Managing Inconsistent Links Between Products and Manufactured Items

You can repair inconsistent implement links between products and manufactured items.

Before you begin: Open manufacturing assemblies and product structures in the app. The structures should contain inconsistent product-manufactured item links.
See Also
Replacing an Object in the MBOM
  1. From the Authoring section of the action bar, click Change Impact Management .
    A panel appears, proposing actions to correct the inconsistent links.
    Note: You can select a manufactured item directly in the tree. In this case, the command retrieves all inconsistent links for the selected manufactured item and its children.

    The columns in the panel are as follows:

    Suggestion to Perform: A proposed action to correct the problem. Initially and by default, these are:

    • Ignore: By default, if there are several products in the same family in the session. The implement link will not be fixed even if it is selected in the dialog box.
    • Remove Link: By default, if there is no product in the same family in the session. The implement link will be deleted.
    • Reroute Only: By default, if there is only one product in the same family in the session. The implement link will be rerouted.
    • Evolve Instance-Reroute: If only one candidate resource for rerouting is found in the session and no configuration mode is selected for the session.
    • Interactive Reroute: If no candidate resource for rerouting is found in the session.
    • Evolve Instance-Interactive Reroute: If no candidate resource for rerouting is found in the session and a configuration mode is selected for the session.

    In this case, family means different revisions of the same product.

    Rerouting Proposal: A candidate product for rerouting the link. This may be:

    • <product instance name>: If there is only one product in the same family in the session.
    • None: If there is no product in the same family in the session.
    • Ambiguous: If there are several products in the same family in the session.

    Previous Product: The product previously linked with the manufactured item.

    Manufactured Item: The manufactured item involved in the link.

    Note: If a red cross is displayed instead of a manufactured item icon in the Manufactured Item column, this means that the manufactured item can be deleted.

    Operation: The operation involved in the link.

    Note: An operation can be deleted only when it is linked to a single manufactured item. If the operation icon in the Operation column is replaced by a red cross when clicked, this means that the operation is linked to a single manufactured item and can be deleted.

    Resource: The resource involved in the link.

  2. Select the Delete line in the panel and click Apply.
    The manufactured item-operation implement link is deleted. The manufactured item is deleted. If the operation was linked to a single manufactured item, it is also deleted. The panel is updated.
  3. Select the Reroute line in the panel and click Apply.

    If there is only one product on the same family in the session, the link is rerouted.

    If you try to reroute one or more ambiguous cases, a reroute assistant launches. Then you can choose a product from all candidate products available in the session to reroute the link.

  4. Right-click the Ignore line in the panel and select Delete.
  5. Select the Delete line in the panel and click Apply.
    The green status of the manufactured items indicates that their update status is good: the inconsistent links are resolved.

Note: If you work under a configuration, the reroute and delete actions occur under this effectivity mode.