Lot Sizes Registry entry

Defines the type and subtype (labels which display as the Sample Menu entries), the number of records to be selected randomly for a sample, and how many records can fail the quality assurance process before the entire batch is rejected.

Usage

This Registry entry is assigned at the system level only:

Key	System
Key 1	System
Key 2	Setting
Key 3	Lot Sizes
Key 4	type
Key 5	sub-type
Value	Batchsize-SampleSize-RejectLevel;Batchsize-SampleSize-RejectLevel

where:

type	can be any term that describes the type of record to be sampled. For example, an entry could be specified where type is Ordinary, with another entry where type is Endorsements. Ordinary would represent a standard record and Endorsements might be records that have had legal changes made to them. Typically, you would want to specify a Registry entry that samples more records of the Endorsements type due to their legal nature.
sub-type	can be any term that describes the number of records to be sampled, e.g. Maximum, Normal, Minimum. The actual number of records included in a sample is specified using this Registry entry, and could be any number. The sub-types are in a logical hierarchy in which Maximum is the greatest number of records sampled and Minimum is the least number of records sampled. As you become more confident that the records in batches (typically provided by a third party organisation) are passing the QA process, you would sample fewer records.
Batchsize-SampleSize-RejectLevel;Batchsize-SampleSize-RejectLevel; Batchsize-SampleSize-RejectLevel...	a semicolon separated list of batch sizes, sample sizes and the number of records which can fail the QA process before the entire batch is rejected. When the Menu option specified by this Registry entry is selected, the Batchsize that is most immediately greater than the actual number of records in the batch is applied. For example, if the following sequence is specified: 50-10-2;100-20-4;500-100-20;1000-200-40;5000-1000-200;10000-2000-400 and your batch has 150 records, the third Batchsize-SampleSize-RejectLevel sequence (500-100-20) will apply. 100 of the 150 records in your batch will be sampled.

Example

This Registry entry specifies a type called Ordinary, a subtype called Normal, and a series of Batchsize-SampleSize-RejectLevel entries. If there are 8000 records in the batch, the Batchsize-SampleSize-RejectLevel 10000-2000-400 will apply, and a sample of 2000 records will be created, allowing 400 records to fail the QA process before the entire batch is rejected:

Key	Setting
Key 1	System
Key 2	Setting
Key 3	Lot Sizes
Key 4	Ordinary
Key 5	Normal
Value	50-10-2;100-20-4;500-100-20; 1000-200-40;5000-1000-200;10000-2000-400

This Registry entry specifies a type called Ordinary, a subtype called Maximum, and a series of Batchsize-SampleSize-RejectLevel entries. If there are 8000 records in the batch, the Batchsize-SampleSize-RejectLevel 10000-5000-400 will apply, and a sample of 5000 records will be created, allowing 400 records to fail the QA process before the entire batch is rejected:

Key	Setting
Key 1	System
Key 2	Setting
Key 3	Lot Sizes
Key 4	Ordinary
Key 5	Maximum
Value	50-25-2;100-50-4;500-250-20;1000-500-40;5000-2500-200;10000-5000-400

This Registry entry specifies a type called Ordinary, a subtype called Minimum, and a series of Batchsize-SampleSize-RejectLevel entries. If there are 8000 records in the batch, the Batchsize-SampleSize-RejectLevel 10000-1000-400 will apply, and a sample of 1000 records will be created, allowing 400 records to fail the QA process before the entire batch is rejected:

Key	Setting
Key 1	System
Key 2	Setting
Key 3	Lot Sizes
Key 4	Ordinary
Key 5	Minimum
Value	50-5-2;100-10-4;500-50-20;1000-100-40;5000-500-200;10000-1000-400