Specify access privileges for partitions

For a user to create partition schemes and partitions, and to do the various tasks related to a partition, you must provide the user the ADD_CONTENT and REMOVE_CONTENT access privileges to add or remove partition members. The structure elements (BOM lines) added to a partition are called its members. To modify other partition properties, you must grant the users the WRITE access.

Depending on the access privileges of a user, Teamcenter grants or denies access while the user tries to perform a task. The Ptn0IsOwningMemberships business object constant in Business Modeler IDE (BMIDE) decides whether the membership is owned by a partition or by a partition member. If set to true, the membership, that is, the access privileges to perform various tasks, such as create, copy, and paste, are owned by partitions. Else, the membership privileges lie with the partition members.

The following tables list the checks that Teamcenter performs for access privileges when the user performs certain actions. Access is granted for all partition operations when the user has the required privileges listed in the following tables:

Table 1: General partition operations

User action	Access checked on	Required privileges	Access privilege checked on
Create partition schemes	Product structure ownership with current site	ADD_CONTENT	The opened product structure
Create root partitions	Product structure	ADD_CONTENT	The opened product structure
Add child partitions	Product structure and child partitions	ADD_CONTENT for product structure and WRITE for child partitions	The ADD_CONTENT access privilege is checked on the opened product structure. The WRITE access privilege is checked on the child partition.
Remove child partitions	Product structure and child partitions	REMOVE_CONTENT for product structure and WRITE for child partitions	The REMOVE_CONTENT access privilege is checked on the opened product structure. The WRITE access privilege is checked on the child partition.

Table 2: Partition member operations: partition-owned membership

User action	Access checked on	Required privileges	Access privilege checked on
Add partition member	Product structure and parent partition	ADD_CONTENT	The ADD_CONTENT access privilege is checked on the opened product structure. For partition-owned partitions, the WRITE access check is not performed.
Remove partition member	Product structure and parent partition	REMOVE_CONTENT	The REMOVE_CONTENT access privilege is checked on the opened product structure. For partition-owned partitions, the WRITE access check is not performed.

Table 3: Partition member operations: member-owned membership

User action	Access checked on	Required privileges	Access privilege checked on
Add partition member	Product structure and member	ADD_CONTENT for product structure and WRITE for member	The ADD_CONTENT access privilege is checked on the opened product structure. For Usage BOM, the WRITE access is checked on the part usage being added as a member of a partition. For Assembly BOM, the WRITE access is checked on the product structure revision of the parent item when an item is added as a member of a partition.
Remove partition member	Product structure and member	REMOVE_CONTENT for product structure and WRITE for member	The REMOVE_CONTENT access privilege is checked on the opened product structure. For Usage BOM, the WRITE access is checked on the part usage being removed as a member of a partition. For Assembly BOM, the WRITE access is checked on the product structure revision of the parent item when an item is removed as a member of a partition.