Manufacturing Objects

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This section lists all manufacturing object attributes that are published to distribution targets. To publish manufacturing objects you must have Windchill MPMLink installed.

Windchill ESI passes the following manufacturing object attributes from Windchill MPMLink to the distribution target:

Process Plans

Windchill ESI allows you to publish Process Plans created in Windchill MPMLink to a distribution target such as SAP. Publishing process plans from Windchill ESI also includes the publishing of all related parts and BOM objects that are listed. Related processing resources and operated on parts are also published.

Windchill ESI creates all process plans in SAP so that they have material master, document, and manufacturing objects listed on them.

When you associate various attributes to a process plan in Windchill MPMLink, Windchill ESI passes the attributes to the EAI software components. The following attributes are passed:

• Number

• Name

• Category

• Base Unit of Measure

• Distribution Targets

• Operations

• Work Instructions

• Sequences

• Resources

• Lot size

• Last Changed By

• Group Counter

• View

• Lifecycle State

• Date Effectivity

• Serial Number Effectivity

• Lot Number Effectivity

• Iteration

• Version

• Previously Published Version

Once the process plan data has been published by Windchill ESI Services, the EAI software components map the Windchill process plan attributes to SAP routing attributes. The following table shows the mapping of Windchill process plan attributes to SAP routing attributes.

Windchill Process Plan to SAP Routing Attribute Mapping
Windchill Process Plan Attribute	SAP Routing Table Attribute
Number	Routing group number (Task List group)
Name	Routing Description
Category	Routing Usage Usage = 1 If category = Production Usage = 4 If category = Maintenance Usage = 3 for other category values
Base Unit of Measure	Routing Base Unit
Distribution Target Plant	Routing Plant
Related Parts, including resources, parts, BOM and BOM components	Material Allocation, including material part or BOM
Operations	Operations
Sequences	Sequences
Start Effectivity date	Valid from date in the Alternate date section for the change master. This alternate date is assigned to the TaskList Group.
Lot Size	From Lot Size

There are some attributes that SAP requires to create or change routings that are not provided by Windchill MPMLink. In these instances, Windchill ESI defaults the values in the EAI software components prior to passing the data to SAP. The following table lists the SAP Process plan (Routing) attributes that are defaulted in Windchill ESI, and their default values.

SAP Routing Attribute	Default Value
Status	4 (Released)
Group Counter	Unique for each Group combination
To lot Size	9999

Sequences

When you associate various attributes to the sequences in a process plan in Windchill MPMLink, Windchill ESI passes the attributes to the EAI software components. The following attributes are passed:

• Sequence Line Number

• Name

• Branching Type

• Process Plan Number

• Branching Operation

• Return Operation

• Operations

• Last Changed By

• Number

• Date Effectivity

• Base Unit of Measure

• Category

• Return Type

• Return Lag

• View

• Iteration

• Version

Once the sequence data has been published by Windchill ESI Services, the EAI software components map the Windchill sequence attributes to SAP sequence attributes. The following table shows the mapping of Windchill sequence attributes to SAP sequence attributes

Windchill Sequence Attribute	SAP Sequence Attribute
Sequence Line Number	Sequence Number
Name	Sequence Description
Type	Sequence Category
Process Plan Number	Group Number of the Routing to which the sequence is to be associated.
Branching Operation	Branching Operation
Return Operation	Return Operation
Operations	Operations (See below)

Operations

When you associate various attributes to the operations in a process plan in Windchill MPMLink, Windchill ESI passes the attributes to the EAI software components. The following attributes are passed:

• Operation Label

• Description

• Operation Holder Number (Parent Process Plan number or Sequence number or Operation number)

• Set up Time

• Processing Time

• Labor Time

• Waiting Time

• Queue Time

• Quantity

• Last Changed By

• Name

• Number

• Date Effectivity

• Operation Holder Type

• Description

• Base Unit of Measure

• Move Time

• Setup Cost

• Queue Cost

• Labor Cost

• Processing Cost

• Waiting Cost

• Teardown Cost

• Move Cost

• View

• Iteration

• Version

• ERP Validation Code

Once the operation data has been published by Windchill ESI Services, the EAI software components map the Windchill operation attributes to SAP operation attributes. The following table shows the mapping of Windchill operation attributes to SAP operation attributes

Windchill Operation Attribute	SAP Operation Attribute
Operation Label	Activity
Description	Description
Base Unit of Measure	Operation Measure Unit
Distribution Target	Plant information in the distribution target if there is no work center associated to operation. If a work center is associated to the operation then plant information is taken from the work center's attribute.
Set up Time	Setup time and Unit of Measure for Setup time.
Processing Time	Machine time and Unit of Measure for Machine time
Labor Time	Labor time and Unit of Measure for Labor time
Waiting Time	Wait Time & Wait Time Unit
Queue Time	Queue Time and Queue Time Unit
Move Time	Move Time and Move Unit
Quantity	Base Quantity
ERP Validation Code	Control key
Work Center Link	Work Center

Setup time, Processing time and Labor time are dependent on the work center selection. By default these times are mapped based on the following work center:

If the work center is different from the above settings (for example, Work center category, Standard value key, Usage) then it is possible that the default mapping will cause data corruption. You must make the necessary customizations detailed in the Windchill Enterprise Systems Integration Customizer's Guide - SAP. (refer to the section Customization for Operation Timings).

Operation Related Attribute in Windchill MPMLink	SAP Operation Attribute Value
Work center number from the operation work center association	Work center
Plant from the operation to work center association link	Plant
Distribution target	Plant information in the distribution target, if there is no work center associated to the operation. If a work center is associated to the operation, the plant information is fetched from the work center's attribute.
ECN number	Change No
Sequence Line number from Sequence for Sequence operation	Sequence number. For an operation in a standard sequence it is "000000"
Process Plan number	Group number
Operation label of the Parent operation in case of sub operation	SubActivity

There are some attributes that SAP requires to create or change operations that are not provided by Windchill MPMLink. In these instances, Windchill ESI defaults the values in the EAI software components prior to passing the data to SAP. The following table lists the SAP Operations attributes that are defaulted in Windchill ESI.

SAP Operation Attribute	Default Value
Control Key	If ERP Validation Code = K1 then PI01 If ERP Validation Code = K2 then PI02 If ERP Validation Code = K3 then PI03 If ERP Validation Code = ”” then PP01
Denominator	1
Nominator	1

Operation Allocated Parts

When you associate various attributes to the operation allocated parts in a process plan in Windchill MPMLink, Windchill ESI passes the attributes to the EAI software components. The following attributes are passed:

• Part Number (this is the number of the component part in the assembly that is associated to the process plan)

• Operation Number in Operation Allocated Part Link

• Operation Label in Operation

• Assembly Part Number

• BOM Usage

• BOM Alternate

• Quantity

• Quantity Unit

Windchill ESI can also be used to publish part allocations from a phantom manufacturing part, if created in Windchill MPMLink.

Once the operation allocated parts data has been published by Windchill ESI Services, the EAI software components map the Windchill operation allocated parts attributes to SAP material table attributes. The following table shows the mapping of Windchill operation allocated parts attributes to SAP material master attributes

Windchill Operation Allocated Parts Attribute	SAP Operation Allocated Parts Table/Attribute
Number	Allocated Component Number
Operation Label of the Operation	Activity
Quantity Amount	Component Quantity
Quantity Unit	Component Quantity

There are some attributes that SAP requires to create associations between Operations and Parts that are not provided by Windchill MPMLink. The EAI software components fetch these values from SAP.

Work Instruction/Document Allocation to Operations

Work instructions are run-time generated HTML pages. For each operation or process plan that is created a document is created that holds the URL address that is used when launching the corresponding work instruction once in the SAP system. If additional documents have been associated with the operation they are published as Production Resources/Tools (PRTs).

