UG 352167 C-WMS Admin User Maintenance Guide

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Admin User Maintenance Guide

CALIDUS WMS

1st July 2025 - 1.01
Reference: UG 352167

Introduction

This document is designed to be a help guide for creating and maintaining users in WMS. Further detailed documents are available which tailor to the specific modules within the WMS system

Toolbar

The following toolbar functions are referred to in this walkthrough guide:

• Save (Green)
• List of Values (Purple)
• Enter Query (Red)
• Execute Query (Blue)
• Add Record (Yellow)
• Delete Record (Orange)
• Exit Screen (Grey)

User Records

User records are setup in FXMUSER (Maintenance User Maint WMS Admin Users)

The key items that determine the level of access that a user has are:

User Class -

This determines the menus that a user can see when they log into WMS

Security Level -

Each screen and submenu is graded with a security level. Users can only see the screens and submenus that are at or below their assigned level. The level can be set at 1 through to 9

Company Details (highlight line and press Details)

Details -

This determines which Owners, Ledgers (PL1/SL1), and Warehouses the user can access

Container Yard Management

Note that the Owner under which you are configuring the user must be configure for Container Yard Management, through Owner Rules (CTMG).

Users are of a specific type

• Non Container management user (no access at all)
• Admin (access to all container management functions)
• PDA (access to device screens only)
• Customer (access to customer screens only)

Security Levels

Screens

Each screen in WMS has a unique Screen ID. This can be seen in the top right hand corner of the screen (SOS1110 in the below example)

The security level that a screen is assigned can be seen by accessing FXMSCR (Maintenance User Maint FXM Screens)

To search for a screen first enter Query mode, then enter the Screen ID in the Name field and Execute the query

To amend, change the Sec. Level accordingly and then press Save

Submenus

Submenu security settings are set by accessing the menu they belong to. Each menu has a name which can be obtained by accessing the right click menu that is available when hovering over a menu name

Select Properties and the Menu name will display (SGB_ORAOPS in the below example)

Security Levels that have been assigned to a Submenus can be seen by accessing FXMOPT (Maintenance User Maint FXM Menu Options)

To search for a menu first enter Query mode, then enter the Menu Name and Execute the query

The submenus belonging to this menu will list in the detail grid. To amend, change the Security Levels accordingly and then press Save

Menu Class

Adding / Editing Menu Classes

Users are required to be assigned to a Menu Class which determines which menu's they can see when they sign into WMS. Menu classes are setup in FXMCLASS (Maintenance User Maint FXM Classes)

To search for a screen first enter Query mode, then enter the Class that has been assigned to the user profile and then Execute the query

The menus belonging to this class will list in the detail grid. Menus can be Added, Deleted or edited. The sequence (Seq) determines the order that the menus will display in. To search for a new menu use the List of Values. Once all changes have been applied press Save

Adding / Editing Menus

Should you require to edit or create a new Menu then this is completed FXMOPT (Maintenance User Maint FXM Menu Options)

The screen will load in Add mode. Should you wish to add a new menu fill in the fields using the List of Values where required and then press Save

To edit a menu first search for the menu first enter Query mode, then enter the Menu Name and press Execute the query

Submenu's can be added, removed or edited. To search for a new menu use the List of Values. Once all changes have been applied press Save

Passwords can be applied to a submenu / screen by enabling the appropriate line, entering a password and then saving the change

Restricted Reason Code Maintenance

Hold/Release reason codes can be restricted so that only certain users can apply them. To apply restrictions navigate to WHS0083 (Maintenance WMS Maint Restricted User Maint)

The screen will load in Query Mode. Locate the record you wish to change and Execute the query. Alternatively, to add a new reason code restriction use the Exit Door to switch from Query Mode to Add Mode. Then enter the reason code you wish to restrict and the names of the users who have access to use the reason code. Press Save to apply the change.

Appendix A: Document History

A.1 References

Ref No	Document Title & ID	Version	Date
1	UG 352167 C-WMS Standing Data Set-up Guide	v2.0	13/11/2018
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A.2 Glossary

