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Setting Effectivity Attributes
The Set Effectivity Attributes window appears when you click the Set Effectivity Attributes icon on the Set Effectivity table. To set effectivity attributes, use the following procedure:
1. Select Effectivity Qualifier, Effectivity Range or Propagation in the Set field.
2. Based on your selection the next field appears.
From the Effectivity qualifier drop-down, select blank, Exact, or No later than.
The effectivity qualifier provides more qualifying information for the effectivity statement. It has no other affect in setting effectivity or using an effectivity configuration specification to sort a product structure. Your site has the ability to add more choices to this drop-down field.
In the Effectivity range field, enter the range of dates, serial numbers, or lot number, separated by a comma.
In the Propagation field, if Propagate effectivity through structure? is displayed, click Yes or No to determine whether to propagate the specified effectivity of the selected effectivity-managed object as configured by the system. If you select Yes, you can select the Stop propagation at lower-level traceable objects? checkbox.
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Propagation field is not available for variance.
3. Click Apply or OK.