How to Load from an existing input data's Archive instead of Optimizing

How to Load from an existing input data's Archive instead of Optimizing

Optimized Loads in Cube-IQ can be Archived and shared with other users to use

An Archived Load can be accessed when a Load is optimized. This means an Archived Load can be immediately called forth if the Load currently open has its Quantity of Containers and Products identical to the previously Archived Load instead of running Cube-IQ's Optimizer.

Using an Archived Load can save time when:
  1. A Load will take a few minutes to complete on account of the number of products,
  2. Optimizing Loads from a shared network Database Optimizes slow, or
  3. A Load has been hand crafted using Load Edit.
Here are two Loads:
  1. First Load has been hand crafted by User1 where red products are stacked on front right corner of pallet
  2. Second Load is optimized by another user, User2



In the Loads above, User2 will need to manually Load Edit the Pallet to reproduce the first Pallet already Edited by User1 to have red products stacked on front right corner of pallet. The Use Archiving feature can automatically Archive User1's hand crafted Load, and will prompt User2 to use User1's Archived Load instead of having to Optimize and Load Edit again.

Enable the "Use Archiving" feature to have Cube-IQ prompt to save or load Archives before Loads are Optimized or Edited

The Archiving section where Use Archiving can be enabled and configured is hidden by default. To show Archiving section: 1) click the Options menu at the top, 2) click the General tab, and 3) check the Let the software show Archiving check box



To prompt Cube-IQ to Archive Optimized or Edited Loads:  1) click Options at the top, 2) click the Other tab, 3) check the Use archiving check box, 4) check the Use prompts check box, and 5) enter a path where Archived Loads are saved

Use Archiving feature requires a path where Archives are stored, this path is best located on the network where other users also have access to.



The other settings above such as # Days to keep Archived Loads and Maximum # of archived Loads have defaults values that are recommended. 90 is the default number of days Archived Loads are available, and no more than 1000 archived loads are available at a time. Oldest Archived Loads are removed first when the Max # of Archived Loads is reached.

Use Cube-IQ's Archive prompts to save or replace Archived Loads

Archive prompts will begin prompting after "Use Archiving" feature is enabled and when a Load has been Optimized if an Archived Load exists with the following identical input data:
  1. Container type
  2. Container Qty
  3. Product ID
  4. Product Quantity
The following Confirm prompt can appear after clicking Optimize.



  1. Clicking Yes will immediately display the Archived Load
  2. Clicking No will Re-Optimize the Load

The following Confirm dialog window can prompt after a Load is Re-Optimized and "No" was clicked in above Confirm prompt or if a Load is edited in Load Edit.



  1. Clicking Yes will overwrite the previously saved Archive for this Load with Re-Optimized or edited version
  2. Clicking No will preserve the already saved Archived version

A Use Archiving example

Here is a "New Load" with the input data requirements for Use Archiving is circled in red.



Here is the "New Load" Optimized.


 
The "New Load" will automatically be Archived after it is Optimized if its input data has not been Archived in the past.

Here is the "New Load" in Load Edit area saved after edited to have red boxes stacked.



A Use Archiving Confirm prompt appears after saving Load Edits and returning to the Load Setup area. Click Yes to save Archived Load for this "New Load's" existing input data.


Clicking Yes in the Confirm prompt above will replace the existing input data  Archive and allow the next Load with the same input data to load the pallet with red products stacked instead of Optimizing.

Here is the "Next Load" with the same input data as the earlier load above circled in red.



A Use Archiving Confirm prompt appears after "Next Load's" Optimize button is clicked. Click Yes to use the Load from the Archives.



Clicking Yes in the Confirm prompt above prevents Cube-IQ from Optimizing the "Next Load". Here is the "Next Load" using the Archived load instead of getting Optimized.



The "Next Load" now uses the Load from the Archive where red products are stacked instead of getting Optimized.

Here is how the "Next Load" would have been loaded if Optimized instead of using the Archive.


The Load would need to be Edited again if red products must be stacked together on front right of Pallet.