MEGATHREAD Target myDevices

[Triscuit]

When pricing with MyDevice: you scan any item, if it's on markdown it beeps at you, you must key in a quantity then touch the print button before it will print any tickets.

There is no more scanning an entire arm bar and having a ticket shoot out for each clearance item as you did previously.

Wow. That is definitely a step back and I feel myself getting highly annoyed with this. We have had our my devices for 3 weeks now but have yet to use them. I am hoping to hold out as long as possible now

 

[RunForACallBox]

We go live Tuesday, though I was able to use it on Thursday--install day and Friday. Got to work today--Sunday and was hoping to use it to do endcap audit and they were gone. I'm assuming locked up somewhere . I love them! Though they have bugs, I've been writing down things that happen to them or functions that are missing to discuss with my ETL-GE.

 

[JustJoe]

We go live Tuesday, though I was able to use it on Thursday--install day and Friday. Got to work today--Sunday and was hoping to use it to do endcap audit and they were gone. I'm assuming locked up somewhere . I love them! Though they have bugs, I've been writing down things that happen to them or functions that are missing to discuss with my ETL-GE.

Oh, so I'm not the only one. I went to grab one this morning and they weren't there.

 

[Bosch]

For logon, the reason is because most stores, the password is T****. I heard eventually that it will be **** which will be the 10 pad. the DPCI Search is because it is not just DPCIs that you search. You can also search keywords.

It should drop a button for a 10-key pad. You need it hit it, not then don't.

 

[UIguy]

Hi gang... I work with the team that helps decide what to "fix" and "enhance" next on myDevice. Knowing that SUBT, STO & QMOS are coming in January to the myWork app... what annoyance or issues would you say need attention the most?

 

[oath2order]

Hi gang... I work with the team that helps decide what to "fix" and "enhance" next on myDevice. Knowing that SUBT, STO & QMOS are coming in January to the myWork app... what annoyance or issues would you say need attention the most?

...Somehow I doubt this is real (why would Target allow someone from corporate to come to this site), BUT something I would like, that I haven't heard of being on it, is the batches. With Project Viper being used at stores, and the goal is for TMs to pull product from the shelves, the fastest way to do this is an EXF batch. However, from what I can see, there is no way to access RF apps, therefore, no way to access your EXF batches.

So basically, a way to pull research/EXFs would be nice.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

@Sarakiel, any updates yet?

 

[mrknownothing]

...Somehow I doubt this is real (why would Target allow someone from corporate to come to this site)

Don't forget about @Sarakiel. "Come to the dark side, we have cookies."

 

[oath2order]

...Somehow I doubt this is real (why would Target allow someone from corporate to come to this site)

Don't forget about @Sarakiel. "Come to the dark side, we have cookies."

Who?

 

[mrknownothing]

...Somehow I doubt this is real (why would Target allow someone from corporate to come to this site)

Don't forget about @Sarakiel. "Come to the dark side, we have cookies."

Who?

She's on some technical team at HQ. She hasn't posted recently, but she used to fill us in about upcoming PDA updates. I wonder if she's been involved with the MyDevice rollout.

 

[RunForACallBox]

The only complaint I have is when the myWork app is running and the device locks after the two minute of non-activity, the scanner will not work, therefore you have to reboot the device. The only remedy I have found is to exit to the homescreen and then lock the device and then relaunch the app when you have to scan something. That is my only complaint. I also have minor ones, say as in when I scan a POG head to say print POG labels or REV labels, it doesn't give me that option, but the PDAs do. <---This is good when I have to print from a hip printer. I would also like to see more label options as in short or cosmetic size, not just generic or regular size. One more is when we tie something, there is no option drop a batch of price accuracy or revision peg labels as in RF apps on the PDA. Ok, one more I would also like to see a option print a item barcode on the white adhesive labels as well. The only way to these are currently under BCODE in RF apps. That's all for now.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

...Somehow I doubt this is real (why would Target allow someone from corporate to come to this site)

Don't forget about @Sarakiel. "Come to the dark side, we have cookies."

On printers issues:
http://www.thebreakroom.org/index.p...ct2-scanners-temporarily-out-of-service.8460/

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

From another thread:

Right now there are 40 stores currently in pilot for the new Motorola MC9200's, and there are 100 more stores slated to be added to the pilot in June. After the pilot is over, all stores will convert to the MC9200's, effectively replacing the MC9060's and 9090's that the stores use. What's different about these? They run 10 times faster for Web applications (making search and application functions near instant) and also have a slight boost to RFAPP's. RFAPP's never really saw a huge increase to overall speed and performance to it, but that's because the eventual plan is to move everything to Web-based applications (way down the pipeline.) There is no laser anymore, they are LED-based cameras/imagers with cross-hairs that can read both barcodes and QRC's. The overall design/shape of the PDA has remained the same.

