Locate a study in MPP using Study Manager

View studies in the Study Manager

Procedure

1. In the Manufacturing Process Planner, open the Collaboration Context Tree view.

2. (Method 1) View all the studies of the collaboration context:

In the Collaboration Context Tree view, right-click a collaboration context and choose Open with → Study Manager to open a new Study Manager view.

In the Collaboration Context Tree view, select a collaboration context and choose Set input to recent selection to switch the active object in the Study Manager.

  The Study Manager view displays all the studies of the collaboration context. This list may include several hundred studies.

3. (Method 2) View all the studies associated to the selected process object or its subprocesses:

In the process structure, right-click a process object and choose Open with → Study Manager to open a new Study Manager view.

In the process structure, select a process object and choose Set input to recent selection to switch the active object in the Study Manager.

  The Study Manager view displays all the studies associated to the selected object and its subprocesses. You can use this technique to narrow the list of studies shown in the Study Manager.
  The study properties are displayed in columns, for example, Name, Owner, Description.

4. Select a study.

(Optional) View the study properties

Procedure

1. View studies in the Study Manager.

The studies are displayed in a table. Each column is a property of a study revision object. You can configure the columns that are displayed in this table. The columns are stored in the TCMA_StudyMgrStudyGrid_Column user preference.

2. In the Study Manager view, click Table Columns and choose Select Columns.

The Columns Selector dialog box is shown.

3. By default, 17 properties of a study revision are shown in the Available Fields list.

You can enter part of the name of the column you wish to display in the Filter to find it easily. The contents of the Available Fields list can be configured by your administrator. See the Teamcenter Manufacturing Access Deployment documentation for details.

4. (Optional) Select the properties to add from the list on the left and click Add .

   For example you could add Release Status and Is Approved.

5. (Optional) Select the properties to add from the list on the right and click Remove .

6. (Optional) Drag the properties on the right to change the order of the columns.

7. Click OK.

The new properties are displayed in the table.

(Optional) Sort and organize table columns

Procedure

1. View studies in the Study Manager.

2. (Optional) To reorder the columns: In the Study Manager view, drag a column header and place it in between two others.

   For example, drag the Description column to the left of the Object column.

3. (Optional) To sort the studies by a property: In the Study Manager view, click a column header.

   For example, sort by the Object column.

(Optional) Filter the list of studies by name

Procedure

1. View studies in the Study Manager.

2. In the Study Manager view, type part or all of a study name in the Search box.

For example, type sh. Note You cannot use wildcards () in your search (for example, Isolate).

3. Press Enter or click Search .

   A subset of studies are shown. All studies with names that begin with sh are displayed and all other studies are hidden. The search string is highlighted in yellow in the study name and description.

(Optional) Filter the list of studies using a study property

Procedure

1. View studies in the Study Manager.

2. In the Study Manager view, click the down arrow to the right of the Search box, and choose an object property.

   For example, you could select Owner, then type either the user's name or ID in the parenthesis. You can add additional properties to the search string, for example, Name(me00), Description(Big). You can also type the search string manually. Note Your administrator can customize the properties listed in this field.

3. Type in a value, and press Enter.