Updating an Existing Single Component in CES

About Updating an Existing Single Component in CES

Once a component has been added to the CES database, you may change one or more pieces of data associated with that component. Instead of having to remove the existing component and introduce a new updated component, you can update the existing component directly.

When Updating an Existing Single Component in CES

  • You can change item specification values.
  • You can choose to create new item revisions when updating an existing component, or just overwrite the existing item revisions.
  • You can change the Consumer Organization(s) for the component.
  • You cannot change the category in which the component is located.
  • You cannot change the project(s) that use the component.
  • You cannot change the Creator Organization of the component.
  • You can map any new attributes, but you cannot change current attribute mapping.
  • A component can only be updated by the project that introduced the component to CES. You must be logged in to ENOVIA using the same project that introduced the component. If you try to update a component while logged in to any other project, the update will fail.
  • By default, updating a component automatically changes the status of that component to PENDING_APPROVAL. To have the status of an updated component change to some other status value, set the ItemStateAfterSync property in the CESSettings category. Once a part is updated or synchronized, the Parts Manager must approve the change through the Manage Approval window.

How To Update an Existing Single Component in CES

This task explains how to update an existing part:
This example assumes that:
  • you have successfully created a part or a product and introduced it to CES
  • you are familiar with modifying parts and products
  1. Start CATIA. Login to ENOVIA V5 VPM and CES. For more information on logging in, refer to Logging in to ENOVIA V5 VPM in CATIA and Accessing CES Functionality. Open the part or product you wish to update in ENOVIA V5 VPM. .

  2. Search for this product in CES. In the Search Results window, select the appropriate entry, right-click and select Properties, the following appears:

  3. Close the Properties window, and back in ENOVIA V5 VPM, make the desired changes to one or more properties associated with the product and save it.



  4. Select the part or product in the assembly window and click the CES Single Component Introduction button on the CES toolbar. Page 1 of the CES Component Introduction Wizard appears. This displays the CATIA and PLM information for the component you are updating.

  5. Click Next. When updating an existing component, you cannot change the category in which it is stored, so step 2 is bypassed and you are taken directly to step 3. Note that the Internal Item Number cannot be modified, but you can map any new attributes.

  6. Map new attributes as needed, and click Next. The fourth page of the CES Component Introduction Wizard contains a summary of the information for the part or product you are updating. This information is contained on three tabs, Item Specification Info, Internal Items Info, and CES to PLM Mapping Info.

  7. Please note that on the Internal Items Info tab the Creator Organization is disabled, and cannot be changed. The Consumer Organization can be changed however. You also have the option of having a new revision created for all existing items.

  8. The CES to PLM Mapping Info tab displays the current mapping information for the part or product you are changing.

  9. Click Finish to finalize the update. If the update is successful, the following appears:

  10. Search the CES database for the updated part or product. In the Search Results window right-click on the appropriate entry and select Properties. Depending on the properties available in the class that contains the part or product, the way in which you mapped the attributes from PLM to CES, and the attributes displayed in the tabs, you will see updated information in the Properties window.

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.


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 update 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 update process. This button is disabled in Step 1.

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. This is disabled when updating an existing part or product.
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 updating the 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 Description, if any. This is disabled for the Internal Item Number when updating a part or product.
Suffix Enter the suffix you wish to add to the Internal Item Description, if any. This is disabled for the Internal Item Number when updating a part or product.
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 of the information that will be mapped from PLM into CES for the new component.


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.

Cancel

Close the window and cancel the CES component update process.

Previous

Go to the previous step.

Next

Accept the information in this step and proceed to the next step.

Finish

Finish the update 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 update 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 update 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 the part or product being updated. This includes the organization(s) that created the item and will use the item. Please note that only the Consumer Organization can be updated.

Creator Organization Organization that created the component. This is disabled when updating a part or product.
Consumer Organization Organization(s) that will use the component. This displays the organization set during introduction, but can be changed during the update process. 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, which allows you to modify the Consumer Organization.

Cancel

Close the window and cancel the CES component update 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 update 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 part or product being updated.
Send For Approval Select this to handle the approval of a part family using Enterprise Process Management (EPM) Workflow.

Approval Status

Contains the options used to manually approve the process. This is disabled in the update process.

Project Contains the project into which the part or product was introduced. This is the project that owns the component and the only project allowed to modify or synchronize the component.

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 update the Consumer Organization.

Cancel

Close the window and cancel the update 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 update process.