Updating Easy Plan using the epw_update_stx_elements utility

When an individual standard text library object changes, you can use the command line epw_update_stx_elements utility to find and update HTML preview datasets attached to process or operation revisions.

Preview datasets impacted by changes to a single, selected standard text object are updated when you run the utility.

Requirements

After a standard text library object has been revised, updated and approved, it is a valid candidate for the HTML bulk update utility.

• You must run the utility from a Teamcenter server.

• To provide controlled and predictable results, it is strongly recommended that you update only a single standard library object prior to executing the bulk update. Because an individual HTML document may contain references to multiple standard library elements, all standard library elements referenced within a HTML document are regenerated within the updated HTML document.

• You should run the utility at a time when users are not authoring HTML documents, and you should prenotify users of expected changes. The HTML documents may be in a working or released state.

Caveats

The following are not part of the epw_update_stx_elements utility process and must be addressed separately:

• Manufacturing Execution System (MES) integration.

• Change management. Teamcenter recommends that you set a single manufacturing change notice (MCN) on a single standard text library object. An in-depth understanding of the nature of changes made by the update_stx_elements utility is essential to successful results. The TWI preview dataset used by TWI and Electronic Work Instructions (EWI) supports HTML, based on the Teamcenter preference MEWiPreviewFormat. Changes made to the TWI preview dataset attached to an Process/OP item revision are absolute and datasets have no revision history.

• The utility does not support standard symbol library objects.

• If an HTML library object change requires additional changes to the BOP, such as changes to the number of operations or changes to consumed parts, this is not a valid use of the bulk update utility.