Reconnecting a System-Item Scope

You can reconnect the System-Item scope on a system for which the item linked by the scope is not found. That is, not loaded in the session or deleted.

Before you begin: You need to create new revisions of the objects, so you must start the session in Administrator mode.
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About System-Item Scope
  1. Open your product and Manufacturing Assembly structures.
    There is a scope link between the root product and root Manufacturing Assembly.
  2. Start your app.
  3. Create a system structure as follows:
    • Create a root system.
    • Create a child system GeneralSystem.1 under the root system.
    • Create a system GeneralSystem.2 under GeneralSystem.1.
    • Create a scope between GeneralSystem.1 and item P1.
    • Create an operation GeneralOperation.1 under GeneralSystem.2 and link the operation to the item Provide.P1.
  4. Save the modifications then close the session.
  5. Explore the PPR Context.
  6. Create a new revision of item P1 and a new revision of GeneralSystem.1.
    To do this, you must specify the maturity of the object to Share and create a new major revision of the object (using the Change Maturity and New Revision commands).
  7. In Manufactured Item Definition, replace P1 by the new revision P1 - - A using Replace > Replace by Revision.
  8. In Process Planning, replace GeneralSystem.1 by the new revisionGeneralSystem.1 - - A using Replace > Replace by Revision.
  9. Save the modifications then close the session.
  10. Reopen the session and check System Update Status using the B.I. Essentials panel.
    The red and yellow status on the systems and operations indicates that the System-Item scope link is broken.



  11. Right-click GeneralSystem.1 - - A and click Manage Scopes.
    The Manage Scopes panel appears.
  12. In the panel, select the line with Broken status and select Reconnect .
  13. Select the item P1 - - A.
    The new revision of system GeneralSystem.1 - - A is reconnected to the new revision of the item P1 - - A by means of a scope. The green status of the systems and operations indicates that the System-Item scope link is reconnected.