Step 2: set up the search for the site-specific properties

To set up the search for a specific property, you must create two attributes. The first attribute is added to the class listed in the MRMSiteData preference. The second attribute is a reference attribute that is added to the class. For example, for the Resource Status site-specific property, there are two attributes: a reference attribute (-46002) and a regular attribute (-46004). The regular attribute, -46004, is the one listed in the MRMSiteData preference. The reference attribute, -46002, is the one added to the class and for which you can search in the user interface.

Procedure

1. Create reference attributes for each attribute for which you want to search.

Create an attribute and select Reference Attribute during creation.

Click Configure.

In the Configure Reference Attribute dialog box, select Related Object.

Select the icm0 class in the POM Attribute tree.

Select the correct attribute from the POM Attribute list. This list contains an internal ID for every attribute. The reference attributes are hard-coded to refer to a specific position of the attributes in the classes named in the MRMSiteData preference. For example, if the reference attribute refers to the icm0::sm02 attribute, Teamcenter searches for the value contained in the attribute that is in the second position of the attributes contained in the classes listed in the MRMSiteData preference.

Caution To avoid unexpected search results, when extending the site-specific data framework, create subclasses of the MRM_SITE_DATA class and add any new attributes to the parent MRM_SITE_DATA class allowing them to be inherited to the new subclasses. When you create a reference attribute referring to the new attribute, Teamcenter then searches for the new attribute value in the correct position.

Select the Mfg0ResourceSiteDataRel relation in the Relations list.

2. Add the reference attribute to each class in which you want to search.

3. Set the ICS_reference_attribute_use_format_for_display to true.This preference specifies that the format of the reference attribute is used to determine the type of text field when searching in Resource Manager on Rich Client.