To open structures, you can do one of the following:You can use the Product Workbench to view serial, date, revision, and unit effective structures as well as create and edit all but the serial effective structures.
The structures that exist for an item are listed as children nodes under the item node in the favorites list and/or the item search results windows.
To open structures, you can do one of the following:Double click the structure node: Default values for explosion criterion are used to explode the structure. For unit and serial effective structures, user is required to provide unit number/serial number during this action.
Select structure node and right click Open action. Default values for explosion criterion are used to explode the structure. For unit and serial effective structures, user is required to provide unit number/serial number during this action.
Select structure node and right click Open with action. A dialog is opened up with default values for the explosion criterion. User can change these values for exploding the structure against a different criterion.
The structure is exploded according to the explosion criteria, and is displayed in a new window. This window provides a multi-level view of the exploded structure.
Change the selection in any of the following context switchers to change the information seen in the structure window as follows:
Revision:
This poplist lists all the revisions for the end item that have and have not been implemented. Based on the selection in this poplist, revision specific information changes appropriately. If the selected revision was an unimplemented revision, the value selected in the change order poplist will reflect the change order against the unimplemented item revision.
Date:
Specify the date on which the structure needs to be exploded. Based on the selected date, the selection in revision poplist also changes to the revision effective on the selected date.
Search Criteria: This poplist lists the criteria templates created by administrator as well as the user for the structure type. On selecting a criteria template, only those components that satisfy the criteria are listed in the structure. Intermediate nodes are listed even though they do not satisfy the criteria. This functionality is especially useful to filter only relevant components in a bill having a large number of components.
Display Formats: This poplist lists the display formats created by administrator as well as the user for the structure type. On selecting a value, the columns selected in the format are displayed for the structure. This reduces the clutter in the UI by displaying only that information that the user wants to view.
Filter: This drop list determines which rows to display based on the effective dating. Options include all dates, current and future dates, or the current date only.
Unit Number From:
This context switcher appears only in context of a unit effective structure and lists different unit numbers. User can choose a value to show only those components that are effective from the selected unit number.
Changes: This poplist contains the following values:
Current: This value is selected by default when a structure is exploded. On selecting this value, all the implemented components/information as on the explosion date are shown
Specific change order number: On selecting a pending change order, the structure is shown in the redline mode. The changes are shown highlighted as per the display scheme. e.g. a newly added component is shown in blue color. Based on the effectivity date of the selected change order, the selection in the item revision poplist changes appropriately.
Current and Pending: Selecting this value shows all the implemented information as well as pending changes. The pending changes could have been specified through multiple change orders. The pending changes are shown in redline mode.
Structure information is organized on different tabs in the 'Details' window:
Overview tab
Users need to select a subassembly node in the structure window to enable the structure radio button and then select the radio button. For the leaf nodes in a structure, the radio option is greyed out since they do not have a structure underneath them.
Basic structure header information like structure type, structure name, effectivity control, description and assembly type (engineering/manufacturing) is displayed. In case of a structure referencing another one, the organization and item fields in the common structure section are populated.
Users with edit privileges on the selected item can modify the structure description on this tab. Users can also navigate to html structure details pages by clicking the hyperlink against the structure name.
Effectivity tab
Effectivity information represents the rules that govern whether a component is active in the structure hierarchy.
The effectivity from and to information for the component (subassembly as well as leaf nodes) selected in structure window is shown on this TAB. The data type for effectivity information is dependent on the effectivity control for the structure as follows:
Date Effective Structure - Date.
Revision Effective Structure - Item revisions of component's immediate parent.
Serial Effective Structure - Serial numbers of the end item
Unit Effective Structure - Unit numbers of the end item.
Attributes tab
This tab shows the structure and component attributes (both seeded and user-defined) in a hierarchical view under the "structure" and "component" nodes respectively.
To view structure attributes, select a subassembly node in the structure and check the structure checkbox on the attribute tab. A new node "structure" will appear on the UI and user can expand the node to view different structure pages/attributes.
To view component attributes, select a component (subassembly or leaf level nodes) in the structure and check the component checkbox on the attribute tab. A new node "component" will appear on the UI and user can expand the node to view different component pages/attributes.
Remaining tabs:
The following tabs function the same for items and structures. For a description of each tab, see: Viewing and Editing Item Information within Item Management.
Revision
Where Used
Attachments
Change Management
Relationship