CES Component Introduction Wizard Step 1 of 4 Window
This table describes the fields displayed in the
CES Component Introduction Step 1 of 4 window.
Fields |
Description |
CATIA
Items |
Displays CATIA information about the part or product. |
PLM Items |
Displays PLM information about the part or product. |
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This table describes the buttons displayed in the
CES Component Introduction Step 1 of 4 window:
Button |
Description |
Cancel |
Close the window and cancel the component
introduction process. |
Previous |
Go to the previous step. This button is disabled
in Step 1. |
Next |
Accept the information in this step and proceed
to the next step. |
Finish |
Finish the introduction process. This button is
disabled in Step 1. |
CES Component Introduction Wizard Step 2 of 4 Window

This table describes the fields displayed in the
CES Component Introduction Step 2 of 4 window.
Fields |
Description |
Tree View |
This displays the hierarchy in a tree
form. You can expand the nodes of the tree to see each
set of sub-categories. |
List View |
This tab lets you search for a
category based on an attribute name or a category name.
For more information about this tab, refer to CES
Engineering Catalog Navigator : User Tasks : Search :
Attribute Based Category Search. |
Show Count |
Indicates whether to display the number
of items in each category. |
This table describes the buttons displayed in the
CES Component Introduction Step 2 of 4 window:
Button |
Description |
Find Categories |
Find all categories matching
the text entered in the Attribute
Name or Category
Name fields. |
View Hierarchy |
View the hierarchy of the
category selected in the results list. |
Cancel |
Close the window and cancel the component
introduction process. |
Previous |
Go to the previous step. |
Next |
Accept the information in this step and proceed
to the next step. |
Finish |
Finish the introduction process. This button is
disabled in Step 2. |
CES Component Introduction Wizard Step 3 of 4 Window
This table describes the fields displayed in the
CES Component Introduction Step 3 of 4 window.
Fields |
Description |
Internal Item Number |
Drop down list that lets you
select the attribute from which to derive the Internal
Item Number. |
Internal Item Description |
Drop down list that lets you
select the attribute from which to derive the Internal
Item Description. |
Ignore
Enovia Attributes |
Indicates whether to ignore the existing
PLM attributes when introducing the new component. |
Perform Automap |
Indicates whether to automatically map a PLM attribute
to a CES attribute having the same name and datatype. |
Prefix |
Enter the prefix you wish to add
to the Internal Item Number, or the Internal Item
Description, if any. |
Suffix |
Enter the suffix you wish to add
to the Internal Item Number, or the Internal Item
Description, if any. |
From PLM |
Contains a list of attributes in
PLM that can be used to map information to the attribute
selected in the To CES
field. |
To CES |
Contains a list of CES attributes.
The attribute selected in the
From PLM field
will be mapped to the attribute you select in this list. |
Selected
Mapping |
Contains a list the information that
will be mapped from PLM into CES for the new component. |
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This table describes the buttons displayed in the
CES Component Introduction Step 3 of 4 window:
Button |
Description |
Add Mapping |
Add the mapping specified in the
From PLM and
To CES fields to
the Selected Mapping
section. |
Delete Mapping |
Deletes the selected mapping from the
Selected Mapping
section. The deleted mapping will no longer be used when
introducing the new component to CES. |
Ignore Remaining |
Ignore any remaining
attributes that are not mapped. |
Cancel |
Close the window and cancel the CES component
introduction process. |
Previous |
Go to the previous step. |
Next |
Accept the information in this step and proceed
to the next step. |
Finish |
Finish the introduction process. This button is
disabled in Step 3. |
CES Component Introduction Wizard Step 4 of 4 Window
This table describes the fields displayed in the
CES Component Introduction Step 4 of 4 window
- Item Specification tab.
Fields |
Description |
Instances
of Mapped Part Family |
Contains the information on each
instance of the new component. |
This table describes the buttons displayed in the
CES Component Introduction Step 4 of
4 window:
Button |
Description |
Cancel |
Close the window and cancel the component
introduction process. |
Previous |
Go to the previous step. |
Next |
Accept the information in this step and proceed
to the next step. This button is disabled in step 4. |
Finish |
Finish the introduction process. |

This table describes the fields displayed in the
CES Component Introduction Step 4 of 4 window
- Internal Items Info tab.
Fields |
Description |
Internal
Item Instances |
Contains the Internal Item information
for each new component. This includes the organization(s) that created the item and will use the
item. Please note that you must set the
Creator
Organization and the
Consumer Organization or the
introduction will return an error. |
Creator Organization |
Organization that created the
component. This must be set or the introduction will return
an error. |
Consumer Organization |
Organization(s) that will use the
component. This must be set or the introduction will
return an error. You can select multiple consumer
organizations. |
Create New Revision for Existing Items |
Select this to create a new
revision of an item, instead of overwriting an existing
item. |
This table describes the buttons displayed in the
CES Component Introduction Step 4 of
4 window:
Button |
Description |
 |
Click this to display the CES
Item Selector window that allows you to select the
Creator
Organization and the
Consumer Organization. |
Cancel |
Close the window and cancel the component
introduction process. |
Previous |
Go to the previous step. |
Next |
Accept the information in this step and proceed
to the next step. This button is disabled in step 4. |
Finish |
Finish the introduction process. |

This table describes the fields displayed in the
CES Component Introduction Step 4 of 4 window
- CES To PLM Mapping Info tab.
Fields |
Description |
PLM Profile |
PLM information corresponding to
the new CES instances of the component. |
Send For Approval |
Select this to handle the approval of a
component using Enterprise Process Management (EPM) Workflow. |
Approval
Status |
Contains the options used to manually
approve the introduction process. For more information
about enabling workflow, refer to
Tools Options for CES. |
Project |
Contains the project(s) into which the new component will
be introduced. |
This table describes the buttons displayed in the
CES Component Introduction Step 4 of
4 window:
Button |
Description |
 |
Click this to display the CES
Item Selector window that allows you to select the
Creator
Organization and the
Consumer Organization. |
Cancel |
Close the window and cancel the component
introduction process. |
Previous |
Go to the previous step. |
Next |
Accept the information in this step and proceed
to the next step. This button is disabled in step 4. |
Finish |
Finish the introduction process. |
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