Configuring the accountability check > Accountability check batch mode

Running an accountability check in batch mode using the acc_check_client utility

Running an accountability check of the product can take several hours. You can use the acc_check_client utility to run the accountability check if you:

Want to output to both Microsoft Excel and occurrence groups simultaneously.
Want to output occurrence groups to both the source and target structures. For example, you can get Missing in Source results that you cannot get with the rich client commands or with a regular accountability check.
Have administrative privileges.

You can run this utility offline, after hours, using the operating system scheduling to provide up-to-date reports for Teamcenter users the following day. This utility logs onto Teamcenter, performs an accountability check, stores the results in occurrence groups and/or an Excel report and logs off. You can run this utility from a Teamcenter command window or from a batch file that is developed to perform a specific check on two specific structures.

Running the acc_check_client utility creates the same output that is obtained by running the accountability check in rich client. Teamcenter stores results in one or both of the following:

Results are stored in occurrence groups that are created on the source and (optionally) the target structures. These occurrence groups appear as tabs when the top item or revision is opened in Manufacturing Process Planner. If structure contexts are used as input arguments, the occurrence groups appear as tabs when the structure contexts are opened in Manufacturing Process Planner.
Results are stored in an Excel report. The report appears in a dataset that is attached to the target structure’s top line item revision. You can find the dataset by opening the structure, selecting the top line, and viewing the Attachments tab. You can view the Excel content by opening the dataset.