Understanding change

Multi-BOM Management provides several tools for managing and verifying changes to your product structures.

• The Change Tracker view displays all changes that took place in a range defined by either unit or date effectivity. These changes can be based on incremental change, on revision effectivity, or on both. Once the change tracker lists the changes, you can mark them to indicate that they have received attention or propagate the changes to a target structure. The view can also be used to find out where and how the item revisions in a change notice affect a particular structure.

• Incremental change management is the process of controlling changes and providing an audit history of a product's definition and configuration. Caution Incremental change is an advanced change management tool. If you are planning to use Incremental change, please consult with a Siemens Digital Industries Software representative before deployment.