Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Ticket #46, comment 5


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2024-11-19T07:16:35Z (5 weeks ago)
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Mike Dewhirst

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  • Ticket #46, comment 5

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    992. In the Chemical main menu, select ''Blend ingredients'' and click ''Add Blend Ingredient''
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    11 3. You will see two drop-down lists labelled ''Chemical'' and ''Ingredient''. This is where you select the blend chemical and one of the ingredients. Enter the precise proportion of the ingredient within the blend.
     113. You will see two drop-down lists labelled ''Blend'' and ''Chemical component''. This is where you select the blend chemical and one of the ingredients. Enter the precise proportion of the ingredient within the blend.
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    13 4. Click [Save] and repeat until the blend is ready for use
     134. If this is a Flavour or fragrance blend make that selection in the ''Blend type'' field. Different categorisation rules will then apply.
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     155. Click [Save] and repeat until the blend is ready for use
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    1517Note 1. If you haven't already created a host chemical for the blend, click the green + plus-sign to add one and give it a name which makes it obviously a blend. You will have to enter the first few initial mandatory fields but nothing is significant because the software just uses it as a vehicle with a blend name to carry other ingredient (real) chemicals. Don't forget to [Save].
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     19Note also that a blend can be bulk-imported - see https://chemintro.com/import - which gets the chemicals imported and linked leaving only the proportions to be adjusted.
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    1721=== Using a blend
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    19 5. In the Chemical menu select ''Product-chemical proportions '' and click ''Add''
     236. In the Chemical menu select ''Product-chemical proportions '' and click ''Add''
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    21 6. In the upper''Product'' drop-down list select the Product which will contain the blend
     257. In the upper''Product'' drop-down list select the Product which will contain the blend
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    23 7. In the lower ''Chemical'' drop-down list select the prepared blend chemical
     278. In the lower ''Chemical'' drop-down list select the prepared blend chemical
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    25 8. Enter the proportion of the blend in the Product and click [Save and continue editing] twice.
     299. Enter the proportion of the blend in the Product and click [Save and continue editing] twice.
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    27 9. Repeat from 5. above until the ''Product'' has all its blends and other chemicals
     3110. Repeat from 5. above until the ''Product'' has all its blends and other chemicals
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    2933Note 2. First save in step 8 above gets the blend saved in the database. The second save attaches all the prepared blend ingredients (from step 3 above) to the Product and finally calculates Product ingredient proportions according to blend proportion.