New Component Introduction

About New Component Introduction

New Component Introduction allows you to introduce your Enovia components into the CES Catalog.   This capability allows you to move common components that you utilize in multiple designs - either individually or in bulk, into the CES catalog environment where they can now be accessed by all other users within your organization. This ability can save your organization time and money by promoting component reuse and reducing the costs associated with duplication and redundancy.

When using New Component Introduction

  • When introducing new components from Enovia into the CES catalog, if the EPM workflow process is enabled, the request for introduction will be routed to all approvers in the workflow chain.  If, however, the  EPM workflow process is not enabled, the new components will be created in the CES catalog immediately.
  • New components introduced into the CES Catalog without an associated EPM workflow, will automatically be given the approval status of APPROVED unless the environment variable, CES_NCI_AUTOAPPROVE, is set to false.  For more information on NCI related environment variables refer the section "Setting NCI Related Variables to LCANAV Server" in the CES Installation Guide.
  • When introducing a part to CES, the PLM project associated with the part must exist within CES. If the project does not exist within CES, part family introduction will fail. For more information about adding projects to CES, refer to CES Administration Guide : User Tasks : Customizing CES in Admin Desktop : Adding PLM Projects to CES.
  • You cannot map a CES attribute that has a preset default value.
  • You may map any PLM attribute to a string type attribute in CES, but you will get a warning message that this is happening.  If you do not want to retain that mapping you can remove it from the mapping list.
  • When introducing a new revision of a previously introduced component, you have the option of retaining the same mapping information from the previous version of the component.  Select Copy related information to new revision to retain the mapping information.  The following information is copied:
    • Manufacturer Information
    • Supplier Information
    • Pricing and Availability
    • Alternates

Accessing the Search Results Window

Within Enovia, there are many methods of accessing the Search Results window. To complete the scenario below, select one of the following methods to access the Search Results window:

 
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Advanced Access

  1. In the Main Access Area, click the Advanced Access link

  2. In the Advanced Access window, click the Standard Search or Simple Search tab to access the search window.

  3. Complete the search criteria, and click the Search button to execute the search.

Favorites
  1. In the Favorites pane, click the My Searches link to expand the saved searches listed.

  2. Select the search that you want to conduct, right-click, and select Execute Search from the shortcut menu.

How To Introduce a New Component into CES

For the following scenario, the Accessing the Search Results Window: Advanced Access method is used to access the Search Results window. 
  1. From the ENOVIA Search Results window, select the part that you want to introduce into the CES database, and click the Custom Part Promote  button located on the horizontal toolbar.  The New Component Introduction 1/3 window appears.

     

  2. In the New Component Introduction 1 of 3 window, you define the Creator and Consumer organizations for the selected ENOVIA parts.  This capability assists you by allowing you to track the facilities within your organization that are introducing and utilizing specific parts.  Some information about the part and your defined organization is already populated in the displayed fields by default, but can be edited. Enter additional description data if you like and then select the Select Organization button located to the right of the Consumer Organization field to obtain a list of companies that you can link with this item.  The Organization window appears listing all the companies for selection.

  3. Select the company that you wish to link to from the Organization window and click the OK button to proceed.  The New Component Introduction 1/3 window reappears with the selected company displayed.

  4. Now that the organization has been selected, click the Next button to proceed.  The New Component Introduction 2/3 window appears.

  5. The New Component Introduction 2/3 window accomplishes two important tasks: It allows you to categorize your parts by selecting a leaf level category for your part, and it allows you to map attributes of the PLM part to the attributes of its CES catalog entry.  Before any of the mapping exercises can begin, you must first categorize the part.  To do this, select the Supplemental Information link and continue expanding it until you locate the proper leaf level category for the part. 

  6. Once you have completed your categorization of the part, you can now map the attributes of your PLM part to those of your CES sourcing part.  First, name your mapping in the Mapping Name field.  Next, continue to map your attributes by either selecting the Engineering Part Attribute of your PLM part that you want to map from the drop-down list and proceed to map the attributes manually, or you can select the Load Existing Mapping button and have the existing mapping schema applied to your Enovia part.  As you can see, the Part Number attribute is currently mapped to the Description attribute.  To apply this mapping, click the Add button to move the mapped attributes into the Attribute Mapping section of the window. 

     

  7. When you have completed your mapping, click the Next button to proceed.  The New Component Introduction 3/3 window appears.

  8. All of the attributes that are applicable to the selected CES category are now displayed.  Fill in the attributes by either typing the information in, or selecting the Available Values buttons to display the appropriate entries for each of the fields.  To learn more about available values, see Using Available Values. 

  9. Once the values and projects have been selected, select Copy related information to new revision if you wish to retain mapping information in the new revision.  Click the Submit button to complete the new component introduction.  The component is added to the CES catalog database and opens in the Properties view.

 

The New Component Introduction 1/3 Window

This table describes the fields displayed in the New Component Introduction 1/3 window.

Fields Description
Creator Organization The organization that you belong to when creating the new component.
Consumer Organization Organization from which this part is available.
PLM Object Type The type of PLM object that is being introduced.


This table describes the buttons displayed in the New Component Introduction 1/3 window:

Button Description
Proceeds to the next window.
Returns to the previous window.
Cancels the operation.

The New Component Introduction 2/3 Window

 

This table describes the fields displayed in the New Component Introduction 2/3 window.

Fields Description
Engineering Part Attributes The PLM Part attributes that will be mapped to the CES catalog attributes.
Sourcing Attributes The CES catalog attributes that will be mapped to the PLM Part attributes.


This table describes the buttons displayed in the New Component Introduction 2/3 window:

Button Description
Saves your changes and moves you to the next window.
Discards your changes in the current window and takes you back to the previous window.
Discards all your changes and returns you to the Search Results window.
Deletes the selected entry from the Attribute Mapping list.

The New Component Introduction 3/3 Window

This table describes the buttons displayed in the New Component Introduction 3/3 window:

Button Description
Saves all your changes and completed the new component introduction process.
Discards your current changes and returns you to the previous window.
Cancels all of your changes and returns you to the Search Results window.
Opens the Project Selector window.
Removes the selected project from the list.
Option to retain mapping information from the previous revision of the component.