Change Management

Configure Effectivity

Administrator privileges are required to configure the effectivity of objects or relations!
  The Change Management needs several configuration settings which are specific for the objects or relations that are controlled. In order to provide a flexible configuration of the change management, every individual object owns its change management level. The following levels are available:
  • Level 0 = Change Management is deactivated
  • Level 1 = Objects can be assigned manually to the change management
  • Level 2 = Change management is required, when objects are released
  • Level 3 = Change management is required, when objects are created
When choosing level 1, the effectivity for each object or relation is defined individually. When choosing level 2 or 3, the effectivity of an object or relation is controlled by the corresponding Work Order/Work Set.
  The configuration of effectivity is to be executed on the Change Management Configuration mask (System > Change Management > Configuration.)

  The graphic above depicts the effectivity configuration for a BOM with the following settings:
 
Field Description
Entity 1/Entity 2 Indicate the objects that form a relation
View Indicates the kind of relation between objects
Title Indicates the name of the object or the relation
Status control Indicates the change management level
Parallel Versioning Allows to create parallel versions of an object version
Parallel Effectivity The effectivity of objects overlap.
  The change management level 3 indicates that a BOM is subject to the change management when being created. This implies that the effectivity is controlled by a corresponding Work Oder/Work Set.
If a BOM is configured to be subject to the change management, a single article must also be configured to be under the control of the change management. Otherwise the system will output an error message.
   
  An overview of the objects/relations that are subject to the Change Management in the standard configuration is available when displaying the Change Management Configuration mask in the list view.

   
 

Integrate Customized Entities

  If the change management level (control level) of a structure is "1" and the "Allow duplicates" tickbox is activated, then it is possible to manually create objects with an identical position number.