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Add effectivity when generating an IPA

You can filter the IPA tree using the effectivity mechanism.

Procedure

Select the top-level process for which you want to create an IPA and choose Tools→Assembly Tree→Create/Update Assembly Tree.The Create Assembly Tree dialog box is displayed.
Click Options.
In the Generate Assembly Tree Options dialog box, click the Effectivity tab.
Set the desired effectivity. After generating an IPA tree using effectivity, you must specify an effectivity value in the configuration rule in order to use other IPA functionality on this specific tree.Tip Choose Show Unconfigured by Occurrence Effectivity from the view menu to show all the MEWorkpiece occurrences that were generated with effectivity, including those that are configured out in the current configuration rule.