Define a Serial Range

Explanation

This activity is used to define serial ranges for the serial numbers that are to be assigned to the selected modification revision, when the modification is activated.

There are three parameters that define how a serial number range is specified. These parameters can be updated in the Object Properties tab. The following table shows all the default parameter values:

Parameter Value Description
FROM_TO_SERIAL_RANGE .. Specifies a from/to serial number range. Example: Enter the value sn3..sn9 to specify serial numbers sn3, sn4, sn5, sn6, sn7, sn8 and sn9.
SEP_SERIAL_RANGE ; Separator for separating several single serial numbers. Example: Enter the value sn1;sn12;sn17 to specify three specific serial numbers.
ALL_SERIAL_RANGE % All serial numbers for the given part number.

Therefore, according to the default parameter values described in the above table, the serial number range can be defined using any of the following formats:

  1. Select several single serial numbers using the value defined for SEP_SERIAL_RANGE - sn1;sn12;sn17
  2. Select a range of serial numbers using the value defined for FROM_TO_SERIAL_RANGE - sn3..sn9
  3. A combination of point 1 and point 2 - sn1;sn3..sn9;sn12;sn17
  4. Select serial numbers with prefix NO- using the value defined for ALL_SERIAL_RANGE - NO-%
  5. Select serial numbers with suffix -XX using the value defined for ALL_SERIAL_RANGE - %-XX
  6. Select all serial numbers for a part number using the value defined for ALL_SERIAL_RANGE - %

The definition of a serial number range can be performed manually by generating numerical serial numbers or using relevant menu options to add, change or remove a serial range (for more information refer the online help file Add, Remove or Change Serial Number Range.) The value you enter in the Serial Number Range field is not validated.

Following options exist:

Generate Numeric Serial Range

The purpose of this functionality is to handle occurrences where only numerical characters are used for the serial range. Furthermore, you can generate a sequence of serial numbers at once as opposed to defining each serial number independently. The serial range must consist of numerical characters only. Therefore, decimal values and values less than or equal to 0 are not allowed.

Observe the following example:
Assume you need to generate a serial range from SN-0001-X to SN-1000-X. You need to complete the procedure using several steps as detailed in the following table.

  Serial Range Prefix Suffix
a) 1 - 9 SN-000 -X
b) 10-99 SN-00 -X
c) 100-999 SN-0 -X
d) 1000 SN- -X

A maximum of ten sequence numbers will be displayed in the Serial Number Range ffield after the generation is completed, for example, a generated serial number sequence from 100 to 123 will be displayed on three rows.

Prerequisites

SSystem Effects

As a result of this activity, serials are assigned to the selected modification revision.