This preference defines the attribute mapping name for the automatic part allocation. For one-to-one attribute mapping, you can specify the value in the following format: Part_Usage_Attribute:Operation_Usage_Attribute. For example, Part_Usage:Operation_Usage. The values indicate the mapping between the part usages and the operation usages. You must specify the part usage attribute before the operation usage attribute. The default value is VMS:VMS.

This preference defines the delimiter for range-based actions such as an automatic part allocation and Generate Downstream Structure. The default delimiter is > (greater than). Specify a value in the value field. For example: 1>9 means that the range is 1 to 9. You can specify the delimiter of your choice. For example, -, @, >>, and so on. When the value field is empty, the system considers that no range is specified.

For more information, see Generating a Downstream Structure by Defining a Range and Automatically Allocating Parts to an Operation in PPB Using Attribute Mapping and Range-Based Approach.

This preference controls whether occurrences are automatically created with new usages. When set to Yes, the default, inserting new or existing parts in Associative Part Structure Browser or inserting new or existing resources in Manufacturing Resource Browser automatically creates occurrences.

This preference controls the behavior of the Update Position action during playback. When set to Yes, the Update Position action automatically saves the position of entities during the playback without opening the Update Position dialog box. Applies to: Resources, EPM documents, Operated-on parts, Co-produce usage parts, and Raw materials. When set to No (default), the Update Position dialog box lets you edit and save the new position.

This preference controls the creation of standard control characteristics in Windchill. When set to Yes, the standard control characteristics are automatically created when the CAD model is checked in with the annotations designated as control characteristics. When set to No, the standard control characteristics must be manually created in Windchill. The default value is No.

This preference controls whether automatic allocation happens when you use the Auto Allocate Parts action available in the tree picker toolbar of the Process Plan Browser. When set to Yes, the system automatically allocates new parts to operations based on the previous allocation of parts. When set to No, the system does not allow allocations from multiple assemblies to a process plan.

For more information, seeAutomatically Allocate Parts To An Existing Process Plan Based On Derived Logic.

Enables automatic part allocations in the Process Plan Browser.

Controls the visibility of extended data, control characteristics, Made From parts, Made From Sets, and co-produce objects in the BOM Transformer. Select any of the following values for Extended Data, Control Characteristic, and Made From.

The working of the Collect All Latest Alternate Parts action depends on the value that you set in this preference. The available values for this preference are All, None and Initially Selected Only. The Include All Collected Latest Alternate Parts preference is an action specific preference. For example, if you want to collect the parent parts of the alternate part using the Revise action, you must set appropriate value in the Include All Collected Latest Alternate Parts preference located at the following location in the Preference Management Utility:Revise > Collector > Include All Collected Latest Alternate Parts.

Specifies the criteria to reconcile differences between upstream parts and downstream parts. The default value is Out of Date. For more information, click Detecting and Resolving Discrepancies in the BOM Transformer.

Specifies the criteria to synchronize the upstream structure with the equivalent downstream structure when using the Synchronize Structures action. You can select multiple values as criteria. The default value is All Changes.

For more information, see Synchronizing Upstream and Downstream Structures.

Allows you to specify if the selected configuration specification is applied to the originally selected items. The default value is No.

Tracks the usage history of Made From parts through a change notice. When set to Yes, you must specify a valid change notice or change task number when adding, updating, replacing, or removing a Made From part from the associated finished part.

This preference is applicable to the following actions:

For parts that are subcontracted in a structure, set the availability of the children for the subcontracted parts. When set to No, all children of subcontracted parts are available. When set to Yes, no children of subcontracted parts are available. The unavailable parts appear dimmed. The default is No.

For parts that are supplied in a structure, sets the availability of the children for the supplied parts. When set to No, all children of supplied parts are available. When set to Yes, no children of supplied parts are available. The unavailable parts appear dimmed. The default is No.

Allows users to enable or disable autosuggestion when searching for an object. Autosuggestion is enabled by default.

Specifies the maximum number of autosuggested options that should appear when searching for an object. The default value is 50.

Specifies the default effectivity date when setting the filter criteria for editing plant information in the Manage Department Information window. Set the effectivity date to today or none. The default value is Today.

Determines whether discrepancies are highlighted in the structure and whether the structure is expanded with search results selected for a discrepancy search. You can launch a discrepancy search from the Compare Structures panel or the Reconciliation actions such as Review and Resolve Discrepancies, Detect Discrepancies, and Reconciliation Assistance. When this preference is set to Yes, the system highlights all discrepancies in the structure, expands the structure, and selects all search results for a discrepancy search. When set to No, the system does not highlight the discrepancies in the structure or expand the structure, and no search results are selected for a discrepancy search.

