TiCon TS > Time Study > Process Sections

The time measuring is prepared in the Sections tab. This is where the individual sections that belong to a time study are created and edited.

The ribbon offers the following functions:

Menu item	Meaning
Cycle
	Add a single cycle or several cycles in steps of 5 or 10 at the end
	Delete single cycle or the last cycles in steps of 5 or 10
Additional sections
	Add, edit or delete a process section
Calculation
	If the check box is active, the times are recalculated automatically for each change.
	If the check box is active, the crossed out times in ti are displayed.
	Here you can change the time input of cycles. Depending on the selection, the flyback or cumulative time can be edited.
	Crosses out the time of the current cycle in the current process section.
	The measured values are reset: Times, performance levels, additional sections, and deletions are deleted. However, the sections and their influencing factors are retained.
View
	Shows or hides the statistics, i.e. the evaluation of the single cycles at the end of the table.

Insert / Edit Additional Sections

Additional sections are interruptions. If, for example, the person performing a measurement or activity has a coughing fit, this can be recorded as an interruption. Additional sections are added by clicking on the "Insert/edit" button in the "Additional sections" group. This interruption is subtracted from the calculated time.

You can add several additional sections per cycle:

In the "Insert/edit additional section" dialog box, existing additional sections can be inserted or edited, new ones added or deleted using the drop-down list. In addition, you can switch back and forth between all available additional sections of the time study.

Input mode:

▪Starts

▪Ends

▪Description – after opening the drop-down list, it is possible to enter additional descriptions by clicking the "Add new standard text..." option. This option is only active if a user is assigned the administrator role. If a user does not have the role, the administrator must add new standard texts at the appropriate position; see chapter Additional Sections.

A red triangle in the upper right corner of a cell indicates that an additional section is stored. If you move the mouse pointer to the triangle, you can read the duration and description of the interruption. Clicking the "Insert/edit" button again will reopen the dialog box for making changes.

When entering an additional section, the ti is always corrected, i.e. the time of the additional section never changes the cumulative time, but influences the target time of the process sections.

Please note:
When entering times manually using the "ti" setting, make sure that both ti and the duration of the additional section are entered. The additional section is subtracted after entering ti.

How to deal with crossed out times in the calculation and evaluation

▪When evaluating process sections (Evaluation per row), a crossed out cycle is omitted, so as if it had not been entered.

▪When evaluating cycles (Evaluation per column) and the statistics, a cycle, which includes at least one crossed out process section, is completely omitted, so as if had not been entered.

Reset measured values

By deleting cycle times, existing time studies can be used as template. The following two options are available:

1.Select the desired time study in Explorer and select "Duplicate" in the context menu or ribbon. In the dialog that opens, select the "Delete Cycle Times" check box.

2.Select the Delete times button in the ribbon of an open time study.

Evaluation of process sections

Please note:
Times measured with the app are locked in the program.

After performing a time measuring, the measured times cannot be changed.

Please note:
It is possible to create non-cyclical time measurements with TiCon. However, it should be noted that at least two cycles must be measured to calculate ε. Other values such as standard deviation or variance can also only be calculated from at least two cycles.