Compliance Definition Properties

You can access the Properties page for a compliance definition to view its details.

Required access roles:

  • Baseline: Author, Leader, Owner
  • App-specific: Compliance Administrator, Compliance Engineer, and Senior Compliance Engineer

To access this page:

  1. Open the required Compliance Definition. For more information, see Opening a Compliance Definition.
  2. In the navigation pane, click the Name of the required compliance definition.

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Fields

Field Name Description
Type The type of object, which is "Compliance Definition".
Name The name of the compliance definition
Compliance Type The compliance type, for example, RoHS.
Description A description of the compliance definition
Product/Process Scope Indicates if the Compliance Definition is for a process or a part using Class E of IPC 1754 standard. Shows either "Product Only" or "Process Only."

Only available if IPC 1754 support or process support is enabled.

Application Scope Type Defines the set of parts that apply to the compliance definition.

Scope Value Description
All The compliance definition is scoped for all the parts connected to the context part
Component Level - In Scope Compliance calculations include parts with the specified scope application
Product Level - In Scope Compliance calculations include products with the specified scope application
Component level - Out of Scope Compliance calculations exclude parts that have the specified scope application.
Product level - Out of Scope Compliance calculations exclude products that have the specified scope application.

Policy The policy governing the compliance definition. Values are "Enterprise" or "User".
State The current state of the definition.

State Name Description
Active Compliance definition can be used for rollups, reports, and so on.
Inactive Compliance definition cannot be used.

Rollup Indicates whether the compliance definition will be used during the rollup of compliance information. Values are "Yes" or "No".
Display Compliance in Summary Pages Used in deciding whether compliance information related to the enterprise compliance definition will be displayed in summary pages. The Compliance Status for an enterprise compliance definition is displayed in summary pages if the "Show Compliance Status" indicator is "Yes" and the Rollup indicator is "Yes".
Threshold Type Indicates whether values equal to the threshold, in addition to those that exceed it, are compliant or non-compliant.

Actions/Toolbar Commands

You must have the Compliance Administrator or Owner access role to use these actions.

Action Description
Promote to Active Promotes an enterprise compliance definition from Inactive to Active.
Demote to Inactive Demotes an enterprise compliance definition from Active to Inactive.
Edit Details Enables edit mode. For an active Compliance Definition: the only attribute you can edit is Display Compliance in Summary Pages.

To edit the Product/Process Scope, you must have the Compliance Administrator or Owner access role.