Specifies the types of department data that apply when creating department data objects from Windchill. This preference is available at User and Site levels.

Specifies whether department data objects can be created automatically when creating plant data or through a loader after creating the plant data. Select Yes to create the objects automatically or No to create the objects through a loader. The default value is No.

Specifies the part types for which department data objects can be created as per the mapped plant data type. The mapping between the department data type and plant data type is defined in the preference: Department Data Types for Plant Data.

Specifies the types of department data objects that can be created for each plant data type. The plant data types are listed based on the values entered in the preference: Views with Specific Plant Data.

Specifies the types of department data objects that should be created for a part type. The part types are listed based on the values entered in the preference: Part Types for Creating Department Data.

Allows the user to specify which department data objects related to the selected parts or plant data objects should be displayed in the collector window by default.

Allows user to specify the criteria to limit the creation of self-equivalent links only when using the Create Self-Equivalent Links action. The default value for this preference is null.

Specify the value in the following format: Type:<Part Type1,PartType2>. For example: Type:wt.part.WTSubPart1. Self-equivalent link is not created for the part type specified in the value field of preference. In the first example, self-equivalent link is not created for the part type WTSubPart1 and the child parts under it.

Specifies whether the equivalent links to self, existing for downstream iterations reused as is from upstream, should be updated automatically or manually by end users when there is a change in the upstream structure. Valid option is Manual or Automatic. In the Automatic mode, the system does not create self-equivalent links for all the nodes in the structure. The link is created and maintained only for the first-level reused nodes when using structure transformation actions.

Allows user to stop expanding the structure by given criteria. Specify the value in the following format:

For example, Type:wt.part.WTSubPart1

Specifies whether to generate the cache for BOM Transformer and SAPSB sessions. The default value is No. This user level preference controls the default behavior for handling structure content to improve BOM Transformer and SAPSB performance.

Specifies whether to reuse the existing downstream object when the New Downstream Part action is invoked. The default value is Yes. When set to No the action does not reuse existing downstream objects. When set to Yes the action reuses existing downstream objects.

Specifies whether to consider the filter criteria for review and update actions while updating the downstream structure. The default value is No.

Some of the review actions are:

Specifies whether to replace a downstream part with a replaced upstream part. The default value is No.

Select Yes to replace the selected part in the downstream structure with:

Select No if you do not want to replace the downstream part with the replaced upstream part.

Enables the Plant Filter tab in the Edit Filter dialog box in BOM Transformer and SAPSB. This tab allows plant filtering in BOM Transformer and SAPSB. This is a site level preference. The default value is No. If set to Yes, the Plant Filter tab is visible in BOM Transformer and SAPSB.

This is a site level preference. The Assign Plant action is available only if you specify a valid value for this preference. The default value is null. The preference defines the plant data object types for different views. You can specify the value in two formats:

Defines the list of applicable views available in BOM Transformer and SAPSB components. The data is entered as a list of comma-separated values. For example: Design, Manufacturing, Service

Defines a list of valid plant-specific views. The listed views represent the actual plants in an organization. Specify plant objects as a comma-separated list. For example: Plant1, Plant2, Plant3. The behavior of this preference depends on the values configured in the List of Applicable Views preference. The default value is null, in which case, the views specified in List of Applicable Views preference is considered.

Allow loading of part structure either automatically or on need basis in the Visualization tab of Process Plan Browser. The default value is No. When set to No, the part structure is loaded automatically. When set to Yes, a manual action is required to load the part structure. Use this option when you want to load the part structure on a need basis and prevent performance issues, especially when loading large part structures. Click Load the structure in Creo View in the Visualization tab toolbar to load the part structure manually. The Load the structure in Creo View action is disabled when the preference is set to No.

This is a site level preference. The default value is Yes. If set to Yes, the occurrences with the same absolute position as some occurrence on the other side of the structure is considered as consumed.

Select True if you want the system to display every iteration of an object that is linked to the selected object.

Select False if you do not want the system to display every iteration of an object that is linked to the selected object. Only the iteration that matches the configuration specification is displayed.

When set to True processes downstream usages for which at least one valid occurrence link can be found to an upstream BOM.

This preference synchronizes the configuration specification and filters between Upstream and Downstream based on the selected options.