About Customer Extensions

This topic provides you with information about the application of customer extensions to extensible types. The Manage Customer Extensions command enables you to add attributes to types with respect to their data customization.

For example, if you define an extension named Recycle criteria on the type Car using this command, you can apply the extension Recycle criteria to any object of type Car provided this type is extensible. The extension may have attributes that also add information to the object of type Car. The Recycle criteria extension can have a Material attribute that can be valuated on a Car extended with the Recycle criteria extension.

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Adding Customer Extensions to Types

Customer Extensions Application

To apply a customer extension, select the object you want to apply in the tree and click Manage Customer Extensions from the Lifecycle section.

Integration to the Advanced Search

The attributes of a customer extension appear in the Easy tab of the Advanced Search command.

Access Through the Engineering Knowledge Language

Extended types and their attributes can be accessed using the EKL. Extensions can be added or removed using the AddExtension and RemoveExtension methods in an Action. To know more about these methods, see Engineering Rules Capture: Reference Information: Knowledge Packages: Standard Methods.