View and edit properties

You can view the properties of a data definition collection, planner input field, or standard text document.

Select a data definition collection, planner input field, or standard text document and click Properties .

The Properties dialog box appears.

A data definition collection can appear in the current textual work instructions document in one of two ways:

• Directly inserted into the current textual work instructions document—all the properties are editable.

• As part of the content of standard text that you added to the textual work instructions document—some properties are not editable, as defined in the MEWiDcdNotEditableProperties preference.

Note

• For data collection definitions added to your work instruction document as part of a standard text, the MEWiDcdNotEditableProperties preference lists the properties that are not editable for each data collection definition type.

The default value is Placeholder. The administrator can delete this value to enable editing the Placeholder value.

The administrator can delete the values for a specific data collection definition type.

If the MEWiDcdNotEditableProperties preference for a specific data collection definition type is empty, all its properties are editable. If, however, the preference for a derived data collection definition type is empty, the preference inherits properties from its basic data collection definition type ancestor.

You can add other properties to the MEWiDcdNotEditableProperties preference to protect them.

• You can edit the Placeholder String property by typing in the document without accessing the properties of the data collection definition. To complete the change, click anywhere in the document outside the data collection definition.

All the planner input field properties in the Textual Work Instructions view are read-only except for Value and Skip Validity Check.

Teamcenter enables you to omit the validity check for a planner input field. This is useful, for example, in an incremental drilling process. The process requires drilling a hole of a specific diameter and then drilling again to increase the diameter to a very accurate value. The result of the initial drilling operation does not meet the requirements noted in the planner input fields. The result of the subsequent drilling operation does, however, meet the requirements. In this case, it is desirable to skip the planner input field validity check for the initial drilling operation.

If you set Skip Validity Check to true, Teamcenter omits all the validity checks except for the following:

• String length - If the length of the Value you entered exceeds the Maximum Length for the planner input field, Teamcenter issues a warning that the string will be truncated when you save the planner input field. You can either proceed or edit the string.

• If Is Optional is set to False, Teamcenter performs all validity checks on the planner input field even if Skip Validity Check is set to true.