Set up item properties for indexing

The item revision properties that you set up for indexing appear as filters in the Filter panel of global search and in-context search. For this, you first set the properties to appear as filters in the global search Filter panel. Next, set up the item revision properties of the type Persistent or Compound for indexing so that the properties are listed as filters for in-context search. For a Compound property, ensure that it is not a dynamic compound property (DCP) and that it does not contain a Runtime property as its source.

If you add Table type properties to the item revision, ensure that the Awb0StructureCanFilter and Awp0SearchIsIndexed property constants are set to true so that users can use the Filter panel to search the newly added Table type properties.

Procedure

1. In BMIDE, create a new template project, for example, a5occurrenceproperties. Ensure that aws2 and activeworkspacebom are selected as the dependent templates.

2. Set the properties of item revisions:

   • Locate the WorkspaceObject business object.
   • In the Properties tab, select a property (for example, object_name) and set the value of:
     • Awb0StructureCanFilter property constant to true so that the property is included in the global search.
     • Awp0SearchIsIndexed property constant to true so that the property is displayed on the Filter panel.
     • Awp0SearchFilterPriority property constant to an integer value to sort the property. The lower the value, the higher its precedence and it will be displayed higher on the item revision filter list on the Filter panel.

3. Index at least one occurrence property.

4. Click BMIDE > Save Data Model.

5. Click BMIDE > Generate Software Package. Make a note of the path in Target folder.

6. Navigate to the folder on your computer where you have installed Teamcenter, and launch TEM.

7. Click Next until you reach the Features panel.

8. Click Browse and navigate to the location of the Target folder noted earlier.

9. Select the custom template under Extensions, for example, occnotes.

10. Click Next until you reach the Confirmation panel and then click Start.

11. To deploy the changes, run the bmide_modeltool utility:

    bmide_modeltool -u=admin_user_name -p|-pf=admin_user_password -g=dba -tool=all -mode=install -target_dir=TC_DATA

12. Update and merge the schema file.

13. Restart all the required services to launch Active Workspace.

14. Verify if the indexed properties appear as filters in the Filter panel of global search. Additionally, open an indexed structure, and verify if the properties are listed in the Filter panel of the context search. If the properties are not listed, follow the troubleshooting steps to fix the issue.

At this point, you can choose to set the occurrence properties for indexing, if not already set, after which you can close BMIDE.