Term or Acronym	Meaning
Ad Hoc (WCS)	A task instigated on the device (spec. Ad Hoc Pallet Move), rather than a task instigated from the WMS and Stock Control.
Advice Note Number	An external reference linked to a Goods Receipt.
Aisle (WMS)	A component of a location; usually a space through rows of racking or storage locations; a collection of locations;
Allocation (order)	The systemic act of identifying and ring-fencing product matching the order requirements, following proscribed warehouse rules.
Anchor Point (WMS)	A starting location for a search for a suitable storage location; auto-putaway location suggestion start point.
Area (WMS)	A collection of aisles; an area in the warehouse for a particular purpose.
Batch (WMS)	A production batch of a product; a quantity of product that is considered to have the same characteristics;
Bay (Warehouse)	A physical loading or unloading point for the warehouse.
Bay (WMS)	A component of a location; usually a space between uprights in racking, comprising several levels (horizontal beams).
Bay Diary	The mechanism for booking hauliers inbound/outbound and assigning bays. The OBS Logistics system is CALIDUS Bay Diary.
Block Stack	A stable stack of pallets.
Booking	A time slot for a bay, booked with a Carrier/Haulier.
Bulk (WMS)	Bulk storage; Usually full-pallet storage areas, racked or stacked.
Cancellation (WCS)	The facility to cancel a task due to some problem, identified by the user when performing the task.
Carrier; Haulier	The transport company (by road or sea).
Check Digit (WMS)	A short code, usually randomly generated and stored against a location, used to help identify that a user is at the right location before they proceed with a warehouse task.
Container	The actual physical container, identified uniquely by the Container Number. The Container will be identified as a Container Type.
Container Type	Descriptive of the use and capability and physical characteristics of a container. Container types are 40ft End Loader, Reefer, etc.
Container Yard	The storage areas for full and empty locations in the facility. The OBS Logistics system to manage this area is CALIDUS Container Yard.
CSV	Character-separated values; a text file with multiple rows and values, usually separated with commas.
C-WCS	CALIDUS WCS, the name of the OBS Logistics Warehouse Control system
C-WMS	CALIDUS WMS, the name of the OBS Logistics Warehouse Management system
Dead Leg (WCS)	A movement of a truck without a pallet; wasted resource.
Despatch	The final physical stage of an order; handover of goods to the haulier.
De-stuffing	The act of emptying a container and storing the contents in the warehouse.
Drive-In	A drive-in location, typically multi-level, multi-deep location.
Dry Van	Any type of non-refrigerated container.
Dual Cycling	Processes utilizing P&D locations for interleaving tasks in and out of specific areas, reducing dead leg movements.
EDI	Electronic Data Interchange; any form of automatically or semi-automatically uploading or downloading information from a computer system without manually re-keying the information.
ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning; a system for this.
Exchange (WCS)	Specifically Pick Exchange or Task Exchange. The process of allowing a user to select a different pallet in a multi-pallet location and exchanging the expected pallet for this one. If the pallet is planned for another task, task exchange will complete this task instead of the expected one first. If the pallet is not planned, pallet exchange will swap the pallet (if suitable).
GR; GRN	Goods Receipt; Goods Receipt Number or Note
High Bay	Typically tall (greater than 5 level) racking, usually full pallet storage, usually Narrow Aisle.
Inbound (Booking)	A booking linked to a Goods Receipt.
JIT	Just In Time; processes designed to trigger at the last instant.
KPI	Key Performance Indicator.
Level (WMS)	A component of a location; usually the vertical compartments of an area, delineated by horizontal beams.
Loading	The act of loading pallets onto a vehicle.
Location (WMS)	A uniquely identified space in the warehouse for storage of product. There are many types, most commonly Floor locations (for example, Marshalling, Inbound), Racking or Bulk Storage Locations and Pick faces.
Manifest	The contents of a vehicle or container.
Marshalling	The act of bringing pallets for an order or load together; an area to do so.
Multi-deep	A location with 2 or more pallets stored sequentially i.e. only one can be accessed at a time.
NA (WCS)	Narrow Aisle; usually any area in the warehouse that is restricted access due to space limitations, Narrow Aisles have associate P&D locations.
Outbound (Booking)	A booking linked to a Sales Order.
P&D	Pick-up and Drop-off locations; locations used to control the handover of pallets between distinct areas, for example between chambers and the wider area of the warehouse.
PI; Perpetual Inventory	The act of continuously checking locations in a warehouse, identifying and correcting product quantity issues. Usually used in Bulk environments rather than Pick Faces. In pick faces, this process is called is called Residual Stock Balance and usually takes place after picking from a pick face.
Pick Face	A location designed for picking part of a pallet of stock. Usually a low- or ground-level location.
Pick List (order)	The instructions to pick pallets or cases from locations; the paper report associated to this; the stage of preparing these instructions; the sending of these instructions to WCS.
PO	Purchase Order.
Pre-advice; Goods Receipt Pre-advice	An advanced notification of what is being received. Part of a manifest. Pre-advices can be stock and quantity, or individual pallet level.
Putaway	The physical move of a pallet to a storage location as a result of receiving it into the warehouse.
RAG	Acronym for Red/Amber/Green, a traffic light colouration system depicting (in sequence) Errors, Warnings or Informational messages. Usually used in operational monitoring to effectively display when certain processes are not working as expected.
RDT	Radio Data Terminal.
Reefers	Refrigerated Containers.
Replen; Replenishment	The act of moving product (usually a pallet) from bulk storage to a pick face.
Reposition (WCS)	The facility to change the location of a movement or putaway when at the final destination, sue to some issue discovered when performing the task.
RF	Radio Frequency; An RF device is an RDT, typically used by CALIDUS WCS for executing warehouse tasks.
SCR; CR	Software Change Request.
Short Allocate	The process of not fulfilling an order due to failure to identify sufficient product at Allocation.
Short Pick	The process of not fulfilling an order due to failure to identify sufficient product when picking. May also be used as a term to indicate Short Allocation.
SO	Sales Order.
Truck Types	Plants, Mechanical Handling Equipment. For example, Reach trucks, Counter-balance trucks, pallet riders, etc.
UOM	Unit of Measure.
WA (WCS)	Wide Area; usually any area in the warehouse that is not restricted access due to space limitations, for example, floor areas, not Narrow Aisle.
WCS	Warehouse Control System
WMS	Warehouse Management System

