Search for objects in the BOE tree

You can quickly search the bill of equipment (BOE) on the Process Planning or Work Instructions Authoring page before you assign a work area to the bill of process (BOP).

Prerequisites

You must set the following preferences to use this feature:

• EP_SearchInBOEPropertyNames—set the value to the User Entry Name of the property used in the query. By default this value is set to Item ID and Item Name. However, you can also set this value to a custom property, such as SAP work area name.

• EP_SearchInBOEByPropertyQueryName—set the value to point to the property you query for this feature. For example, if you are querying by Item Name or Item ID, set this value to Item_Name_or_ID.

In addition, you must add the EP_SearchInBOEPropertyNames preference and the EP_SearchInBOEByPropertyQueryName preference to the AWC_StartupPreferences in the Teamcenter rich client.

See the Preferences section in the Active Workspace Administration documentation for a description of preferences and how to set them.

Procedure

1. If you have not done so already, search for and open an existing work package that contains processes and operations, and navigate to the Work Instructions Authoring or Process Planning page.

2. Click the Resources tab.

3. In the Search for workarea field, type your query and click Search.

Tip You can use wildcard characters in your search. For example, type STN to search for a work area item name that begins with STN. To ensure the best search results, create a query with narrow parameters.

Teamcenter Easy Plan returns the results that match your query, returning up to 50 matching items.

4. Select the item that you want in the search results list.

Teamcenter Easy Plan expands the BOE and highlights the work area item you selected in the search results list.