Identify broken links

Procedure

1. Open the process in which you want to search for broken links.

2. Open the product/plant structure in which you are looking for likely link candidates in the second pane by right-clicking the tab and choosing Open Structure in Second Panel.

3. Select a product or plant structure as the scope for the candidate search. You can select multiple lines.

4. Select a process or operation as the scope for the broken link search.Teamcenter searches from the selected object down through all leaf nodes. If you do not make a selection, Teamcenter uses the root node as the scope for the search.

5. Choose Tools→Repair Broken Links.Teamcenter displays the Repair Broken Links dialog box.

6. Modify the scope for the broken link candidate search by adding or removing product structure lines. Do this by selecting them in the product structure and clicking Set/Add current selection .

7. (Optional) Modify the search criteria.

8. To set a revision rule, click Alternative Revision Rule. You can choose to view or set the revision rule, enter the end unit/date, or set an override folder.

9. Choose whether you want to perform a quick or a more thorough search in the Structures Traversal section.

Click

To

Visible Structure

Search through the launched, loaded structure (all the currently expanded and visible lines). The quick search does not include nodes that have never been expanded (that is, nodes that are not loaded) or are hidden due to effectivity or variant conditions.

Full Structure

Search through the complete tree in the launched structures, loading as necessary. The search expands collapsed (unloaded) nodes; it does not include nodes hidden due to effectivity or variant conditions.

10. To search for broken links only, and not perform the more time-consuming candidate search, clear Include Candidates.

11. To have Teamcenter repair the links automatically, select Automatic Repair.Teamcenter searches for eligible candidates in the product or plant structure and, if only one candidate is found, automatically creates a relationship of the same type as the broken link between the process line and the lone candidate.

12. Click Search.Teamcenter searches for all broken links from the selected process node down to the leaf nodes and displays them in the Broken Links list. If you select Include Candidates, it also searches for all candidates that fulfill the search criteria and displays them in the Candidates list.If you select a line in the process structure on which to perform the search with multiple broken links in the substructure, and Automatic Repair is active, all broken links for which Teamcenter finds a unique candidate are repaired.