Editing Plant Information
Use the
Edit Plant Information window to edit the attributes of view-specific enterprise data and plant-specific functional data objects. You can also export the attributes into a Microsoft Excel file and edit them. However, you need to first specify the plant-specific functional data objects that you want to edit. You can do so when creating a plant-specific functional data object using the
New Functional Information window or by setting filters using the
Manage Functional Information window. For more information, see
Creating Plant-specific Functional Data from Windchill,
Selecting a Plant for Editing.
Using Edit Plant Information
Perform the following procedure to edit the attributes:
1. In the New Functional Information window, click Save and edit, or in the Manage Functional Information window, click Continue.
The Edit Plant Information window opens. It displays the attributes of plant-specific functional data and view-specific enterprise data objects created using the New Functional Information window or filtered using the Manage Functional Information window. The attributes for each type of object are grouped together for each associated part. Each group displays unique set of master attribute values for each object type. The group header represents the object type and the associated master attribute values. The column header represents the name of the attribute. Each icon within a group indicates whether the attributes belong to a plant-specific functional data or view-specific enterprise data object. An attribute cell may be blank if there are no plant-specific functional data and view-specific enterprise data objects associated with the part.
The Identity, Version, State, Effectivity, and Storage Location columns are displayed by default. Each attribute column displays a drop-down arrow when you hover over the column header. You can sort or remove some of the columns using the actions displayed in the arrow list. Use the Filters action to filter the rows based on a specific attribute value of a column. The value that you need to enter for the Filters action depends on the data type of the selected column attribute. Few examples are given below:
◦ String: Enter a numeric or alphabetic value.
◦ Enum: Select the required values from a list.
◦ Integer: Enter greater than, equal to, or less than values.
◦ Date: Select a date to specify the Before, After, and On values.
| • You can customize the table view to display the columns for other attributes of view-specific enterprise data and plant-specific functional data objects. For more information, see Creating and Editing New Table Views. • You can add or edit object reference attributes of only those objects that can be iterated or revised. |
2. Double-click a cell to edit an attribute value.
3. When you edit an attribute, the related object is checked out automatically. Click
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to check in the objects. For more information on checking in an object, see
Viewing Checked Out Objects.
The attribute values of the checked in objects are updated.
You can customize the display settings of the
Edit Plant Information table and its contents using properties and delegates. For more information, see
Customizing Edit Plant Information Table.
Using Microsoft Excel
The Export to Excel feature lets you export the attributes of view-specific enterprise data and plant-specific functional data objects into an Excel file. You can then edit the attributes and import the updated file.
1. To generate the Excel file, set the criteria in the Manage Functional Information window and click Export to Excel.
Open the exported file. It displays the attributes of the selected parts and the associated plant-specific functional data and view-specific enterprise data objects filtered using the Manage Functional Information window.
The attributes for each type of object are grouped together for each associated part. Each group displays unique set of master attribute values for each object type. The group header represents the object type and the associated master attribute values. The column header represents the name of the attribute. An attribute cell may be blank if there are no plant-specific functional data and view-specific enterprise data objects associated with the part.
2. Edit the required attributes of the view-specific enterprise data and plant-specific functional data objects in the file. You cannot update the effectivity values of the objects.
| • Do not modify the number or view of the part in the Excel file. When modified, the part is not identifiable when importing the file. • If you modify other attributes of the part, the information is not updated. • A date attribute follows the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS, such as 2019-07-30 15:32:12. |
3. Import the Excel file using the Import Plant Information from Spreadsheet action from the Actions menu on the Details page of a product.