Working entry: Scenario

The Working entry in revision rules selects item revisions that do not yet have a release status. By default, the Working entry picks the latest working revision based on the creation date, but can be refined by specifying an owning user or owning group.

A working entry is used for selecting working item revisions that do not have a release status. By default, the latest working revision is selected according to the date it was created. It can be made more specific by specifying an owning user and owning group.

Tip: There may be more than one working entry within a revision rule. For example, a rule may configure the current user's working revision and, if none is found, configure the current group's working revision instead. If a user changes group, it is necessary to reapply the revision rule to configure the appropriate revisions for the new group. However, in many circumstances, it is good practice to limit the number of working revisions, typically to a single revision. Your Teamcenter administrator can do this in Business Modeler IDE.

Example of a Working entry

Working( Owning User = John )
Working( Owning Group = Project X )

Assume you configure the following two items with this rule:

Part1/A : Status = Production
Part1/B : Working, Owning User = John, Owning Group = Project Y
Part1/C : Working, Owning User = Jane, Owning Group = Project X
Part2/A : Status = Production
Part2/B : Working, Owning User = Jane, Owning Group = Project X

Teamcenter configures Revision B of Part 1, because it is owned by John. The owning groups are not relevant.

Teamcenter configures Revision B of Part 2, because it is owned by Project X. There is no revision owned by John.

Note: If John or Project X owned more than one revision, Teamcenter would configure the latest created revision of the matching revisions.

Example of a Working entry with current user/group

Working( Owning User = Current )

Assume you configure the following item with this rule:

Part1/A : Status = Production
Part1/B : Working, Owning User = John, Owning Group = Project Y
Part1/C : Working, Owning User = Jane, Owning Group = Project X
Part1/D : Working, Owning User = Jane, Owning group = Project Y

This rule configures a revision that depends on the identity of the user logged into Teamcenter.

• If Jane is logged in, Teamcenter configures Revision D.
• If John is logged in, Teamcenter configures Revision B.

Assume you use the following rule to configure the same item:

Working( Owning Group = Current )

This rule configures a revision that depends on the group in which the user logged into Teamcenter.

• If the user is logged into Group Project X, Teamcenter configures Revision C.
• If the user is logged into Group Project Y, Teamcenter configures Revision D.