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The figure is a good description of the high level process. However, to understand what happens inside a baggage handling system (BHS) it is necessary with a more detailed understanding of the steps 2, 3, 4 and 5.
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Events and timestamps
It is necessary to collect data about a bag from many places in the baggage process to be able to:
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All further discussion here is based on data elements defined by the Airport Data Dictionary, Mapping from IATA data formats are documented here: Mapping of IATA (telex) baggage data formats to ADD
Timestamp | Comment | 1 | BagTagPrinted | BTPRTBTPRTBTPRTNot all bag tags printed are actually used on baggage that are checkedBagManualCheckedBagSbdChecked
| BACIT | As above.Can happen several times for a bag, typically from a self service baggage drop (SBD). | 1 | BhsAcceptBagBTPRTBTPRTBhsSecScanStartBTPRTBTPRTWith multi level security this can occur several times.BhsSecScanFinishedBTPRTBTPRTWith multi level security this can occur several times.BhsSecScanRejectedBTPRTBTPRTBagSecScreenRejected | nopanel | true |
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With multi level security this can occur several times.BhsBagToMCSBTPRTBTPRTThis can occur several times.BhsBagFromMCSBTPRTBTPRTThis can occur several times.BhsBagToEBSBTPRTBTPRTMost likely only once.BhsBagFromEBSBTPRTBTPRTMost likely only once.BhsDeliverBag | BABFTBABFTBABFTBagFromBHSBTPRTBTPRTBagOnAircraftBAOATBAOATBAOATBagOffAircraftBAUATBAUATBAUATBATTTBATTTBATTTBATPTBATPTBATPT |
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Durations
Based on the events and timestamps above the following durations have been defined.
Counts
The following baggage related counts have been defined:
Bag status indicators
The following boolean indicators have been defined: