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Enterprise Data
Enterprise data is a versioned, workable object in Windchill that is used to store data that needs to be published to an ERP system.
There are two kinds of enterprise data that are managed by the system: common enterprise data (CED) and view-specific enterprise data (VSED), also known as plant information. Common enterprise data consists of attributes and related objects that are shared across all revisions and iterations of a particular part master. View-specific enterprise data consists of attributes and related objects that are shared across all revisions and iterations of a particular view of a part.
The enterprise data Information page is a collection point for information related to the enterprise data. You access this page by clicking the object’s information icon.
From the Information page, you can perform actions on enterprise data, 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 an Actions menu located in the upper left corner of the page. See Common Actions for a list of actions available for many objects in Windchill. The availability of these actions depends on the status of the enterprise data, as well as your access to it. For more information about status indicators, see Object Status.
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Only those users who are a member of the PTC MPMLink Module License, PTC Manufacturing License, or PTC BOM Transformation License profile have access to the following actions:
Check In
Check Out
Check Out and Edit
Undo Checkout
Edit
Edit Common Attributes
Revise
Set State
New > New Promotion Request
All users can access other actions in the menu.
Tabs
The following tabs are viewable on the enterprise data 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.
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Administrators have the ability to modify the tabs that are viewable to you.
Tab
Description
Details
The Details tab displays the attributes of an object.
For a list of common attributes available in Windchill, see Object Attributes.
Related Objects
The Related Objects tab allows you to view, add, change, or remove related document and part associations. You can also add enterprise data objects to a baseline using this tab. The following tables are listed in this tab:
Described By Documents
References Documents
CAD/Dynamic Documents
Parts
Plan Activities
Baselines
Changes
The Changes tab displays change objects related to the selected enterprise data. You can view the following tables on this tab:
Issues and Variances
Change Requests
Affected by Change Notices
Resulting from Change Notices
For more information on this tab, see Change Information Tables.
History
The History tab lets you view the entire process of the object through its workflow states. The tab displays the following tables:
Version History
Timeline History
For more information on this tab, see History Information Tables.
Customizing the Version Attribute for Enterprise Data
By default there is a data utility configured for the Version attribute in both common enterprise data and view specific enterprise data. However, if you create a new layout for this data, adding your own Version attributes, then you must assign a data utility ID to ensure that the proper values appear in the Manufacturing Associative Product Structure Browser. If you do not, then your customized Version attribute is shown as un-assignable.
To provide the proper data utility ID:
1. In your customized layout, select the Version attribute and click View Group Attribute Properties.
2. In the Data Utility Id field, enter enterprisedataVersionDU.