Control Parameters

What are Control Parameters?

Control Parameters are the names for the variables whose values would be sent to assets in conditions that quality the Rules within Recipes.

Navigation

Go to Settings > Recipe Management > Control Parameters

Creating a Control Parameter

Click on Create and fill in the modal

Field	Description
Name	Name of the Control Parameter
Unit of measurement	Unit of measurement for this CP. For example, it would be "C" for "Temperature", or "minutes" for "Blanching duration"
Description	Description of the CP
Data Type	Choose between Number, Text, or Boolean. For example, "Temperature" would have "C" for Uom, but "Number" for data type.
Constraint Min	The absolute minimum the value of the CP can have. See Process variablefor another example of this concept.
Constraint Max	The absolute maximum the value of the CP can have. See Process variablefor another example of this concept.
Display Order	The display order of the CP in the entity manager list.

Example

Next steps

Now you are ready to create Rules for Recipes using these Control Parameters 😄