Allocations overview

An allocation represents a directional relationship between a specific instance of an item revision in one product structure and one or more item revisions in a related structure. For example, you might relate lines in the functional structure to the logical structure or the logical structure to lines in the physical structure. These relationships may span multiple configurations and revisions of both structures. They may change according to the overall configurations or the specific revisions that are configured into the structures.

A group of allocations that map together two or more structures is referred to as an allocation map or allocation context. An allocation map is a Teamcenter object that can be revised separately from the structures that it maps. However, depending on your business rules, you may want to revise the allocation map at the same time as you revise the associated structures.

For more information about allocations, see Getting Started With Product Structure.