserves table.
Mining Schedule
- All destinations present in the mining schedule table are compatible with the loaded xml settings, which means machines and destinations exist that are referenced by the schedule.
- Schedule table is compatible with reserves table, by comparing categories present in the mining schedule table with categories in the block reserves table.