Add BOM line properties

Administrators can add operation or process BOM line properties to the template header or footer. This can be useful, for example, to facilitate quick identification of different documents. This can be done directly from Teamcenter.

Procedure

1. Launch Microsoft Word.

Note This instance of Word is independent of Teamcenter.

2. Open a blank Word document, and click the Developer tab. If the Developer tab is not available, in Microsoft Word, do the following:

Choose File→Options→Customize Ribbon.

From the Customize Ribbon list on the right, select Main Tabs, and select Developer.

Click OK to accept the change and exit the Word Options dialog box.

3. Double-click the top of the document.

The document header becomes active.

4. Click the Developer tab.

5. Click the Plain Text Content control button.

Word places an empty plain text content control in the header.

If the property you want to add requires more than a single paragraph, use a Rich Text Content control. For example, the description property may require multiple paragraphs.

6. Select the new text control and click Properties.

The Content Control Properties dialog box appears.

7. In the Title box, type a name for the property title.

The Title text is used for the content control’s name.

8. In the Tag box, type the name of the BOM line property you want to insert in the template header. To retrieve the property name, proceed as follows:

Right-click the column area in Manufacturing Process Planner and choose Insert Column. The Change Columns dialog box appears.

Copy the desired BOM line property name to the clipboard.

In the Change Columns dialog box, click Cancel.

9. In the Tag box, paste the BOM line property name.

10. In the Tag box, preface the BOM line property name with one of the following:

LNP_ for a line property, for example, LNP_bl_rev_object_name for a line object name or LNP_bl_rev_item_revision_id for a line revision identification number

LPP_ for a line parent property, for example, LPP_bl_rev_object_name for a parent object name

11. In the Content Control Properties dialog box, click OK.

Note Ignore the Locking and Plain Text Properties sections.

12. Open the target template and double-click the top to activate the header area.

13. Type the name of the property you want to insert in the template header.

14. From the Word document, copy the content control you created and paste it after the property name you typed.

15. Add as many BOM line properties as you want to the template header.

Note You can add a table to the document header and insert the BOM line properties into the table. This enables you to add multiple properties in an orderly way.

16. Save and close the template.

17. Discard the original Word document in which you created the content control.