Reassign Life Cycles
The Reassign Life Cycles action is available to administrators working from a Windchill PDMLink context.
This action allows you to change both the life cycle template and the state for a part or document.
1. Perform one of the following actions:
◦ From the Folder Contents table of a product or library, select Reassign Life Cycles from the right-click actions menu of an object.
◦ Navigate to the object information page and select > .
2. From the Reassign Life Cycle window, select one of the following values under Life Cycle Selection:
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Use latest iteration of current Life Cycle template
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Keep the life cycle currently assigned to the object.
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Use Life Cycle template selected by object initialization rule
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Assign the life cycle defined in the object initialization rule for the object. This is the same life cycle that was assigned when the object was created.
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Select new Life Cycle template
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Select a new life cycle. The drop-down menu displays all life cycles that are available and applicable to the object type.
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3. Under State Selection, select one of the following options:
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Preserve current state
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The life cycle remains in its current state.
If you have selected a new life cycle template with different phases, those phases are used when moving the object to a new state.
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Use initial state of Life Cycle template
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Changes the state to the initial state of the selected life cycle.
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Select starting state
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Select the state of the life cycle in which you want the object to start.
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4. Optionally, provide a brief comment in the Reasons for Reassignment text field.
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To view these comments, you must customize the Maturity History table view to include the Comments column.
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5. Click OK to save your changes. A confirmation message appears.