This one I won't say much about as it is still in beta... lets just say it is the eventual replacement to your beloved LPDA's...

From what I have read spot is using a hybrid of Android.

 

[Going with the Flow]

Will receiving be getting one?

 

[RunForACallBox]

Will receiving be getting one?

Unfortunately, no. You are stuck with a PDA.

 

[JustJoe]

I don't know what the deal is in my store, but I had a facepalm moment with my STL this morning followed by multiple facepalm moments later on in the morning.

STL comes by and I ask him where the MyDevices are. I wanted one for price change. He said they were locked up, but he had one blah blah blah words words words.... He didn't want to override the ETL-GE's decision to hide them until go live (I get that) and he didn't know the rollout timetable. I told him the timetable (I had all of the launch info in my clipboard). I explained how price change in hardlines is easier for us with the MyDevice and I showed him a few things (how to get out of research and price change modes and how to access the instocks info.

Later on the usual mid-morning truck day device shortage happens. Had the MyDevices been available I would have been able to give up my PDA and/or trained a few TMs/TLs how to use the new equipment. What do I know, I'm just the Digital Advisor?

 

[UIguy]

Hi gang... I work with the team that helps decide what to "fix" and "enhance" next on myDevice. Knowing that SUBT, STO & QMOS are coming in January to the myWork app... what annoyance or issues would you say need attention the most?

...Somehow I doubt this is real (why would Target allow someone from corporate to come to this site), BUT something I would like, that I haven't heard of being on it, is the batches. With Project Viper being used at stores, and the goal is for TMs to pull product from the shelves, the fastest way to do this is an EXF batch. However, from what I can see, there is no way to access RF apps, therefore, no way to access your EXF batches.

So basically, a way to pull research/EXFs would be nice.

I guess I didn't think there was anything weird about responding till you mentioned it... but I actually enjoy this forum quite a bit. As for EXF, are you referring to creating a fill or pulling it from the stockroom? Tapping "Fill from stockroom" is the quickest way to create a batch, but the ability to work a pull batch (in the stockroom) won't be coming anytime soon.

 

[UIguy]

The only complaint I have is when the myWork app is running and the device locks after the two minute of non-activity, the scanner will not work, therefore you have to reboot the device. The only remedy I have found is to exit to the homescreen and then lock the device and then relaunch the app when you have to scan something. That is my only complaint. I also have minor ones, say as in when I scan a POG head to say print POG labels or REV labels, it doesn't give me that option, but the PDAs do. <---This is good when I have to print from a hip printer. I would also like to see more label options as in short or cosmetic size, not just generic or regular size. One more is when we tie something, there is no option drop a batch of price accuracy or revision peg labels as in RF apps on the PDA. Ok, one more I would also like to see a option print a item barcode on the white adhesive labels as well. The only way to these are currently under BCODE in RF apps. That's all for now.

Well, that's actually quite a bit

• This is the first I've heard of the scanner not working after the two minutes of non-activity (until you reboot). I'll investigate.
• You should be able to print POG and REV labels (if not now, then soon).
• The different label options that get displayed are based on what the original POG called for, so you'd never be able to print a cosmetic label for a box of Tide, but that option would be there for a cosmetic item.
• I thought price accuracy labels printed automatically (without having to drop a batch). Is this not the case?
• White ticket printing (BCODE) coming early next year.

 

[oath2order]

I guess I didn't think there was anything weird about responding till you mentioned it... but I actually enjoy this forum quite a bit. As for EXF, are you referring to creating a fill or pulling it from the stockroom? Tapping "Fill from stockroom" is the quickest way to create a batch, but the ability to work a pull batch (in the stockroom) won't be coming anytime soon.

That's what it is; yeah, I want to work the pull batches because backroom at my store doesn't like to do those. Any idea as to why that's not coming any time soon?

 

[UIguy]

I don't think its the actual device that is crashing but its like clockwork for me about an or so after I start in on the task list, I get that red exclamation point of death. And this afternoon, they just weren't connecting to the network. Frustrating when trying to work the drastic count report. You don't know if you actually got the count updated, and I didn't want to scan it again with a PDA.

Anyone else notice you can only have quantities of 99 or less? Sorry I have a 140 shower curtain liners on 8 pegs, but that is stupid. And why when you log into why don't we get a 10-key pad? Even for the searching we should have a 10-key pad option for keying DCPI's..

Ideally, the red exclamation mark would never come up, but soon, just touching it should "refresh" the page so you shouldn't have to restart the app. As for the shower curtains... isn't each peg hook considered a different location? If so, then ideally you could enter several smaller quantities. If it is indeed showing up as one pooled location, then you're right... the max input needs to be increased to 3-digits (which can be done in January).

