Process Plan Information Page
The process plan information page is a collection point for information related to the process plan. The information page of a process plan is accessed by clicking the information icon 
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.From the information page, you can perform actions on a process plan, as well as view the object attributes and any related information.
For an overview of information page functionality, see About Information Pages and Customizing Information Page Tabs .
Actions
Information pages contain a list of applicable actions in a menu in the upper left corner of the page. See Common Actions for a list of common actions available in Windchill. The availability of these actions depends on the status of the process plan, as well as your access to it. For more information about status indicators, see Object Status .
The following actions are of particular interest for this object.
Action | Description |
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Related Plant | Opens the Process Plan in the Manufacturing Resource Browser of the plant that has been associated with the process plan. |
> | Launches the Structure tab in a separate browser window dedicated to editing process plans and operations. |
Display Related Manufacturing Objects | Opens the Related Manufacturing Objects Report, providing access to the Object List table. The Object List table allows you to view, collect, and associate additional related objects to the given object |
Work Instructions | Displays the work instructions for the process plan, allowing you to view the details of a process plan as well as related information. For more information, see Viewing a Work Instruction |
Tabs
The following tabs are viewable on the process plan information page. You can customize the tabs that appear on each object information page to display the information most useful to you. For more information, see Customizing Information Page Tabs.
 | Administrators have the ability to modify the tabs that are viewable to you. |
Tab | Description | ||
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Details | The Details tab displays the attributes of an object. See Object Attributes for a list of common attributes available in Windchill. Also, see About Visualization. The following attributes are of particular interest for this object. • Attributes • Description • System | ||
Structure | The Structure tab allows you to view a logical representation for an object. When viewing a process plan this tab is also known as the Process Plan Browser. The Structure tab also allows you to perform many different manufacturing process management functions, depending on the manufacturing object that has been selected. For example, plant and process plan management, BOM associativity management, and resource balancing. For more information see Using the Process Plan Structure Tab. | ||
Related | The Related tab allows you to view, add, change, or remove parts, plants, described by and referenced documents. From this tab you can view the following related tables: • Parts • Plants • Described By • References Documents See Object Attributes for a list of common attributes available in Windchill. | ||
History | The History tab allows you to view the entire process of the object through its workflow states. From this tab you can view the following tables: • Timeline Displays a graphical timeline of the part through the workflow states. • Save-As History See Object Attributes for a list of common attributes available in Windchill. | ||
Changes | The Changes tab displays information about change objects and tasks. From this tab you can view the Associated Changes table. See Object Attributes of for a list of common attributes available in Windchill. | ||
Control Characteristics | The Control Characteristics tab displays control characteristics that have been associated with the object. For more information see Control Characteristics.
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