Types of objects you can open

The following types of objects can be opened in or sent to the Multi-Structure Manager application:

• Collaboration context object All the collaboration context object's structure contexts are displayed on tabs on the structure pane.

• Structure context The structure context appears on additional tabs on the structure pane. If it does not belong to the opened collaboration context, the title of its tab shows the name in parentheses, indicating it is a stand-alone context.

• Item, BOM line, or BOM view These are opened as temporary structure contexts.

• Intermediate data capture (IDC) This is opened as a temporary structure context.

• Processes of type Process This is opened as a temporary structure context.

• Operations of type Operation This is opened as a temporary structure context.

If an opened structure context is a composition, an asterisk (*) appears before its name on the tab. The system determines whether an item should be displayed as a composition by referring to the CCCompositionTypesPref system preference. The default value of this preference is Process, OP. You can override this default preference and put other item types in the list.