Configuring Effectivity Dates

You can change properties to configure Device Master Record Management for your business needs.

You can define the number of days from the effectivity start or end date that determines whether an object is becoming effective soon or is expiring soon. For a list of all properties, see Properties for Effectivity Dates.

  1. Create or open the text file to contain customized properties. For more information, see Editing Properties Using MQL.
  2. If you previously created a page object for properties, open the emxLES.properties page for editing.

    Otherwise, create a page object named emxLES.properties.

    Important: The page object must have this exact name. If you name it anything else, the app will use the default property values as they were installed.

  3. To define the number of days until the effectivity start date that an object is considered to be "effective soon" (the displays in the Effectivity Status column in the DMR View), follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxLES.Effectivity.NoOfDaysToBeEffective=30

      When the effectivity start date is within the number of days set in this property, the status column shows this icon.

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.
  4. To define the number of days until the effectivity end date that an object is considered to be "expiring soon" (the icon displays in the Effectivity Status column in the DMR View), follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxLES.Effectivity.NoOfDaysToExpire=30

      When the effectivity end date is within the number of days set in this property, the status column shows this icon.

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.

      When the effectivity end date is within the number of days set in this property, the status column shows this icon.

  5. If needed, continue editing the emxLES.properties page object. If finished, save the page.
  6. Reload the cache:
    1. From the compass, select Social and Collaborative Apps .
    2. In the list of apps, click Collaboration and Approvals.
    3. In the navigation pane, click Utilities > Reload Cache.

The Status column in the DMR view shows an icon based on the values for the Part effectivity start and end dates.

Status IconDescription
The object is effective, or effectivity dates are not defined.
The object is not effective.
The object is effective but will expire soon.
The object is not effective but will become effective soon.