Administering standard text

Updating standard text instances using the update_stx_elements utility

When an individual standard text library object changes, you can use the command line update_stx_elements utility to find and update textual work instruction preview datasets attached to process or operation revisions. Any of these 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 textual work instructions (TWI) bulk update utility.

The update_stx_elements utility requires a Microsoft Office version compatible with the Teamcenter version you have installed.
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 TWI document may contain references to multiple standard library elements, all standard library elements referenced within a TWI document are regenerated within an updated TWI document.
You should run the utility at a time when users are not authoring TWI documents, and you should prenotify users of expected changes. The TWI documents may be in a working or released state.

Caveats

The following are not part of the 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 one of several formats: PDF (default), MHT, docx, and rtf, 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 a standard text 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.