How to Create a Missing Cable Report for the Electrical Team

Step-by-step guide on creating a missing cable report for the electrical team using the missing material report or purple tag tracker. Learn how to identify missing symbolic material, enter relevant details, and submit the report efficiently.

December 8, 2025 By Drew Stewart

In this guide, we'll learn how to complete a missing cable report for the electrical team using the missing material report or the purple tag tracker. This process helps track and document missing items, such as a kinetics extension cable, by entering key details like the reporter's name, location, item type, part numbers, and description.

This ensures accurate records and helps resolve material shortages efficiently.

Let's get started

We will begin creating a missing cable report for the electrical team, using the missing material report or the purple tag tracker. We will begin by identifying the reporter.

Step #1: Click "Reporter" — Click "Reporter"

Reporting is Drew Stewart, so I'll enter that. We will say 212 AOB.

Step #3: Click "Cell number" — Click "Cell number"

Step #4: Click relevant cell number — Click relevant cell number

Step #5: Click "type of missing material" — Click "type of missing material"

Type of missing item: we have missing symbolic material.

Step #6: Click which one applies — Click which one applies

Then we move on to the 461 or the 250 number. The number 250 appears here, shown as the PDP print: 250-01198.

Step #7: Drag "250-01198" — Drag "250-01198"

We'll type that in.

Step #8: Click "461/250 number" type or copy and paste print number. — Click "461/250 number" type or copy and paste print number.

Step #9: Identify cable tag in this example it is "461-00003 - MOT21 / P1" — Identify cable tag in this example it is "461-00003 - MOT21 / P1"

Just copy and paste that.

Step #10: Click "Kit/Tag number" then type Click "Kit/Tag number" then type copy and paste the tag numbercopy and paste the tag number — Click "Kit/Tag number" then type Click "Kit/Tag number" then type copy and paste the tag numbercopy and paste the tag number

It shows 31 here, which is the reference for the BOM.

Scroll up and locate number 31. It's right here. The description is: Kinetics extension cable with break, 10 meters.

Step #11: Locate the tag numbers description "Kinetix Extension Cable with Brake Wire 14 AWG" — Locate the tag numbers description "Kinetix Extension Cable with Brake Wire 14 AWG"

Step #12: Click "Description" — Click "Description"

Probable cause is missing in this example.

Step #14: Click "Probable cause" — Click "Probable cause"

Step #16: Click "quantity" — Click "quantity"

Quantity one. Symbolic part number: 320-00-528-10.

Step #18: Click on "320-00528-10" — Click on "320-00528-10"

Step #19: Drag "320-00528-10" — Drag "320-00528-10"

Step #20: Click "Symbotic part number" — Click "Symbotic part number"

Afterwards, we can submit. That's all we need to do.

Step #22: Click on "Submit" — Click on "Submit"