User Interface: Configuration and Effectivity Commands

The Configuration and Effectivity commands allow you to add a configuration context and define effectivity for objects in a structure. Your app may have implemented all or only some of these commands.

Edit Configuration Context
Adds or removes a model as a configuration context.
Opens the Edit Configuration Context dialog box for the object so that you can add or remove a model as its configuration context.

For more information, see Editing the Configuration Context

Edit Variants and Options Effectivity
Adds or edits the variants and options effectivity for an object in the structure.
Opens the Define Variant/Option dialog box for the object so that you can add or edit variants and options to define the variants and options effectivity expression.

For more information, see Editing Variant/Option Effectivity.

Edit Evolution Effectivity
Adds or edits the model version revisions that define evolution effectivity for an object in the structure.
Opens the Edit Evolution dialog box for the object so that you can select which model version revisions define the object's evolution effectivity.

For more information, see Editing Evolution Effectivity.

Extend Evolution Effectivity
Extends Evolution effectivity.
Used to initiate selected instances with Extend Evolution Effectivity using applicability value set in the work under Change Action.

For more information, see Extending the Evolution Effectivity of an Instance.


Copy Variant/Option Effectivity
Copies variant/option effectivity.
Copies the variant/option effectivity of an object so that you can paste it to another object in the structure.

For more information, see Copying and Pasting Variant/Option Effectivity.


Paste Variant/Option Effectivity
Pastes variant/option effectivity.
Pastes the copied variant/option effectivity of one object on another object in the structure.

For more information, see Copying and Pasting Variant/Option Effectivity.
Copy Evolution Effectivity
Copies Evolution effectivity.
Copies the Evolution effectivity of an object so that you can paste it to another object in the structure.

For more information, see Copying and Pasting Evolution Effectivity.
Paste Evolution Effectivity
Pastes Evolution effectivity.
Pastes the copied Evolution effectivity of one object on another object in the structure.

For more information, see Copying and Pasting Evolution Effectivity.
Select by Configuration Criteria
Selects by Configuration Criteria.
Opens the Select by Configuration Criteria dialog to locate product instances containing specific variant values and options.

For more information, see Highlighting Products with the Specified Variant/Option Effectivity.