Using structure view types

The view type is an attribute of a BOM view revision that indicates its purpose, for example, design or manufacturing. It allows you to distinguish one BOM view revision from another in the same item revision. A structure is loaded based on its view type (for example, view, design, manufacturing, or shipping).

Filtering with Smart Discovery-indexed structures does not support multiple view types. If view types are applied, these are ignored for filtering in Smart Discovery.

Only administrators can add a new view type. You can only configure a structure with an existing view type.

The system administrator defines a set of view types for each site using Business Modeler IDE. Any number of view types can be defined, but most sites only require a single view type.

For more information about adding a new view type, see the Add a View Type section of Configure your business data model in BMIDE in the Teamcenter documentation.

For more information about setting a default view type, see the Understanding BOM view revisions, view types, and multiple views section of Structure Manager in the Teamcenter documentation.