Activity Area Properties

When you select an activity area in the 3D scene, or select a single activity area in the Activity Areas tab grid, its properties appear in the side panel. These properties define the activity area's behaviour, scheduling context, and reporting configuration.

Property	Description
Name	Defines the activity area’s name. Used for identification throughout the application, schedule, and reports. Can be edited, such as to conform to site naming conventions or operational context.
Note	A free-text field for adding comments or tags. Notes can be referenced in filters and annotation expressions using the ActivityAreaNote field.
Pit	The pit that the activity area belongs to. This is assigned during creation and cannot be changed. It determines which pit limits apply and how material is routed in the material flow diagram.
Mining Level	The bench or elevation level that the activity area is assigned to. Controls the depth of the solid and affects dependencies, scheduling, and reporting. Can be changed after creation.
Activity	The activity type (e.g. Mining, Drilling, Charging). Determines whether the area moves material, how it’s scheduled, and which fields are evaluated. Can be changed after creation.
Moves Material	Indicates whether the activity area moves material (digs material from the ground). This is set by the activity type in Config and cannot be edited per area. Affects overlap behaviour and destination assignment.
Resources	The equipment assigned to perform the activity. Multiple resources can be assigned.
Rate Factor	A multiplier that adjusts the production rate for the assigned resource. Useful for tuning durations or modelling equipment performance.
Delay Until	A date that delays the start of the activity area. The area won’t be scheduled before this date, regardless of dependencies.
Destinations	The destination(s) for material mined from the activity area. Can be manually overridden to bypass Product Optimiser decisions.
Lock	Prevents changes to the activity area. Locked areas cannot be edited, reassigned, or affected by external updates (e.g. grade control or block model changes).
Calculation Mode	Controls how reserving is applied to the activity area. Instant: Reserves are calculated immediately when the area is created or edited. On Demand: Reserves are only calculated when manually triggered. Useful for large areas or mined-out zones where reserving is not immediately required. On Demand mode improves performance and allows deferred evaluation.
Reserve Status	Indicates whether the activity area has been successfully evaluated. Evaluated: Reserves have been calculated and the area is schedulable. Not Evaluated: The area may be missing required inputs (e.g. mining level, topography) or has encountered an error during solid formation.
Dependency Status	Indicates whether dependencies have been calculated. Calculated means the area’s sequencing rules are active and validated.