Making mass updates

A mass update enables users to update all occurrences of an element, referred to as Problem Item, in multiple assemblies simultaneously. This expedites a manual, time-intensive process.

Mass update is used to edit structures by performing any of the following actions:

• Add a new part as a sibling
• Add a substitute
• Remove an occurrence
• Remove a substitute
• Replace a part

You can work with only one Problem Item for each mass update action. You can perform a different action on each occurrence of the Problem Item. For example, you can choose to add a new part to one occurrence and add a substitute to another occurrence.

Mass updates are always initiated within an Engineering Change Notice or ECN. You can perform a mass update only on the assemblies whose BOM View Revision (BVR) has a release status. The changes applied through the mass update are saved as markups that are attached to the impacted assemblies. You can change or reset the marked-up changes as required through the Mass Update panel until the changes are applied.

Once a mass update is initiated for a structure, then no other markups can be made on that structure.

You can apply the marked-up changes to assemblies by initiating the Review and Apply BOM Markups workflow process on an ECN for approval. The workflow process will go through the following stages:

Start → Proposed Change → Review ECN → Execute Approve Handler → Finish

The Execute Approve Handler step of the workflow applies markups to all assemblies.