Reconciling a Routing Plan
Use the Reconcile Routing Plan action to synchronize attribute values from the process plan operations to the localized operations. This action ensures consistency across the process plan and its localized operation with respect to the routing plan. The system also supports the selective exclusion of operations from synchronization.
The Reconcile Routing Plan action enables you to synchronize attributes such as labor time, setup time, and other time between process plan operation and localized operations. You can exclude specific process plan operations from synchronization by setting the Do Not Reconcile attribute. The system automatically detects and applies changes from process plan operations to the localized operations.
The Reconcile Routing Plan action is available in the Routing Plan toolbar. For more information, see Routing Plan Tab Toolbar Actions.
Key Concepts
• Process plan—The source of truth for a list of operations and their attributes, such as labor time, setup time, and other time.
• Localized operations —Operations that inherit attribute information from the process plan operation.
• Synchronization: The process of updating localized operations information from the process plan operation.
• Reconcile Routing Plan: An action that enables synchronization of the process plan operation information to the localized operation.
• Do Not Reconcile attribute: An attribute that excludes specific operation information from synchronization when set to Yes. This attribute is present in the Edit Attributes dialog box, that appears when you initiate the 
Edit Attributes action. For more information, see Actions for Localized Operations.
Edit Attributes action. For more information, see Actions for Localized Operations.Configuration Steps
The Reconcile Routing Plan action can be configured to specify the attributes to be synchronized. To do this, an administrator must configure the com.ptc.windchill.mpml.routing.localizationAttributesMapping property to specify attributes to be synchronized.
This property can be found in mpmlink.properties.xconf located at <Windchill>\codebase\com\ptc\windchill\mpml\xconfs.
Common attributes include:
• Labor Time
• Setup Time
• Other Time
Configure the property in the following format:
<Property name="com.ptc.windchill.mpml.routing.localizationAttributesMapping" default="LaborTime,SetupTime,OtherTime"/>
You can add multiple attributes in the property using a comma separator.
Restart the Windchill server after adding the property to the mpmlink.properties.xconf file for the changes to take effect.
Use Reconcile Routing Plan Action
1. Update attributes in the process plan operation.
2. Use the Reconcile Routing Plan action to apply changes to localized operations.
Synchronization Scenarios
The Reconcile Routing Plan action compares the process plan operations and localized operations.. If discrepancies exist and the Do Not Reconcile attribute is set to No, the system updates the localized operation with the attribute values from the process plan operation. If the Do Not Reconcile attribute is set to Yes, the system skips synchronization for that operation, ensuring that manually updated values on the localized operation remain unchanged.
Scenario 1: Standard synchronization
1. Update attribute values in the process plan operation.
2. Perform the Reconcile Routing Plan action. The system copies updated values to the localized operation, provided the Do Not Reconcile attribute is set to No.
Scenario 2: Exclusion from synchronization
1. Set the Do Not Reconcile attribute to Yes on the routing plan object.
2. The system excludes the operation from synchronization. The changes in the process plan operation do not affect the localized operation.
Scenario 3: Manual update on localized operation
1. Change attribute values directly on the localized operation.
2. The system automatically sets Do Not Reconcile to Yes. This prevents future synchronization from the process plan operation.
 | • The attributes that you want to update must be present in the com.ptc.windchill.mpml.routing.localizationAttributesMapping property. For example, <Property name="com.ptc.windchill.mpml.routing.localizationAttributesMapping" default="LaborTime,SetupTime,OtherTime"/>
• If there are no discrepancies, the system displays a user message stating that there are no discrepancies. |