A textile machine having a plurality of workstations, more particularly spinning positions, the textile machine comprising - a textile machine control unit, which is designed to capture different production figures of the individual workstations and to check whether the production figures exceed specified limit values, - an input unit for inputting the limit values and selecting at least one production figure to be checked from the set of production figures to be checked, - an indicating unit which is connected to the textile machine control unit for the optical output of the result of the check of the selected production figure to be checked, of which there is at least one, for exceeding the assigned predetermined limit value, wherein the indicating unit has a plurality of signal units , which are arranged at the respective workstations , are associated with the individual workstations and are designed such that the result of the check of the production figure to be examined, of which at least one is selected, for exceeding the allocated, specified limit value is indicated by means of different light signals, wherein the textile machine has a service unit which can be moved along the workstations , for automatically detecting workstations in need of maintenance and automatically performing maintenance work, wherein signal units are arranged at the workstations in such a way and the light signals are produced at said signal units in such a way that said light signals are used by an optical detection device of the service unit for the automatic detection of workstations in need of maintenance and/or for alignment relative to the workstation . - a textile machine control unit, which is designed to capture different production figures of the individual workstations and to check whether the production figures exceed specified limit values, - an input unit for inputting the limit values and selecting at least one production figure to be checked from the set of production figures to be checked, - an indicating unit which is connected to the textile machine control unit for the optical output of the result of the check of the selected production figure to be checked, of which there is at least one, for exceeding the assigned predetermined limit value, wherein the indicating unit has a plurality of signal units , which are arranged at the respective workstations , are associated with the individual workstations and are designed such that the result of the check of the production figure to be examined, of which at least one is selected, for exceeding the allocated, specified limit value is indicated by means of different light signals, wherein the textile machine has a service unit which can be moved along the workstations , for automatically detecting workstations in need of maintenance and automatically performing maintenance work, wherein signal units are arranged at the workstations in such a way and the light signals are produced at said signal units in such a way that said light signals are used by an optical detection device of the service unit for the automatic detection of workstations in need of maintenance and/or for alignment relative to the workstation . <EOS>