Configuring Attribute Mapping and Types for EBOM/Product Collaboration

You can map the attributes for a physical product to the attributes for a part. You can also specify object subtypes that are not collaborated.

Required access role: Administrator

This task shows you how to:

Configure Attribute Mapping

You can map the user-defined attributes for a physical product to user-defined attributes and some default attributes for a part. This mapping allows collaboration between the web apps and native apps.

  1. In the menu in the left pane, click Collaboration Management.
  2. Click Attribute mapping for EBOM/Product Collaboration.
    The attribute mapping between physical product and part is displayed in a table.
    Column Name Description
    Product attribute The attributes for physical product.
    Side The mapping direction.
    Part attribute The attributes for part.
    Actions The actions that you can perform on the mapping.

    Click to delete the mapping. Some mappings are not removable.

    Click to undo the operation if a deployed or stored mapping is selected to be deleted. The operation cannot be undone if the result conflicts with another mapping.

    Click to restore the direction. The deployed or stored direction is restored, and the modified direction is discarded. The direction cannot be restored if the result conflicts with another mapping.
    Deploy Status The status of the mapping.

    Icon Description
    Green Mapping is applied and deployed.
    Black Mapping is newly created and not yet deployed.
    Yellow Mapping is stored using import and the changes are not yet deployed.
    Red Mapping is deleted and the changes are not yet deployed.

    Mapping is deleted because of conflict during import and the changes are not yet deployed.
    Yellow Stored mapping is deleted and the changes are not yet deployed.
    Red Stored mapping contains an error or an incompatible range. Click the icon for more information about the error.

  3. To add a mapping, click .
    An empty row is added.
  4. Select a physical product attribute to map.
    Attributes that are already mapped are unavailable.
  5. Select a part attribute to map.

    Some attributes are unavailable if:

    • They are already mapped.
    • They are not of the same type as the product attribute.
    • Their ranges are not defined.
    • Their ranges are not compatible with the range of the product attribute.

    If no part attributes are compatible with the product attribute, appears next to the part attribute list. Click to see the reason for incompatibility.

    The Deploy Status changes to Black .
  6. Click .

    You can also modify the direction for existing mappings. When you modify the direction, the status changes to green for deployed mappings and yellow for stored mappings.

    The Modify direction panel appears. It shows the current mapping direction and the available mapping directions that you can select. By default, the direction is defined as Both.
  7. Select a mapping direction and click Apply.

    If a mapping direction is unavailable, click to see the reason.

  8. Click Apply.
    The mapping is created.

    You can also import and export attribute mappings. For more information, see Exporting and Importing Configurations.

    Notes:
    • If a part attribute or a product attribute from an existing mapping is present in a mapping to be imported, it is considered as a conflict.
    • If a mapping to be imported conflicts with an existing mapping, the existing mapping is deleted and the new mapping is imported and added.
    • If a mapping to be imported is identical to an existing mapping, the existing mapping is retained.
    • If a mapping is deleted because of conflict during import and the changes are deployed, the mapping is not listed.

Configure Types Not to Collaborate

You can specify object subtypes that are not synchronized during collaboration.

  1. In the menu in the left pane, click Collaboration Management.
  2. Click Types Not Collaborated for EBOM/Product Collaboration.
    A table appears. It lists the subtypes of physical product, part, and model version that are not collaborated.
    Column Name Description
    Type The types physical product, part and model version are listed.
    Specialization Types The subtypes of physical product, part, and model version that are not collaborated.

    For physical product and part, you can select more subtypes. For model version, you cannot select more subtypes.

    The selected subtypes are shown as badges. A badge shows the status, type name, and the action that you can perform on the subtype.

    The possible status and action combinations shown on subtypes are as follows.

    Status Icon Action Icon Description
    Green Mapping is deployed. No actions are permitted.
    Red Black Mapping is deployed and selected to be deleted. Can be undone.
    Yellow Black Mapping is stored as a parameter because of import, but not deployed. Can be deleted.
    Green Black Mapping is deployed. Can be deleted.
    Black Black Mapping is newly created and not yet deployed. Can be deleted.
    Yellow Black Mapping is stored as a parameter and selected to be deleted. Can be undone.

    Status The status of the mapping.

    If all mappings for the type are deployed, this column shows green .

    If any one mapping for the type is modified, this column shows black .
  3. In the Physical Product row, select a subtype from the list, and click Add type.
    The subtype is added as a badge with the status icon black . When you apply the changes, the status changes to green .

    Notes:
    • If a subtype is selected to be excluded from synchronization, the child types are also excluded.
    • If a child and a parent subtype are selected to be excluded from synchronization, the child is removed and the parent subtype is added in the exclusion list. All the child subtypes under the parent are now excluded.
    • If a subtype is selected to be deleted from the exclusion list and its child subtype is selected to be added to the exclusion list, the parent and the child subtypes are deleted from the exclusion list.

  4. In the Part row, select a subtype from the list, and click Add type.
    The subtype is added as a badge with the status icon black . When you apply the changes, the status changes to green .
  5. Click Apply.
    The changes are saved and deployed. You can click Reset to remove all undeployed modifications and imports. You can also import and export the list of objects selected to be excluded from collaboration. For more information, see Exporting and Importing Configurations.