Modifying or Repairing Item-Product Scopes

You can modify or reconnect scopes between products and items.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About Item-Product Scope
Creating an Item-Product Scope

Stretch an Item-Product Scope

You can transfer an Item-Product scope to an upper level in the product structure. Implement links are automatically reconnected.

Note: This functionality does not deal with effectivity, that is, no instance is evolved when stretching the links.

  1. Select a product that fits the following conditions:

    • The scope link and implement links under it must be loaded in the session.
    • The new scoped product must be a parent of the previous one.
    • The new scoped product must be inside the global scope.

  2. Right-click the item holding the scope, then click Stretch Item-Product Scope in the context menu.
    A confirmation dialog box appears, listing the affected implement links.
    Warning: This command modifies the scope link everywhere the item holding it is used, including in data saved in the database but not opened in the current session.
  3. Click Yes to apply the modification.
    The scope is stretched to the selected product and the implement links under it are reconnected.

Reconnect or Resolve an Inconsistent Item-Product Scope

You can reconnect an inconsistent Item-Product scope link between a product and an item. An inconsistent scope can be a broken scope or a resolved scope.

Before you begin: Open your content, which must have product and Manufacturing Assembly structures with an inconsistent Item-Product scope between the root item and the root product.
  1. In the Authoring section of the action bar, click Manage Inconsistent Item-Product Scopes .
    The Manage Inconsistent Item-Product Scopes panel appears and lists the products with inconsistent Item-Product scopes.
    Tip: To facilitate navigation, click either:
    • Center Tree on Product to center the tree on the implemented or candidate product.
    • Center Tree on Item to center the tree on the item.
  2. Click a command under Suggestion to Perform:
    • Replace by New Revision: creates a new revision of the item and replaces the item with the new instance.
    • Replace by New: duplicates the item and replaces the item with the new instance.
    • Replace by Existing: replaces the item with the item proposed by the business logic.
    • Reroute Only: reroutes the item scope link on the product. The item is not replaced in this case.
    • Ignore: the system does nothing for this item.
    • Replace by New Branch: creates a new branch of the item and replaces the item with the new instance.
    • Remove Instance: removes (or evolves) the instance.

    Tip: The Business Logic suggests automatic action, but you can choose a different action than the suggested one. You can do so by right-clicking the item in the list and choosing a different action among the list below. The only command that you cannot override the suggested action with is the Replace by Existing command.

    The action is performed according to your selection.

  3. Click Perform action on selected lines.
    From the selection, the system searches for an inconsistent scope and the panel is updated according to the following rules:
    • If the system does not find inconsistent scopes, it proceeds recursively onto the lower levels.

      When managing a level, the system also searches onto the lower levels and if it finds an inconsistent scope, it enables the Analyze Lower Levels command.

      Click Analyze Lower Levels to displays the inconsistent scopes in the list. This allows you to manage these links.

    • When no inconsistent Item-Product scope remains, this message appears: No more inconsistent item-product scopes.
    • If inconsistent Item-Product scopes remain, this message appears: Some inconsistent item-product scopes are remaining.

Manually Reconnect an Item-Product Scope

You can manually reconnect a broken scope link between an item reference and a product reference by using the Reconnect Item-Product Scope command.

Before you begin: Open your content, which must have product and Manufacturing Assembly structures with an inconsistent Item-Product scope between the root item and the root product.
  1. Create product and Manufacturing Assembly structures in a PPR context as shown below and save it.
    Note: Create a scope between the root Manufacturing Assembly and the PS0 product.



  2. Create a new revision (B1) of PS0 and each of the PS1 products.
  3. Open the new revision of PS0.
  4. Use Replace by Revision to create the following structure and save it.


  5. Build the following structure using Manufacturing Finder.



  6. Open the structure in the item editor, and expand all the Provided Parts.
  7. From the Authoring section of the action bar, click B.I. Essentials .
    The B.I. Essentials panel opens.
  8. From the list, select Item Update Status.
    The tiles are colored orange because linked objects were either unloaded or deleted.

    Note: The red icon on the tile next to the Item-Product scope icon indicates that the scope link is broken.
  9. From the list, select Product Assignment Status.
    The products have Non-assignable status (gray squares), because there is no scope defined.

  10. Right-click the root Manufacturing Assembly tile and select Reconnect Item-Product Scope.
    The tiles are colored green because the scope is reconnected.

  11. In the B.I. Essentials panel, from the list, select Product Assignment Status.
    The products have the Associated with Scope and Assigned directly status: the scope is reconnected.

Note: This command reroutes a product scope on another scope that has the same logical identifier. The lower implement links up to the next scope are also rerouted. In the figure below, if you reroute the scope link A, the two lower implement links (in green) are rerouted. However, it does not reroute the scope link B and its two lower implement links.