Create Template from Sub Structure
Explanation
This activity is used to create a new template structure by converting an
existing structure branch of another template structure. Refer the following
list to help you decide how your new template structure is to be created.
- What should the status of the new template structure be? If the
structure branch from which the new template is created is in the Active
status, it is highly possible that serial structures exist based on the
template, which again will require that the new template structure must
have the Active status. If the structure branch from which the new
template is created is in either the Preliminary or Obsolete
status, you are free to choose the status of the new template.
- Should the existing structure branch use the new template to control
the configuration or not? When you create the new template you can decide
to just create the new template or to also let the new template control
the configuration of the structure branch used to create the template. If
you decide to let the new template control the configuration of the structure
branch used to create the template, the structure branch will be removed
since this is no longer used. If you decide not to do this at this time
you can choose to do it at a later stage.
- Should new values be generated in the Structure Position field for
the new template structure? You can decide to create the new template
by using the existing structure positions of the selected structure branch
or by generating new structure positions. The second step of the assistant
is made available when you choose to generate new structure positions.
Note: If you have serial structures based on the template, it is recommended
to keep the structure positions and not generate new ones.
Furthermore, you should decide what kind of detailed data should be copied
to the new template structure. When you create a new template from a structure
branch the detailed data, i.e., position alternates, dependencies and functions,
can be copied to the new template structure. If you decide not to copy you will
have to manually enter this detailed data later for the new template structure.
If you choose to generate new structure positions for the new template structure
you can, for instance, specify how the new structure positions should be created:
- A prefix and/or suffix can be added to all structure positions.
- You can specify a start value for the structure positions.
- You can specify a fixed length for the structure positions.
The different options can be combined to conform with the structure you require.
Note: If details are not entered in the New Structure Position Information
section in the Create
Template from Sub Structure assistant, structure positions are generated
automatically starting with the value 100.
To perform this activity:
- Open the Manage Template Structure page and in the
Consist Of or the
Multilevel tab, search the template
part that consist of the subpart you want to create the template for.
- Mark the part number you want to create the template for in the structure
and select Create Template from Sub Structure option to open the
Create Template from Sub Structure assistant.
- Enable the option Control Configuration by New Template if the
existing structure branch should use the new template to control the configuration.
- Enable the option Generate New Structure Positions if you do
not want to keep the existing structure positions.
- Enable the options Position Alternates, Dependencies and
Functions if you want these data to be copied to the new template
structure.
- Enable the options Position Alternates, Dependencies and
Functions if you want these data to be copied to the new template
structure.
Prerequisites
An existing structure branch that does not have have its own template must
exist.
System Effects
- The new template structure is copied from the existing structure branch.
- Detailed information (i.e., position alternates, dependencies and functions)
will be copied according as per the defined requirements.
- If a new structure position is added when creating a template from a
sub structure, an empty structure position will be added to all serial structures
using the new template.
- If a structure position was removed when creating a template from a
sub structure, all empty structure positions corresponding to the removed
structure position will be removed from all serial structures using the
new template.
- If the selected structure branch is to have its configuration controlled
by the new template, the old structure branch (including detailed data)
will be removed. As a result, the serial structures associated with the
current template will be updated with the new template structure.