Configuring Auto Creation of Material Declarations

You can configure Materials Compliance Management to automatically create a material declaration when an MEP is created.

If enabled, when an MEP is created from the user interface or by importing a Bill of Material XML file, a material declaration is automatically created for that MEP. You can also define values for properties that the due date and requestor comments, and promote the new material declaration to the Requested state. If the ELV data option installed, an IMDS request type and IMDS project can be indicated.

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Configuring Properties
  1. Create or open the text file to contain customized properties. For more information, see Editing Properties Using MQL.
  2. To enable auto creation of material declarations, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxMaterialComplianceCentral.AutomateMaterialDeclaration.Create=false

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

      • true enables this feature.
      • false no material declaration is created for new MEPs.

    If you do not set this property to true, you do not need to enter values for the remaining properties in this task.
  3. To set the number of days from the date of auto creation as the Due Date, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxMaterialComplianceCentral.AutomateMaterialDeclaration.DueDate=30

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements. Enter an integer value. That value sets the due date for the material declaration that number of calendar days after the automatic creation of the material declaration.
  4. To automatically promote the material declaration to Requested when it is auto created, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxMaterialComplianceCentral.AutomateMaterialDeclaration.PromoteToRequested=false

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

      • true automatically promotes the material declaration to Requested.
      • false keeps the material declaration in the Created state.

  5. To define default instructions for suppliers, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxMaterialComplianceCentral.AutomateMaterialDeclaration.RequestorComments=

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements. Enter any text. The same text appears in the "Requestor Comments" field for all material declarations sent to any supplier.
  6. To set the default value for the Create IMDS Request check box, follow these steps:

    This property is used only if ELV data management is installed.

    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxMaterialsCompliance.MDS.ImdsAutoCreateRequest=false

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

      • true Check box is selected.
      • false Check box is not selected.

      The user can select or clear the check box at the time of the import.

  7. To set the IMDS request type for an auto created IMDS Request, follow these steps:

    This property is used only if ELV data management is installed.

    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxMaterialComplianceCentral.AutomateMaterialDeclaration.IMDSRequestType=Component

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

      • Component
      • Semicomponent

  8. To set the IMDS project name for an auto created IMDS Request, follow these steps:

    This property is used only if ELV data management is installed.

    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxMaterialComplianceCentral.AutomateMaterialDeclaration.IMDSProject=

    2. Enter the name of the IMDS Project.

      For example:

      emxMaterialComplianceCentral.AutomateMaterialDeclation.IMDSProject=PROJ1AW34

  9. When finished updating the text file with all properties you want to modify, including the ones shown here, use the text file to modify the emxMaterialsComplianceCentral.properties page object. For more information, see Editing Properties Using MQL.