Restricting the properties displayed for column selection in the rich client

As an administrator, you can restrict the properties that are displayed for columns to be selected by a user, using the BOM_Properties_For_Column_Selection preference.

A user can add or remove property columns in a table tree by right-clicking the BOM window and choosing Insert Columns in the shortcut menu. By default, Teamcenter displays all available properties to add or remove, which may contain a large number of system and custom properties. To make the list more manageable and help the user choose the required properties easily, you can restrict the properties displayed by group or role.

At the site-, group-, role-, and user-level, the BOM_Properties_For_Column_Selection preference can have a different set of properties. Teamcenter chooses the intersection of the preference values of all levels.

Example

In the Displayed Columns section, the user sees a few columns displayed by default. However, in the Available Columns section, hundreds of columns are displayed.

To make only some columns available for users to work with, use the BOM_Properties_For_Column_Selection preference to specify only those columns you want users to see in the Available Columns section.

Specify a couple of property values for the preference. To see the internal names of properties, select the Show internal names of properties check box.

Only the properties you specified are then shown in the Available Columns section.