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.