Editing Applicability

A change action's owner or a Change Coordinator can build or edit an applicability expression to define the scope of the change that is being performed in the context of that change. In the change management process, applicability is defined in the context of a change action to leverage it in the change operations.

Note: Applicability is only available in apps that use either Configuration and Effectivity Services or Configuration Engineer, and Change Management.

Before you begin: To build or edit an applicability expression:
  • You must be the change action's owner or a Change Coordinator.
  • The change action must be in the Prepare, In Work, or In Approval state.
  1. Open the change action.
  2. Select Applicability.
  3. Click to search for a model.
  4. Select the model, then click OK.
  5. Do one of the following:
    • Double-click the model's tile to edit its applicability.
    • On the model's tile, select > Edit Applicability.
    The Edit Applicability dialog box opens.
  6. Select the check boxes for the applicability types you want to define.

    The list of available applicability types depends on the data in the context that you selected. If the applicability context does not have data for that type, it is not be displayed in the dialog box. If the associated model has model versions, they can be used to define applicability. If a model version has manufacturing plans defined, they can be used to define applicability.

  7. To define a type of applicability, click .
    The Select Model Version or Select Manufacturing Plan dialog box opens.
  8. Select one or more model versions or manufacturing plans to define the applicability.
    If you select and insert only a single item, it is inserted into the applicability expression as a range with infinity defined as the end of the range. The applicability expression will be something similar to the following, Selected Item A <, which means Selected Item A to infinity.

    If you select two items, they are inserted into the applicability expression as a range between the two nodes. The applicability expression will be similar to the following, Selected Context:Selected Item[A] OR Selected Item[B], which means a range between the highest node in the context, Selected Item A, and the lowest node in the context, Selected Item B.

  9. Click OK when you have a complete applicability expression to save it.