Authoring a PPR Context

You can edit your PPR context in the Kanban-style view. Same type roots are displayed under a same column. There is a column for the four existing types: Products, Manufactured Items, Processes, and Resources.

When a root is selected, the box turns blue. If scope links exist with other roots, the box of these linked roots turns gray. You can select more than one root.

This task shows you how to:

Modify a PPR Context

You can edit PPR context.

  1. Open an existing PPR context or create a new one. For more information, see Searching for Existing Content or Creating a PPR Context.
    The PPR context opens in the Authoring View where it can be edited.
  2. Edit the PPR context:
    • Search: Adds existing PPR objects. Use the search to identify required PPR objects. You can drag them into the different columns of the opened PPR context.
    • Keep Selected Children and Linked Objects : Keeps only the selected object and its relations. Select one or more PPR objects, then click Keep Selected Children and Linked Objects .
    • Detach Selected Children : Removes the selected object from the PPR context. Select one or more PPR objects, then click Detach Selected Children .
    A red warning icon appears next to the PPR context to indicate that it has been modified. Save it to keep the changes.
  3. Click Save .

Your PPR context is modified.

Duplicate an Existing PPR Context

You can duplicate existing PPR context by saving it as a new one.

  1. Open an existing PPR context. For more information, see Searching for Existing Content.
    The PPR context opens in the Authoring View where it can be edited.
  2. Click Save as New .
    A dialog box opens.
  3. Enter the required information.

    • Required: Title
    • Optional: Description
    • Optional: Classes

  4. Click Save.

    Tip: You can see the duplication relationship in the Revisions tab of the Properties panel.

    A duplicate PPR context identical to the one loaded in the session is created and saved.

The PPR context initially loaded is unloaded, and the newly created PPR context is displayed in the Authoring View.

Create Multiple Duplicates of a PPR Context

You can duplicate the same PPR context several times.

  1. Open an existing PPR context. For more information, see Searching for Existing Content.
    The PPR context opens in the Authoring View where it can be edited.
  2. Edit the PPR context:
    • Search: Adds existing PPR objects. Use the search to identify required PPR objects. You can drag them into the different columns of the opened PPR context.
    • Keep Selected Children and Linked Objects : Keeps only the selected object and its relations. Select one or more PPR objects, then click Keep Selected Children and Linked Objects .
    • Detach Selected Children : Removes the selected object from the PPR context. Select one or more PPR objects, then click Detach Selected Children .
    A red warning icon appears next to the PPR context to indicate that it has been modified.
  3. Click Save as New . For more information, see Duplicate an Existing PPR Context from step two.
  4. Click Reset Children to reload the PPR context initially opened in step one.

    Important: If you want to reload the PPR context initially opened in step one, do not make any new changes after saving your data as new. For more information, see Reload a PPR Context.

  5. Repeat steps two through four as many times as required.

Reload a PPR Context

You can refresh a PPR context with the one previously opened.

  1. Edit your PPR context. For more information, see Modify a PPR Context or Create Multiple Duplicates of a PPR Context.
  2. Click Reset Children.
    The behavior is different depending on whether:
    • The PPR context loaded in the session has unsaved changes. Clicking Reset Children will discard your changes.
      Warning: Your changes will be lost. A dialog box appears to warn you: click OK to proceed or Cancel to keep your modifications.
    • The PPR context loaded in the session is not a duplicate of another PPR context; it has been modified and then saved. Clicking Reset Children will have no effect.
    • The PPR context loaded in the session is a duplicate of another PPR context; it has been modified and then saved. Clicking Reset Children will save your changes and load the original PPR context.
      Note: The current PPR context will be unloaded and the original PPR context will be loaded in the session. A dialog box appears to warn you: click OK to load the original PPR context or Cancel to stay on the current PPR context.