Make mass updates to a structure

You can perform mass updates to a structure by using a change notice to propose, manage, and apply changes to multiple impacted assemblies. You can also perform actions like adding, substituting, or replacing items, and then you can submit these markups through a workflow for approval and implementation.

Procedure

1. From Launcher, click Changes .
2. Search for the change notice you want to work with, select the change notice, and click Open .
3. Click the Affected Items tab. In the Problem Items section, click Add to .
4. Click the Mass Update tab.The Mass Update tab is not visible when the change notice is in the Cancelled or Closed state.Even if multiple problem items are associated with the same change notice or the same problem item is associated with multiple active change notices, you can propose mass update actions for the impacted items of all problem items through the Mass Update tab. These actions are applied together as part of a single workflow.The problem item that you added from the Affected Items tab is shown in the Problem Item list under the Impacted Assemblies section.All parent assemblies of the selected problem item are listed in a table under the Impacted Assemblies section.
5. In the list of impacted assemblies, select the row in which you want to make the update. Only assemblies with the status Released can be updated.
6. Choose More Commands > Edit > Start Edit from the Page level toolbar.
7. Click in the Action column and select the required action from the list. Only the actions available for the selected row are displayed. The selected action for the row is highlighted.
8. For Add, Substitute, or Replace actions, you can add the required item to the Proposed Item column using Search or Palette.
9. Click Save Edits after updating the required rows.
10. To delete a saved markup, select the row, and select None from the Action column. The markup is deleted and the assembly is removed from the list of affected items.
11. Set the engineering change notice as Active Change.
12. (Optional) Click the Affected Items tab to view the list of items that are marked up for update.
13. Select the affected item that you want to verify from the list and click Open.
14. To verify the markup, choose More Commands > Markup .
15. Click the Mass Update tab. In the Mass Update tab, you can revert the markups before they are applied using the workflow. If the administrator has configured it for you, the Mass Update tab shows the revisions of the parent assemblies for the problem item, considering the global revision rule. Otherwise, the Mass Update tab displays all revisions of the parent assemblies for the problem item.
16. To initiate applying the markup, click Submit to Workflow .The Submit to Workflow panel with a list of workflow templates is displayed.
17. Select the Review and Apply BOM Markups workflow template and click Submit.
18. Assign the reviewers for the workflow.
19. Once the workflow is approved, the changes are applied. To verify the changes, go to Affected Items, select the row, and click Show Markup .