Creating Preassigned Work Center Links with Operations

You can define preassigned work center links on a first-level operation instance under the workplan.

The source of the preassigned work center link is the operation in the workplan context, which links to the assets structure. Its target is a work center reference.

Important: This capability is only available for first-level operations under the workplan.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Open data containing an asset structure with at least one work center and a workplan with at least one first-level operation.
See Also
About Capable Resources For Processes
Assigning Capable Resource References on First-Level Operations
Assigning Resource Usages to Capable Resource References on First-Level Operations

Create an Assets Structure for a Workplan

To create a preassigned work center link with an operation, you must create a link between the assets structure of the work center and the workplan of the operation.

Note: You can only assign one assets structure to a workplan.

  1. Select a workplan.
  2. From the Authoring section of the action bar, click Manage Resources Structures .
    The Manage Resources Structures panel opens.
  3. Click Create Assets Structure , then select the assets structure from the tree.

The assets structure is now assigned to the workplan.

Tips: You can manage the assets structure links from the Manage Resources Structures panel.
  • Click to delete the link.

Assign a Work Center to a First-Level Operation Under the Workplan

You can create a link between the work center and the first-level operation instance under the workplan from the Manage Capable Resources panel.

Before you begin: The assets structure of the work center must be linked to the workplan of the operation. For more information, see Create an Assets Structure for a Workplan.
Tip: To display additional information in the panel, click Show Preferences and select the following options:
  • Show Status Bar: Displays information about the objects, at the bottom of each panel section.
  • Show Advice Messages: Displays information about the actions, at the bottom of the panel.
  1. Select the first-level operation under the workplan.
  2. From the Authoring section of the action bar, click Manage Capable Resources .
    The Manage Capable Resources panel opens.
  3. Click , then select the required work center to create the preassigned work center link.

The preassigned work center link is created.

Tips: You can manage preassigned work center links from the Manage Resources Structures panel.
  • Click to delete the link.