PPR Navigation Section

The PPR Navigation section of the action bar provides commands for navigating, completing, comparing and searching PPR structures.

Relations Navigator: Displays the various links that exist between a selected PPR object and other PPR objects (product, item, system, operation, and resource).; See Navigating Relations.

Relational Explorer: Displays the various links that exist between a selected PPR object and other PPR objects (product, item, system, operation, and resource).; Note: PPR objects displayed in the Relational Explorer panel are references (not instances). Objects of some types (such as resources or operations) are explored as root objects, and their parent hierarchy is not retrieved.

See Relations.

PPR Smart Completion: Automatically completes a PPR structure.
Note: EBOM to MBOM partial scopes are ignored.; See Completing a PPR Structure Automatically.

PPR User Defined Completion: Completes a PPR structure using user-defined criteria.; See Executing a User-Defined Completion.

PPR User Defined Open: Opens an authoring session by invoking a procedure.; See Executing a User-Defined Open.

PPR User Defined Explore: Explores additional PPR objects within the spreadsheet by invoking a procedure.; See Exploring with User-Defined Explore.

User Defined Procedures Administration

Deploys User-Defined Open procedures.

See Managing Procedures Interactively.

Important: This command is available for users with the VPLMAdmin and Leader role.

Compare PPR Entities: Compares different versions of the same PPR object or different filters of the same PPR structure.; See Comparing Different Versions of a PPR Object and Comparing Filters of the Same PPR Structure.

Create From

Duplicates one or more PPR objects and their related structures by:

Choosing a profile (options specified in an xml file)
Or setting one or more options in a panel.

See Creating PPR Objects from a Profile or Options.

Fetch Documents and Relations Using Index Queries: Fetches documents and relations by using the index queries.; By default, this command is activated. Click the command to deactivate it and fetch documents and relations by using the database queries. The settings are persistent for the next session.