Category: Configuring Structure
What is Incremental Change?
Incremental Change collects structure changes like addition, removal, changes to attachment etc. These structure changes are configured collectively when incremental change (collection object) is configured by revision rule based on its effectivity. Several unrelated structure changes can be configured by this method.
They are mostly used with large, flat structures where configuring with revision effectivity is not suitable. While configuring with revision effectivity, with each combination of change (addition, removal etc.) a new revision will be created. Tracking of these changes will also be difficult for large sub-assembly at the same level. ... Continue Reading
What is Revision Effectivity?
Based on the rule entry (effective date or unit numbers ) in the revision rule and with specified date, unit number or the combination , an effective revision is configured in the structure. Revision effectivity data is stored on attached release status object of the revision.
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What is Revision Rule?
Revision Rule sets the list of criteria to select an appropriate revision of components (based on rule entry) to configure the product structure.
There are two steps required before item can be configured by revision rule: ... Continue Reading
Occurrence Effectivity
Date, unit number or the combination is specified in the revision rule to configure occurrence by their effective date or units. Occurrence effectivity information is stored in effectivity object. This object is referenced by occurrence(s) in structure.
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