5.2.5 Relating jobs and jobnets

This subsection describes how to relate the jobs, nested jobnets, and jobnet connectors that are defined in a jobnet.

Organization of this subsection

(1) Relating two units

To relate two units:

In the map area of the Jobnet Editor window, display the jobnet that contains the units you want to relate.
Select Exclusive edit.
Click the Make Relation button.

The Make Relation button is now selected.
Click the icons starting from the first unit to be executed.

When you click an icon, it is selected.

A black or red arrow appears between icons.
Click the mouse in the desired place in the map area.

The icon that is clicked later is deselected.
Click the Basic button to end creating relations between icons.

The Basic button is now selected.

To relate more than two units:

In the map area of the Jobnet Editor window, display the jobnet that contains the units you want to relate.
Select Exclusive edit.
Click the Make Consecutive Relations button.

The Make Consecutive Relations button is now selected.
Click the icons starting from the first unit to be executed.

When you click an icon, it is selected.

A black or red arrow appears between icons.
Click the mouse in the desired place in the map area.

The icon that is clicked last is deselected.
Click the Basic button to end creating relations between icons.

The Basic button is now selected.

To relate multiple units from one unit:

In the map area of the Jobnet Editor window, display the jobnet that contains the units you want to relate.
Select Exclusive edit.
Click the Make Relation button.

The Make Relation button is now selected.
Click the icon for the unit to be executed first.

A line is drawn from the icon toward the pointer.
Drag the pointer across the icons of the units to be executed subsequently.

The icons are selected.

A black or red arrow appears between icons.
Click the Basic button to end creating relations between icons.

The Basic button is now selected.

To relate multiple units to one unit:

In the map area of the Jobnet Editor window, display the jobnet that contains the units you want to relate.
Select Exclusive edit.
Click the Make Relation button.

The Make Relation button is now selected.
Use either of the following methods to select the icons for the units to be executed first:
- Use a mouse-drag operation to surround the target icons.
- Holding down the Shift key, click the target icons.
  
  If you perform either of these operations on icons that have already been selected while you are holding down the Shift key, the selection will be cleared.
Press the Shift key, and then release it. If the key has already been pressed, release it.

Lines are drawn from the selected icons toward the pointer.
Click the icon for the unit that you want to execute next after the selected units.

Multiple relations are set simultaneously.
Click the Basic button to end creating relations between icons.

The Basic button is now selected.

To relate a judgment job with a dependent unit:

In the map area of the Jobnet Editor window, display the jobnet that contains the units you want to relate.
Select Exclusive edit.
Click the Make Conditional Relations button.

The Make Conditional Relations button is now selected.
Click a judgment job icon and then a dependent unit icon.

When you click an icon, it is selected.

A blue arrow with pointed ends on both sides appears between icons.
Click the mouse in the desired place in the map area.

The icon that is clicked later is deselected.
Click the Basic button to end creating relations between icons.

The Basic button is now selected.

To cancel a relation:

In the map area of the Jobnet Editor window, display the jobnet that contains the units whose relation you want to cancel.
Select Exclusive edit.
Click the Break Relation button.

The Break Relation button is now selected.
Click the arrow with one pointed end or two pointed ends between the icons whose relation you want to cancel.

The relation line is deleted.

If JP1/AJS3 - View is configured to display a confirmation message, the relation line is deleted when you click the Yes button in the message.

For details about the setting that controls whether a confirmation message is displayed, see 11.5.16 Displaying a confirmation message when deleting a relation line.
Click the Basic button to end creating relations between icons.

The Basic button is now selected.