RapidStart is a tool that allows users to download some basic data from the “reference” database, thus speeding-up the setup.
Please see this comprehensive PrintVis article for more details (requires separate login and password):
https://printvis.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/17000020167-printvis-rapidstart
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First, make sure your PrintVis can connect to a reference database: open "PrintVis General Setup" page, scroll down to "System" fast tab:
If you have nothing entered there, your RapidStart will not work.
Please contact us and we let you know which data to enter.
RapidStart is mostly used during the initial company setup, to enter such data as Status Codes, Format Codes, Departments, etc.
After that, we would usually use RapidStart to add a new Cost Center.
Let's say we bought a new press and need to set it up.
We of course can start from scratch, or we can search for "rapidstart" keyword and then select the PrintVis Configuration Worksheet"
1. Once a Configuration Worksheet opens, scroll down and select the "Cost Center" line, then hit the "Select" button:
2. PrintVis will start retrieving the data from the RapidStart service:
3. When done, you will see something like this:
On the right hand side, you will see all your Departments and Cost Centers.
On the left you will see reference Cost Centers available for import.
In the example above, if we select the "Administration" Department, we will see that PrintVis only has 1 reference cost center we can use.
We are interested in adding an offset press, so we scroll down and select the "Printing" department.
The moment we do that, on the left hand side we will see various presses available for import.
* The press selection is quite extensive, just use the scroll bar*
Find the closest relevant press. Select it and hit the "add" button:
PrintVis will start retrieving the data specific to the press we've selected:
When that is done, you will get this screen:
1 - Enter your own Cost Center Code number and Cost Center description
2 - Enter your own Operation descriptions (no, we cannot add more operations - do that manually later)
3 - Hit "OK"
It may look like nothing happened - you get no acknowledgement, really.
But, rest assured, your Cost Center was added.
Close this Cost Center Overview page and open the "PrintVis Cost Centers" page.
Here we are:
PrintVis created a new Cost Center and a Corresponding Capacity Unit, it added 1 configuration and some formulas.
It also added a Calculation Unit.
This is a good head start.
Now, a lot of fixing needs to be done: you may want to re-number the configuration, then add more configurations if needed.
Make sure all settings in the Cost Center page are as you need them to be (the easiest way is to open a comparable Cost Center and use it as a reference).
You will definitely need to make sure the calculation formulas are all working.
You will then open and adjust all settings in the Calculation Unit.
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EXTRA NOTES:
How does PrintVis know what to show as "available for import" when you select a specific department?
It does not really care how you call your departments, but it cares how you classified them when you created them.
For example, our "PREPRESS" department is set to "Prepress" department type:
Based on that, RapidStart will show me all "prepress-related" operations to import:
I could have named my prepress department "Bob", but because it is set to a "Department Type" = "Prepress", I will still see all prepress operations.
Here are all available Department Types:
Can we have a single department that has mixed cost centers - like pre-prepress and presses? Yes we can.
How can we import different types of machines into one department?
- We first set our department to be a "Prepress" Department Type, import all pre-press Cost Centers.
- We then set that same department to be a "Press" Department Type, and import all press-related Cost Centers!
RapidStart is not to be used to adjust your existing Cost Centers. Every time you use it, it creates a whole new Cost Center, which you do not want.
If your new Cost Center is going to have more than 1 basic configuration, use rapid start to create the 1st one only, then create the rest BY HAND.