Configurable Module Shortcut Menu Actions

Action

Description

Edit

Edit parts, part attributes, or both using the following actions:

• Edit

• Edit Multiple Objects

• Edit Attribute Value

• Edit Usage Attributes

• Edit Common Attributes

Assign Item Expression

Opens the Assign Basic Expression window, where you can assign expressions to parts or configurable parts.

For more information, see Defining Basic Expressions.

Assign Usage Expression

Opens the Assign Basic Expression window, where you can assign expressions to usage links of configurable parts.

For more information, see Defining Basic Expressions.

Edit > Edit Common Attributes

Opens the Edit Common Attributes window, where you can edit the attributes that are common of an object.

For more information, see Editing Common Attributes.

Edit > Rename

Opens the Rename window, where you can select an object to rename its name, number, and possibly the owning organization.

For more information, see Renaming an Object.

Edit > Move

Opens the Move window, where you can:

• Move all versions of the object among products and libraries.

• View versions of an object within the same product or library.

• Move selected versions of an object within the same product or library.

For more information, see Moving an Object.

Show/Hide Related Information

Allows you to display or hide the related information.

For more information, see Product Family Structure Tab.

Manage Replacements

Opens the Manage Replacementswindow, where you can define alternate and substitute replacements for the selected parts in the tree structure.

For more information, see Managing Replacement Parts.

Show/Hide Replacements

Displays or hides the replacement parts for the parts selected in the tree structure.

For more information, see Replacing a Part with an Existing Part or Alternate/Substitute.

Replace

Allows you to replace the selected parts in the tree structure using any of the following options:

• Replace with Alternate/Substitute

• Replace with Existing

• Replace with New

For more information on these options, see Managing Replacement Parts.

Update Baseline Objects

Opens the Update Baseline Objects window, where you can update module variants or lower level part revisions that are associated with a variant baseline. For more information, see Update Baseline Objects Window.

Remove Baseline Objects

Removes module variants associated with the variant baseline.

After you remove the association between the variant baseline and the module variants, the configurable part structure displays the appropriate revision of that module variant.

In the multi-lot mode, the status of the baseline member link is reverted to Not Defined. In single lot mode, the Status field is blank since the link is removed.

You cannot use this action for the locked baseline objects.

Select Module Variants

Allows you to create manual selection rules that select module variants to define a variant specification solution. As a result:

• This selects the module variants for each of the affected parent configurable modules that are currently defined by the manual selection filtering.

• The affected parent configurable modules that are currently using option filtering are switched to using manual selection filtering. Also, you can create manual selection rules for each of these configurable modules to select all their children that were previously selected using option filtering, and to select the user-selected module variants.

• The module variants appear as manually-selected items in the Modules tab of the Matrix Editor and on the Structure tab of the Product Family variant information page.

• This action is available only for module variants that are not selected for the applicable variant specifications.

• All of the selected module variants are applicable, that is, their affected parent configurable modules are also included for the affected variant specifications.

• When you perform this action, all the affected variant specifications are automatically checked out and checked in.

Unselect Module Variants

Allows you to create manual selection rules that unselect module variants to define a variant specification solution. As a result:

• This unselects module variants for each of the affected parent configurable modules that are currently defined by manual selection filtering.

• The affected parent configurable modules that are currently using option filtering are switched to using manual selection filtering. Also, you can create manual selection rules for each of these configurable modules to unselect all their children that were previously unselected using option filtering, and to unselect user-selected module variants.

• The selected module variants appear as manually-excluded items in the Modules tab of the Matrix Editor and on the Structure tab of the Product Family variant information page.

• This action is available only for module variants that are applicable for selected variant specifications.

• All of the selected module variants are applicable, that is, their affected parent configurable modules are also included for the affected variant specifications.

• When you perform this action, all the affected variant specifications are automatically checked out and checked in.

Include Configurable Modules

Allows you to create manual inclusion rules for the selected configurable modules of the variant specifications. As a result:

• For all the affected parent configurable modules that are currently using manual filtering, this action allows you to create manual rules for each of them to include the selected configurable modules.

• The affected parent configurable modules that are currently using option filtering are switched to using manual selection filtering. Also, you can create manual selection rules for each of these configurable modules to include all their children that were previously included using option filtering, and to include user-selected configurable modules.

• The selected module variants appear as manually-included items in the Modules tab of the Matrix Editor and on the Structure tab of the variant specification information page.

• This action is available only for configurable modules that are excluded for the selected variant specifications.

• All of the selected configurable modules are applicable, that is, the affected parent configurable modules are also included for the affected variant specifications.

• When you perform this action, all the affected variant specifications are automatically checked out and checked in.

Exclude Configurable Modules

Allows you to create manual exclusion rules for the selected configurable modules of the variant specifications. As a result:

• For all the affected parent configurable modules that are currently using manual filtering, this action allows you to create manual rules for each of them to exclude the selected configurable modules.

• The affected parent configurable modules that are currently using option filtering are switched to using manual filtering. Also, you can create manual rules for each of these configurable modules to include all their children that were previously included using option filtering, and to exclude user-selected configurable modules.

• The selected module variants appear as manually-excluded items in the Modules tab of the Matrix Editor and on the Structure tab of the variant specification information page.

• This action is available only for configurable modules that are included for the selected variant specifications.

• All of the selected configurable modules are applicable, that is, the affected parent configurable modules are also included for the affected variant specifications.

• When you perform this action, all the affected variant specifications are automatically checked out and checked in.

Use Option Filter

Allows you to switch the configurable modules of the variant specifications from using manual selection filtering to using option filtering. The affected configurable modules appear as using option filtering in the Modules tab of the Matrix Editor and the Structure tab on the variant specification information page.

• This action is available for configurable modules and their children that are defined by the manual selection filtering, and only when the corresponding variant specification is not already checked out by another user.

• All of the selected configurable modules are applicable, that is, their affected parent configurable modules are also included for the affected variant specifications.

• When you perform this action, all the affected variant specifications are automatically checked out and checked in.

• For all selected configurable modules that are currently using manual selection filtering, this action only disables and does not delete the manual selection rules, so that the rules are available if you want to switch back to using manual selection.

For the following actions, some of the module variants that you have selected are ignored by these actions if the affected variant specifications are checked out by other users or if you do not have the required permissions to update the affected variant specifications:

• Select Module Variants

• Unselect Module Variants

• Include Configurable Modules

• Exclude Configurable Modules

New Activity

Project managers use plan activities to schedule work, calculate the overall status of a project or program, and track progress.

For more information, see Plan Activities.

New Change Notice

Creates a change notice while automatically populating the affected objects and impacted objects in the default change task. For more information, see Creating a Change Notice.