Configuring for where-used searches

A where-used search can take into account the revision rule when searching the product structures and you can choose one of the following outputs: All revisions Reports all item revisions that have an occurrence of the target item revision. This search result displays all combinations of usage that can possibly occur; when a particular set of revision rules is applied, not all paths may be realized. Only the revision configured by a selected revision rule. Reports all item revisions that have an occurrence of the target item revision when the selected revision rule is applied. Use the REV_RULE_WHERE_USED_DEFAULT_VALUE preference to set the default revision rule for where-used searches. This preference is not available by default, and you must create it. Teamcenter populates the Impact Analysis pane with this revision rule. By default, the search results include all parent item revision objects, regardless of whether they are themselves configured by the revision rule. With this setting, you can (for example) make a where-used query on Part1–A to identify every occurrence where Part1 is used with A as its configured revision. You obtain the same results whether you query one level at a time or all levels simultaneously, including with mixed precise and imprecise structures. With precise or mixed structures that have a large number of item revisions, the standard mode may return many results that can be difficult to interpret. In this case, you can configure the results to omit parent item revision objects that are not themselves configured by the revision rule. That is, this mode reports all intermediate items or item revisions that configure the target.

Note This alternative mode is an enhancement of the behavior in Teamcenter Engineering 9.1 and earlier releases. It is no longer necessary to expand all levels to obtain a valid result. To configure this alternative mode, set the PS_wu_configd_imprecise_only preference to true. This preference has no effect if the selected revision rule contains any precise entries. To appreciate the differing results obtained by these modes, consider the following structure and the results of a where-used search on item 100–A. With the preference set to false, item 500–A is reported in the search results; if it set to true, the same item is not reported because it is not configured by a precise rule. Where-used search results