• Documents Number

• Documents version

• Operation Label from the Operation Number

• Sequence Line Number from the Sequence for Sequence Operation

• Process Plan Number

• Operation label of the Parent Operation, in case of sub-operations

The following table shows the mapping of Windchill work instruction document attributes to SAP work instruction attributes:

Operation work instructions/document related Attribute in Windchill MPMLink	SAP Operation Work Instructions Attribute
Document Number	Document number PRT category ="D"
Document Version	Document version
Document Type	Document Type
Document Part	Document Part defaults to 000
Operation label from Operation number	Activity
Sequence Line number from Sequence for Sequence operation	Sequence no. For operations in standard sequences it is "000000"
Process Plan Number	Group Number
Operation label of the Parent operation in case of sub operation	Subactivity

Consumable Resource Allocations for Operations

When you associate various attributes to the consumable resource allocations for operations in a process plan in Windchill MPMLink, Windchill ESI passes the attributes to the EAI software components. The following attributes are passed:

• Allocation Number

• Number

• Quantity

• Quantity Unit

• Resource Category

Once the consumable resource allocations for operations data have been published by Windchill ESI Services, the EAI software components map the Windchill consumable resource allocations for operations attributes to SAP material table attributes. The following table shows the mapping of Windchill consumable resource allocations for operations attributes to SAP material master attributes

Windchill Process Resource Allocations Attribute	SAP Material Table/Attribute
Allocation Number	Item Number
Number	Allocated Resource Number
Quantity	Resource Quantity
Quantity Unit	Resource Quantity Unit
Resource Category	PRT_CATEGORY = "M" for all Process Material category allocation "M" or "E" for all Tooling depending on the property

Tooling, Process Materials and Skills

When you associate various attributes to the tooling, process materials and skills in a process plan in Windchill MPMLink, Windchill ESI passes the attributes to the EAI software components. The following attributes are passed:

Skills are sent with the ESI response, but these are not processed by the EAI software components.

• Number

• Name

• Documents

• Last Changed By

• Date Effectivity

• Serial Number Effectivity

• Lot Number Effectivity

• Category

• Default Unit

• Usage

• Part Type

• Source

• View

• Lifecycle State

• Iteration

• Version

Windchill ESI can also publish standalone tooling, process materials and skills that are not associated with a process plan.

Once the tooling, process materials and skills data has been published by Windchill ESI Services, the EAI software components map the Windchill tooling, and process materials attributes to SAP material table attributes. Skill attributes are ignored. The following table shows the mapping of Windchill tooling and process materials to SAP material master attributes.

Process materials and tooling of the type Tool are mapped to materials in SAP. Similar to parts, process materials may have an extra view (PRT) in SAP. Tooling of the type Fixture is mapped to Equipment in SAP.

Windchill Tooling, Process Material Attribute	SAP Material Table/Attribute
Number	Material Number
Name	Material Description
Default Unit	Base Unit of Measure
Type	Material Type
Source	Procurement Type
Version	Revision Level
Date Effectivity	Valid-From Date
Serial Effectivity	Material’s serial effectivity inside the ECN. The ECN becomes parametric effectivity (serial effectivity) controlled.

The following table shows the mapping of Windchill tooling of the type Fixture to SAP material master attributes.

Tooling of the Type Fixture	SAP Equipment Table/Attributes
Number	Number
Name	Description

Control Characteristics

Control characteristics created within Windchill MPMLink and associated to a part (or to a manufacturing object such as a process plan or an operation) may be published to a distribution target. A certain attribute on the distribution target determines whether or not control characteristics associated to a part (or to a process plan) would be published. For example, with the attribute Publish Control Characteristics when Publishing a Part set to Yes, control characteristics associated to a part would be rendered and sent with the ESI response. Likewise, control characteristics associated to a process plan (or to an operation) would be published when the attribute Publish Control Characteristics when Publishing a Process Plan has a value of Yes. Both these attributes have a value of No by default.

Note the following:

• Control characteristics may be created and associated to a part or to a manufacturing object using the Manufacturing Product Structure Explorer.

• A control characteristic that is associated to an operation will be published upon publishing the holding process plan, provided the distribution target attribute Publish Control Characteristics when Publishing a Process Plan has a value of Yes; this happens even if the control characteristic is associated to a part as well and the attribute Publish Control Characteristics when Publishing a Part has a value of No.

