Path: Material > Key Management > Core Management
The Core Management module is a browse window that lists certain Locks and allows you to use a batch format to change Cores associated with the Locks. You have the option of making changes manually or automatically with the Core Management Shuffle Function.
The module is similar to other WebTMA browse windows and includes an initial Query flyout that allows you to limit the size of the list if needed.
Regardless of the criteria selected, only certain Locks are eligible for display on the list. To qualify, the Locks must be associated with a Key System and also use Interchangeable Cores.
Core Management Rules
On the Core Management window, the read-only Core # column displays the currently associated Core number. You have the option to change the Core using enabled fields in the adjacent Core # column.
The drop-down list shows the available Cores that can be exchanged.
Available Cores are filtered by:
- All unassigned Cores that belong to the same Key System as the Lock
- All Cores that belong to Locks that meet the query criteria
To assure that each Core is used only once in the list, a Core # can be reassigned only once until you click the Save button.
Example: If Lock A-AA-2 shows a Core # of AA-1 and you select Core # AA-15, which was previously assigned to Lock A-AA-1, the drop-down list no longer shows AA-15 as a selection. Lock A-AA-1 now shows the Core # as <Removed>. Any Lock that shows <Removed> must have another core assigned to it before the page can be saved.
None of the changes are permanent until you click the Save button at the bottom of the window.
Core Management Shuffle Function
Click the Shuffle button at the bottom of the Core Management window to automatically randomize assignment of Cores to the Locks in the list, and click the Save button at the bottom of the window. All the rules apply as if this had been done manually.
NOTE: Because the Shuffle button calls a random generator, it is possible that a Core will be reassigned to the same Lock to which it is currently associated. That is the nature of random generation.
How to Change Cores Manually Using Core Management
You can reassign Cores to different Locks; however, all Locks must have an assigned Core.
- Click the down arrow in the enabled fields found in the Core # column.
- Select a different Core number. Note that the selected Core number is from another Lock. The Lock from which it was taken now shows <Removed> in the enabled Core # field.
- Assign a new Core value to the <Removed> Lock line.*
- Assure that all <Removed> lines have an assigned Core.
- Click the Save button at the bottom of the window. None of the changes take place until you click the Save button.
* If you attempt to save when <Removed> displays in the Core # field, a message alerts you that all Locks must have assigned Cores before your changes can be saved.
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