AutoStore: Smart RRT
If Runtime Replacement Tags (RRTs) make an AutoStore configuration come to life, then workflows can get a bit more clever when Smart RRT technology is used. The Smart RRT is not a new gadget, but these little wonders can come in handy. What is a Smart RRT? As a placeholder for information, an AutoStore RRT has an RRV, which stands for Runtime Replacement Value. We can take a user-defined RRT, also referred to as a FRTN (Field Replacement Tag Name), and inject VBScript into the RRT to quickly modify that tag's value. The result is a Smart RRT. A Smart RRT is certainly not the only way to modify the value of an RRT. The VB/JScript component allows a custom script to be used to generate a needed value based on a metadata value, and the Data Filter component also provides several filters to do the same. There are cases where implementing a Smart RRT may generally be a quicker approach if a given workflow can benefit from the RRV of its modified RRT. We'll look at some ex...