The following attributes are passed:

• Number

• Name

• Last Changed By

• Description

• Severity

• Version

• Model Item Reference

• Distribution Targets

The attribute Model Item Reference holds a reference to the model item that is associated to the control characteristic being published.

Several other attributes may get passed as well, depending on the type of the model item. For more information see the Windchill Enterprise Systems Integration Implementation Guide - SAP or the Windchill Enterprise Systems Integration Implementation Guide - Oracle Applications.

If a model item’s EPM document is not associated to the owner of the holding control characteristic, an attempt to publish the control characteristic results in a failure.

The EAI software components map a control characteristic to an SAP Master Inspection Characteristic (or MIC), and use both the control characteristic and model item attributes for creating the latter in SAP. The attribute Distribution Targets (in the elements Destination and TargetID that appear in the ESI response) identify the distribution target(s) that the EAI software components would communicate with, for creating or changing a Master Inspection Characteristic in SAP.

Windchill ESI publishes a control characteristic to the same distribution targets as those associated to the holding part or process plan.

The following table shows the mapping of Windchill control characteristic attributes to SAP.

Windchill Control Characteristic Attribute	SAP (QS21) Master Inspection Characteristic Attribute	Additional Information
CC Number	MIC Number
CC Name	MIC Name	Transformed to Name – Plant Because Name must be unique for each plant.
CC Description	Short text
Severity	Not mapped
Version	Not mapped
Distribution Target /Plant	Plant
Model Item Reference	Qualitative or Quantitative selection	Based on the Model Item Type/subtype and other attributes, Windchill MPMLink decides if the control characteristic is Qualitative or Quantitative.
Model Item Reference / Target Value	Target Value indicator and Target Value
Model Item Reference / Upper Target Value	Upper Specification Limit indicator and Upper Limit
Model Item Reference / Lower Target Value	Lower Specification indicator and Lower Limit
Model Item Reference / No Of Decimal places	Decimal places	Windchill MPMLink API calculates this programmatically based on certain attributes.
Model Item Reference / Unit of Measurement	Msmt Unit

There are some attributes that SAP requires to create or change master inspection characteristics that are not provided by Windchill MPMLink. In these instances, Windchill ESI defaults the values in the EAI software components prior to passing the data to SAP. The following table lists the SAP Master Inspection Characteristic attributes that are defaulted in Windchill ESI, and their default values

SAP Master Inspection Characteristic Attribute	SAP Default Value
Version	000001
Status	Release,
Complete Indicator	Complete Copy Model
Search Field	ESI
Control Indicator	X

The following table shows the mapping of control characteristics associated with a part:

Windchill Attribute	SAP (QS61: Material Specification)
Part Number	Material Number
CC Number	MIC Number
Distribution target / Plant	Plant

In SAP the association is created as a reference association. This means all modifications are reflected from the actual master data at the MIC.

The following table shows the mapping of control characteristics associated with a process plan operation.

Windchill Attribute	SAP (CA02: Inspection Characteristics)	Additional Information
CC Number	MIC Number, MIC Description and other quantitative values from Model Item referenced attributes like Target Value, Upper Limit, Lower Limit are mapped with this link as well.	Unlike QA61, Operation to MIC associations cannot be created as reference association.
Operation Label	Operation Label of the Operation
Distribution Target /Plant	Plant

These defaults are obtained using the default properties available in the ESIDefaults.properties file used by TIBCO. These values are configurable based on your SAP configurations.

Windchill ESI passes the following information pertaining to associations from Windchill PDMLink to the EAI software components when publishing control characteristics associated to a part, to a process plan or to an operation respectively:

• MPMPartQualityLink

• MPMProcessQualityLink

• MPMOperationQualityLink

Each of the above carries information on the objects that are related. For example, the PartQualityLink element in the ESI response holds the name and number of the part and the associated control characteristic. The OperationQualityLink element carries some additional information, in that it carries the following attributes as well;

• Allocation Type

• Sampling Amount

• Sampling Unit

• Frequency