Configuration Management

You can assign configuration to MBOM.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Install Configured Engineering to benefit from configuration management capabilities. For more information, refer to the Configured Engineering User's Guide.

Define Session Effectivity

You can define the session effectivity for different apps for the MBOM.

  1. The Data Model Customization web app: Create a Model as configuration context and define the effectivity value.
  2. In the Heavy Industry Manufacturing app, open the Properties panel from the root Manufacturing Assembly
    The Properties panel appears.
  3. Click Attach Model as a Configuration Content in the Configuration tab.
  4. Click the model from the Search.


  5. Click Unit for Criteria in the dialog box.
  6. Click Authoring Context from main viewer.
    The authoring Context panel appears.

  7. Select Session Effectivity .
    Define Session Effectivity panel appears.
  8. Click Start Define and search the Model.


  9. Select the effectivity value to assign to the Manufactured Item to create.


    Note: The model, which defines by the Define Session Effectivity panel and defined by the Properties panel, must be the same to use the configuration/effectivity service properly.

Generate MBOM with Session Effectivity

You can generate an MBOM using the Session Effectivity.

  1. Click Generate MBOM from the Authoring section of the action bar.
    The Generate MBOM panel appears.
  2. Select the root product node in the tree.
    The selected product appears in the Generate MBOM panel.

  3. Click OK.
    A progress bar appears in the Generate MBOM panel as the entire MBOM creates with session effectivity.
    Note: The resulting product does not have any configuration model and effectivity. If you want to plan MBOM with different configuration, then you must create a new MBOM for the new configuration. It means that all the Manufactured Item in the same root Manufactured Item must have the same configuration.