Managing Global Enumerations
The Manage Global Enumerations window allows you to create, edit, and delete value lists for use by attributes. Enumerations are useful for specifying selection lists that are commonly reused, such as colors, sizes, or other sets of options. Subenumerations can be created on enumerations to further limit the value list of the parent enumeration. For example, if the value list of the parent enumeration is red, blue, green, and brown, the value list of the subenumeration could be limited so that only green and brown are selectable values.
To access the Manage Global Enumerations window, click Manage Global Enumerations in the navigation pane on the left of the Type and Attribute Management utility. Global enumerations are displayed in a tree structure, grouped within enumeration organizers. All enumeration organizers are grouped beneath the Root organizer. Initially, the Root and PTC Enumerations organizers are present. Additional enumeration organizers and enumerations may also be present, depending on the PTC products and modules installed at your site. You must create the enumeration organizers and enumerations needed by your company.
The following actions are available from the right-click actions menu for enumeration organizers or enumerations in the left pane of the Manage Global Enumerations window:
• New Enumeration Organizer—Create a new enumeration organizer under the current enumeration organizer.
• View Information—Open the information page for the enumeration organizer or enumeration in view mode.
• New Enumeration—Create a new enumeration within this enumeration organizer.
• New Subenumeration—Create a new subenumeration under this enumeration.
• Edit—Open the information page for the enumeration organizer or enumeration in edit mode.
• Delete—Delete the selected enumeration organizer or enumeration.
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If you can see an enumeration organizer or enumeration, you can see all of its actions, even if you do not have permissions to perform these actions. This includes right-click actions and the actions menu on the information page. If you try to save a change, but you do not have permission to perform that action, the change is not saved and the following error message is shown: "ATTENTION: Secured Action. You do not have the necessary authorization for this operation. Contact your administrator if you believe you have received this message in error."
Before attempting multiple actions, it is recommended that you perform a trial action to ensure you have the correct permissions.
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