Configuring Attributes of Product Data

You can configure contents of Product Data used in Engineering BOM and Product Specification Management.

The configurable elements are:

  • Expiration date for permanent Product Data
  • Minimum and maximum number of days for expiration of Technical Specification
  • Change the revision state
  • Allowed EBOM types
  • Sample Table Data

See Properties for Attributes of Product Data.

  1. Create or open the text file to contain customized properties. For more information, see Editing Properties Using MQL.
  2. To specify the default expiration date for the Product Data, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxCPN.ProdDataExpiration.DefaultExpirationDate = YYYY/MM/DD

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.
  3. To specify the minimum number of days expiration after which the Technical Specifications data will expire, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxCPN.ProdDataExpiration.DefaultExpirationDays = 180

      The default value is 180 days.

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.
  4. To specify the maximum number of days expiration after which the Technical Specifications data will expire,
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxCPN.ProdDataExpiration.MaxExpirationDays =

      This value cannot exceed more than 365 days.

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.
  5. To set a rule that the state of the previous revision Product Data is set to obsolete when the new revision changes to release state,
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxCPN.admin.ObsoleteOldPartRevWhenNewRevReleased = True

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.
  6. To define the allowed types using this property. The values build the Smart BOM, based on the setting, you can also add child objects on the EBOM.
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxCPN.ProductData.EBOM.<ParentSymbName>.AllowedTypes = <ChildEBOMTypes>

      Enter the types separated by comma.

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements:
  7. To display the characteristic type of a sample table data, edit the enoTemplate.properties file.
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      enoTemplate.<Symbolic Name of the Type>.TableSections 
  = <List of table sections to display while creating a section>
enoTemplate.<Table Section Type>.JPOAndFunctionAndTable 
  = <JPO>:<method>:<table name>

  8. When you are finished editing the properties, save the page.