Define Alternate Parts in a Template Structure
Explanation
This activity is used to define an alternate part and its
structure in a
template structure. The defined alternate part will be the valid alternate for the
selected installed part in the structure. Note: The installed part does
not necessarily have to be the prime part of the selected template structure. When you define a template alternate,
the
following will take place in the system:
- The defined template alternate will be updated on
the
Part/Alternate Parts tab.
- The defined alternate part revision will be updated
on the
Engineering Part Revision/Alternate Part Revisions tab.
If access control is established for the template
structure, the defined alternate part, the structure to which it belongs, and all
the sub parts
in the selected structure will receive access from the template part level on
which the alternate part and its structure was created. When an alternate part
and its structure is removed, the access for the
alternate will be removed, provided that the alternate part does not exist elsewhere
in the structure as a serial or an alternate part.
Alternatively, if access rights are distributed to a template part after the alternate and belonging structure is defined, the alternate part
and its structure will be updated with the
distributed access groups.
Prerequisites
- A serial template structure must exist.
- Interchangeability codes must be
defined. For more information, view the online help file, Define Interchangeability
Codes.
- If the interchangeability rule Qualified
Interchangeable is to be used, an approval template must have been
defined in IFS/Document Management. For more information, view the online
help file, Define Approval Template.
System Effects
- The
alternates are available to use in serial structures. The configurations of
serial structures will be validated against this definition.
- The
template alternate and its structure will receive access rights from the template part
for which the alternate is created. Furthermore, when an alternate part and the structure to which it belongs is removed from the
template structure, the access for the part will be removed, provided that the alternate part does not exist elsewhere in the
structure as a part or alternate.
- If
the alternate part has serials connected to its structure, the top serials
will be updated with the new access and will be spread to the serials below in
the structure.
- The
serial access for disconnected serials of the given template structure will
be updated for the alternate part.
- You
can view the access granted to the alternate part and its structure on the
Serial
Structure Template/Part Access tab and on the
Template Structure
Navigator/Part Access tab.
- The definition of template alternates in IFS/Vehicle Information Management will result in automatic creation
both in IFS/Part Catalog and in IFS/PDM-Configuration.
- The table below indicates how the
alternates will be created automatically in IFS/Part Catalog and IFS/PDM-Configuration:
Interchangeability
Rule |
Description |
One Way
Interchangeable |
An
alternate will automatically be created that is Not Fully
Interchangeable in
Part/Alternate
Parts and in
Engineering
Part Revision/Alternate Part Revisions. |
Two Way Interchangeable |
Will
result in a Fully Interchangeable alternate in
Part/Alternate
Parts
and in Engineering
Part Revision/Alternate Part Revisions. |
Not Interchangeable |
Nothing will be created in
Part/Alternate
Parts or
in
Engineering
Part Revision/Alternate Part Revisions. |
Interchangeable as a Set |
Same as One Way Interchangeable. |
Qualified Interchangeable |
Same as Two Way Interchangeable,
but the alternate must be approved before the structure can be set to
status Operational. For more information, view the online help file, Approve
or Reject Structure Change. |
Window
Serial
Structure Template
Template Structure Navigator
Template Alternates
Related Window Descriptions
Serial
Structure Template/Alternates/Template Alternates
Template
Structure Navigator/Alternates/Template Alternates
Part/Alternate Parts
Engineering
Part Revision/Alternate Part Revisions
Configuration Basic Data/Interchangeability
Code
Procedure
Use this procedure to define a template alternate and the structure to which
it belongs, for a
part installed in the selected template structure.
- Open one of the following windows, and query (F3) for
the part for which you want to register a template alternate.
-
Serial Structure Template
-
Template Structure Navigator
- Template Alternates
- Click the
Alternates tab and then
click the
Template Alternates sub tab. Note: This step
can be excluded for the
Template Alternates window.
- Create a new record (F5).
Note: In the
Template Alternates window, you must enter a value for the Template Part
Number field. Use the List of Values to select the template structure in
which the
alternate is to be installed.
- In the Installed Part Number field, enter a value for the part, for
which the template alternate an its structure is been defined. Use the List
of Values to select a value.
- Enter the interchangeability code for the alternate
part in the Interchangeability Code field. If you select the Qualified
Interchangeable
interchangeability code, it is recommended to enter a value in
the Approval Template field.
- In the Alternate Part Number field, enter the
part number for the alternate part.
- Save the record (F12).