The 10-key pad is an iOS limitation. I too prefer the 10-key, but there's no way (that I'm aware of) to offer that AND the alpha keyboard.

 

[UIguy]

I guess I didn't think there was anything weird about responding till you mentioned it... but I actually enjoy this forum quite a bit. As for EXF, are you referring to creating a fill or pulling it from the stockroom? Tapping "Fill from stockroom" is the quickest way to create a batch, but the ability to work a pull batch (in the stockroom) won't be coming anytime soon.

That's what it is; yeah, I want to work the pull batches because backroom at my store doesn't like to do those. Any idea as to why that's not coming any time soon?

Great question... the plan is to get all of the sales floor stuff on there before even thinking about stockroom functions. So; things like QMOS, PCV, SIM, DEFECTIVES were next in line, but in hopes to get the iPod to a place where it's the only device a sales floor team member would need all day, STO and SUBT will be added in January (with most remaining sales floor apps to come shortly after that).

 

[betterRedthanDead]

I haven't been on in awhile but I'm on In stocks mostly but I am the one who does PM work. Can't find it on My Device. Also why why why would they not iinclude MyFa on the new device?? LODs and EXECS are always calling out to us to check it because it's not on there.

 

[oath2order]

I guess I didn't think there was anything weird about responding till you mentioned it... but I actually enjoy this forum quite a bit. As for EXF, are you referring to creating a fill or pulling it from the stockroom? Tapping "Fill from stockroom" is the quickest way to create a batch, but the ability to work a pull batch (in the stockroom) won't be coming anytime soon.

That's what it is; yeah, I want to work the pull batches because backroom at my store doesn't like to do those. Any idea as to why that's not coming any time soon?

Great question... the plan is to get all of the sales floor stuff on there before even thinking about stockroom functions. So; things like QMOS, PCV, SIM, DEFECTIVES were next in line, but in hopes to get the iPod to a place where it's the only device a sales floor team member would need all day, STO and SUBT will be added in January (with most remaining sales floor apps to come shortly after that).

Any idea when the regular PDAs lose the WebApps, or is that not happening?

 

[Bosch]

I don't think its the actual device that is crashing but its like clockwork for me about an or so after I start in on the task list, I get that red exclamation point of death. And this afternoon, they just weren't connecting to the network. Frustrating when trying to work the drastic count report. You don't know if you actually got the count updated, and I didn't want to scan it again with a PDA.

Anyone else notice you can only have quantities of 99 or less? Sorry I have a 140 shower curtain liners on 8 pegs, but that is stupid. And why when you log into why don't we get a 10-key pad? Even for the searching we should have a 10-key pad option for keying DCPI's..

Ideally, the red exclamation mark would never come up, but soon, just touching it should "refresh" the page so you shouldn't have to restart the app. As for the shower curtains... isn't each peg hook considered a different location? If so, then ideally you could enter several smaller quantities. If it is indeed showing up as one pooled location, then you're right... the max input needs to be increased to 3-digits (which can be done in January).

The 10-key pad is an iOS limitation. I too prefer the 10-key, but there's no way (that I'm aware of) to offer that AND the alpha keyboard.

Refresh does nothing to fix red exclamation point, it has lost its connection and doesn't come back for a half hour or more. If it comes up at all, like today the actual device I had today never was able to pull the In-Stocks task list. Other devices had no issues, PDA or idevice though the other idevice on our team lost the list about a half hour later, never reconnecting even after rebooting it. .

And you can have multiple pegs all with the same number. Or dump bins, if the item is small easy to get a 100 of them. This is basic stuff and should have been caught in the beta.

They sleep almost instantly and take ages to come back up, slowing down any process you are using them for when you have to put them down, or you have to just scan things to keep them awake also slowing you down. Cause you are now afraid to put the device down cause it will be asleep by the time you pick it back up again.

They refuse to let you jump locations in a task list forcing you back not to the start of your list, but the first list if you have multiple TM's working. When you finish a list it leaves the last task completed looking to the user as open and uncompleted.

We need capacity as a valid reason to skip a task, since so many are wrong and counting them will cause issues so skipping for that reason is valid. Having ability to change the capacity on the fly would be awesome.

10-key pad iOS limitation, again should have been caught in the beta.

 

[Elandora]

My store rolled out for the first time today and i used it for price change. Overall i was actually pretty happy that the horror stories test stores told about got fixed. One confusing thing is how the PDAs would have N-Done to activate the workload at the end of the day, but these devices are confusing. It seems like i have to single activate X amount of items before the activate all option shows up.