When performing certain end user actions in BOM Transformer or SAPSB, it is possible configure the application to carry over specific attributes and associations with their related data from upstream to downstream. The actions are Create Equivalent Link, Update to Current Upstream Equivalent Object, Update All Downstream Equivalent Objects, and transformation actions, like New Downstream Part, New Downstream Branch, Paste as New Part, and Paste as New Branch. In case of New Downstream Part Variant, New Downstream Branch Variant, and Replace actions, attribute and association information are carried from existing downstream part to the new downstream part.

As an administrator, you can define the copy over framework for part attributes, usage attributes, and associations such as documents, raw material links, and control characteristics.

You can configure the following copy over property to define the attributes and associations to be carried over for specified actions.

Information on defining the property key and property value is explained in the subsequent topics. For more information, see Defining a Property Key and Defining a Property Value.

For BOM Transformer, the properties are defined in the file: WT_HOME/codebase/com/ptc/windchill/mpml/xconfs/mpmlink.properties.xconf

For SAPSB, the properties are defined in the file: WT_HOME/codebase/com/ptc/arbortext/windchill/sapsb/sapsb.properties.xconf