The two view color modes - stress certain aspects of your plan

The two color modes allow you to use predefined colors for the bars, depending on what you want to highlight. 

On the “Color Mode Setup” page, accessible from the Role Center via “Color Mode Setup”, users can freely define colors for both “Production Order Status” and “Execution Status”.

• You can switch between the two modes by
  • Selecting the view via the "Actions" menu:

    

  • Clicking on the entry in the status bar:
    
    

Production Order Status View Color Mode

The Production Order Status View is the default color mode of the VPS and helps you to quickly see where in your scheduling & execution process your production orders are. It differentiates production orders by their respective states and indicates this by different colors for the following statuses. The picture below shows the default colors:
 

Please note that the VPS always opens in the Production Order Status View by default.

Execution Status View Color Mode

With this mode, you get feedback on the operations' status on the shop floor: ready to get in progress, in progress, finished, with posting issues, and the rest. The colors listed below are defined as default: