Some actions require that you supply details, such as the text of a message or the number of a particular step. For example, when you associate the "Assign a shop floor status to the intraoperation step" action with an action rule, you must specify which shop floor status is to be assigned when the action is invoked during data collection.

Other actions, such as the "Place the job on hold" action, do not require action details. When an action rule that is associated with this action is found to be true, for example "when Defect Code equals Severe" then "Place the job on hold," the status of the job is automatically changed to On Hold.