Troubleshooting why a block isn't mining

Relates to versions - 1.7.1577

Throughout using Spry to schedule the lifespan of a mine, there may be some occasions where the results are unexpected. In the below example the blocks should be mined strip by strip, however there is one block that is not acting as expected. To troubleshoot what is going on behind the scenes:

1. Set the animation to a point where you would expect the issue block to already be mined
   
   
   
   
2. Click the dropdown menu next to the Run button (green arrow at the top left) and run with snapshot
   
   
   
   
3. Set the Show On dropdown to current animation date and click add snapshot
   
   
   
   
4. Once it has run go back to the animation tab, right click the trouble block, hover over the Source Task - Block <Process> and click Find Snapshot Usages
   
   
   
   
5. Double click the right pointing arrow at the top left of the tree structure
   
   
   
   
6. If the block is unreleased you should be able to see any dependency names that are causing it to be unreleased under Predecessors, or any constraints that are causing it to be unreleased under Constraints
   
   
   
   If the block is released and still not mining then the problem is to do with the priorities that are given to the equipment and the source path needs to be adjusted.

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