Oracle App Terms

Term or Acronym	Description
DDL	Drop-down list of values, usually denoted by a down-arrow to the right of the field.
LOV; Lookup	List of Values. A Lookup of values from data maintained in the system (rather than fixed data that a DDL may be used for),
Form; Window; Screen	Alternative terms for each displayed window within the application.
Tab	A tab on a form, which contains its own panel of data to be viewed or entered. Denoted in this guide as italics.
Panel	A panel on a form contains data to be viewed or entered.
Button	A clickable button. Denoted in this guide as bold.
Field	Data that can be displayed or entered is referred to as a field. This is the core of where you will view or enter information within Forms. Fields are described by Labels and usually come as a pair. These (and labels) are denoted in this guide as italics.
Table	When there are multiple data to be shown in a group, those records are usually displayed in a table. Tables allow showing multiple fields in columns, are scrollable vertically and sometimes horizontally, will have buttons for title labels if the columns are sortable and may allow configuration, usually through a Configure button, which will take you to WHS0909.
Label	A label is the annotation of the field being displayed and typically tells you what it is. CWMS supports multi-lingual labels in a lot of forms.
Click; Select	Clicking the left mouse mutton on a field, table or button using your mouse.
Right-click	Clicking the right mouse mutton on a field, table or button using your mouse.
Viewport	The viewport is the means by which you are viewing the forms within the application. Within a browser, this may be the size of the browser window, or just a fixed portion. When running the app browserless, this is the size of the window displayed on your desktop.
DPI	Dots per Inch. This may be used to adjust the resolution of the application within the viewport.
Menu	The menu where all forms are selected, as opposed to the Oracle standard query menu. In CWMS, this is the Explorer window. (FXMEXPLR). Menu items are sometimes denoted in this guide in bold/italics. Slashes typically indicate a sub-menu. for example, Warehousing/Goods Receipt/Goods Received Advice denotes the top-level Warehousing menu, then the Goods Receipt sub-menu, and then the Goods Received Advice screen. As menus in CWMS are pretty much completely user configurable, this may have less meaning than you would like in your system, and we generally refer to these on what we call the standard menu structure.
Control Bar; Format bar	The control bar for searching, inserting and pretty much doing anything within the selected Oracle form. See System_Navigation_Guide#Format_Toolbar for more information.
Key; Function Key; Shortcut Key	Alternative terms for a keypress on your keyboard. In this guide, these are denoted with fixed width text in a box e.g. F4
Multi-Modal	A term denoting whether the forms can be open and active at the same time. CWMS is not multi-modal.
Scroll	The act of moving a fixed window vertically or horizontally to show more information. Typically you will see and use these on tables.
Check box	A simple notation of whether something is enabled or disabled (or Yes or No, True or False, etc) is typically displayed as a checkbox. If the box is checked, then this means Yes/True/Enabled, the functionality depending on the label of the checkbox.
Option Select; Radio Buttons	When a field has a limited number of options, sometimes this is displayed with bulleted options, all visible n the screen. This is called an Option Select or Radio button. The option that is selected will have the button filled in.

A.3 Document History

Version	Date	Status	Reason	By
1.0	15/11/2018	Issue	Updated version for formatting	ANW
1.01	1/7/2025	Issue	Updated version for formatting	ANW

A.4 Authorised By

Matt Tipping	Aptean Project Manager	_____________________________
Tony Walker	Aptean Consultant	_____________________________