Opening Related Items in Another App

You can open related items in another app directly from the Component Request Administration app.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: To display as a default option, add the applicable app to My Favorite Apps in the Compass. The following list displays the object types and the applicable apps used to open the objects:
  • Engineering Items - Supplier Item Qualification and Engineering Release apps
  • Manufacturer Equivalent Items - Supplier Item Qualification and Engineering Release apps
  • Qualifications - Supplier Item Qualification app
  • Documents - Document Management app
See Also
Related Items
Managing Input Items
Managing Answer Items

Open an Input Item

You can open an input item in another app.

  1. From the Related Items tab of the component request, select the input item to open.
  2. Right-click or click > Open with and select the app.

    You can open these input items in the following apps:

    Manufacturer Equivalent Item

    • Engineering Release - the manufacturer equivalent item opens in the Engineering Release app.
    • Supplier Item Qualification - the manufacturer equivalent item details open in the Supplier Item Qualification app.

    Engineering Item

    • Engineering Release - the engineering item opens in the Engineering Release app.
    • Supplier Item Qualification - the engineering item details open in My Engineering Item in the Supplier Item Qualification app.

The input items open in the selected app.

Open an Answer Item

You can open an answer item in another app.

  1. Click the Related Items tab of the component request.
  2. From the answer item that you want to open, right-click or click > Open with and select the app.

    You can open these answer items in the following apps:

    Manufacturer Equivalent Item

    • Engineering Release - the manufacturer equivalent item opens in the Engineering Release app.
    • Supplier Item Qualification - the manufacturer equivalent item details open in the Supplier Item Qualification app.

    Engineering Item

    • Engineering Release - the engineering item opens in the Engineering Release app.
    • Supplier Item Qualification - the engineering item details open in My Engineering Item in the Supplier Item Qualification app.

    Qualification - the qualification details open in the Supplier Item Qualification app.

    Document - the document opens in the Document Management app.

The answer items open in the selected app.