Limits for object type and subtype lists

When you create a new object in Teamcenter Easy Plan, you must select a type from the list. By default this list displays the object and all associated subtypes. You can limit object subtypes to match your business environment.

Note

If the preference does not exist for a type or is empty, all available subtypes are displayed. There are no default values for these preferences. If there is only one valid subtype defined for one of these preferences, that subtype is automatically selected.

There are preferences for several object types.

For net filtered variability:

• EP_AssignedPartsAreaColumnConfiguration—Controls the visibility of the columns, including those related to the net filtered variability feature, in the Parts tab for the bill of process (BOP). Set this preference value to false to display the column in the table. In the Teamcenter rich client, click + Insert Columns, search for the Net Variability and Net Filtered Variability columns, and add each value to the preference setting.

• EP_ProcessTreeAssemblyPlanningColumnConfiguration—Controls the visibility of the columns, including those related to the net filtered variability feature, in the BOP tree in the Process Planning page. Set this preference value to false to display the column in the table. In the Teamcenter rich client, click + Insert Columns, search for the Net Variability and Net Filtered Variability columns, and add each value to the preference setting.

• typeAndRuleForProcessConfiguration—Controls the behavior related to the BOP object getting configured out based on the configuration that is applied to the bill of materials (BOM) assignments. Set this preference to one of the following values:
  
  MEOP:One—Easy Plan calculates the net variability of a process object and the link net variability of its assigned children. Then, Easy Plan propagates the filtered variability to the object's assigned children.
  
  MEOP:All—Easy Plan calculates the net variability of a process object's children intersected with the net variability of the parent object.

For a plant:

• EP_CreateSubtypesForType_MEWorkarea—Defines the list of work area types (subtypes) for the root plant node in Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO or Process Planning for ETO.

• EP_CreateSubtypesForRootType_MEWorkarea—Defines the list of work area types (subtypes) within a plant structure in Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO or Process Planning for ETO.

For a plant bill of process (BOP):

• EP_CreateSubtypesForRootType_Mfg0MEPlantBop—Defines the list of plant bill of process (BOP) types (subtypes) that end users can define in a work package in Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO. The base type is Mfg0MEPlantBop.

• EP_CreateSubtypesForType—Defines the subtypes listed when end users create a work package. The default value is Type.

• EP_CreateSubtypesForType_MEProcess_InProductBop—Defines the subtypes listed when end users create a functional group in a product BOP. The default value is Mbc0FuncGroup. If you need to maintain compatibility with data created in Teamcenter Manufacturing Process Planner (or add any other data derived from MEProcess), change this value to MEProcess. Note A functional group is an object used to group operations in the product BOP. In Teamcenter Manufacturing Process Planner, the MEProcess object type is used as the functional group.

• EP_ScopeDefinitionPlantBopColumnConfiguration—Controls the column configuration of the plant BOP tree on the scoped data authoring page.

• EP_SearchInBOEPropertyNames—Allows users to search in the Resources tree, also known as the Bill of Equipment (BOE), on the Process Planning page. This preference value must be the "User Entry Name" of the property in the query.Note You must also include the properties listed in this preference in the query that you specify in the EP_SearchInBOEByPropertyQueryName preference.

• EP_SearchInBOEByPropertyQueryName—Defines the query that is used to search in the Resources tree, or the BOE in the Process Planning page.

• EP_ShowFullBOEInResources—Enables Easy Plan to display the full BOE structure in the Resources tab on the Process Planning page. When this preference is enabled, users can select objects in the BOE and assign them to a process or operation by dragging them to the Resources tab for the selected object. You must set this preference to True to enable the feature. In addition, you must add EP_ShowFullBOEInResources to the AWC_StartupPreferences in the Teamcenter rich client.

• MfgMEPlantBOP.Mfg0MEPlantBOP.PasteDuplicateTemplate—Enables Easy Plan users to clone existing functional groups in the Product BOP Authoring and Process Planning pages into process areas, process stations and process lines based on cloning rules.

For a product BOP:

• MEProductBOP.MEProductBOP.PasteDuplicateTemplate—Enables Easy Plan users to clone existing functional groups in the Product BOP Authoring and Process Planning pages into process areas, process stations and process lines based on cloning rules.

For a process resource:

• EP_CreateSubtypesForType_Mfg0ProcResource—Generates a list of values to display when end users create a process resource. The default values for this preference are:
  
  Mbc0HumanPR
  
  Mbc0MachinePR
  
  Mbc0CobotPR

For a process area:

• EP_CreateSubtypesForType_Mfg0MEProcArea—Limits the types of process areas in Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO (for example, process line, process station, and process area).

For a process station:

• EP_AllowDropResourceOnTarget—Allows Easy Plan users to populate resources at the process station level, and defines the object types onto which users can drag resources. This preference supports multiple values separated by commas using the add value function. The default values for this preference are:
  Mfg0BvrOperation
  
  Mfg0BvrProcess
  
  Mfg0BvrProcessResource

For an engineering bill of materials (BOM, EBOM) or a manufacturing bill of materials (MBOM):

• EP_SearchSubtypesForEbom—Defines the subtypes listed when end users create work packages. Ensure that you set this preference so that people can configure EBOMs in your environment.

• EP_SearchSubtypesForMbom—Defines the subtypes listed when end users create work packages. Ensure that you set this preference so that people can configure MBOMs in your environment.

For an MEProcess:

• EP_CreateSubtypesForRootType_MEProcess—Defines the list of process types (subtypes) for the root process.

• EP_CreateSubtypesForType_MEProcess—Defines the list of process types (subtypes) within a process structure.

• Ics_classifiable_types—Enables the classification of processes and operations. Set the value of this preference to MEProcess, MEProcessRevision, MEOP, and MEOPRevision.

For an operation (MEOP):

• EP_CreateSubtypesForType_MEOP—Defines the list of operation types (subtypes) within an operation structure in Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO or Process Planning for ETO.

• EP_CreateSubtypesForType_MEOP_InProductBop—Defines the list of operation types (subtypes) within an operation structure in a product BOP Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO or Process Planning for ETO. The default value for this preference is MEOP.

• Ics_classifiable_types—Enables the classification of processes and operations. Set the value of this preference to MEProcess, MEProcessRevision, MEOP, and MEOPRevision.