Support for Cascading Attributes in MPMLink

Windchill+ User Help > Additional Capabilities > Manufacturing Process Management > Common Manufacturing Processes > Support for Cascading Attributes in MPMLink

Cascading attributes occur when rules are defined that cause the values selected for one attribute to determine the available values for another attribute. For more information, see the following topics:

• Cascading Attributes Tab

• Creating a New Cascading Attribute Rule

In MPMLink, the support for cascading attributes is available in the following user interfaces:

Object Type	Supported User Interfaces
Process Plan	• New Process Plan • Edit Process Plan • Save As in Process Plan Browser
Operation	• New Operation • Edit Operation
Standard Control Characteristics	• New Standard Control Characteristic • Edit Standard Control Characteristic
Resources	• Create Resource • Edit Resource

View as a Driver Attribute for Creating Cascading Attribute Rule

In MPMLink, the View attribute (Design, Manufacturing, Service) is supported as a driver attribute for creating cascading attribute rules for the following object types and user interfaces:

Object Type	Supported User Interfaces
Process Plan	New Process Plan, Edit Process Plan, Save As, and Save As for Variant
Operation	New Operation and Edit Operation
Sequence	Insert New Sequence