View where an item is used

Teamcenter

an item

• Assess the impact of engineering changes to the product structure.
• Check if changes in one assembly affect other assemblies.
• Determine which products are affected by item changes.
• View items in the context of their products through traversal paths.

Restrictions and limitations

Your Teamcenter setup must contain Smart Discovery Indexing to access the TOP LEVEL section and view top-level assemblies or products.

Procedure

1. Search for and select the item.
2. Click the Where Used tab.
3. Expand the tree in the Used in Structures section to move up in the structure. The Used in Structures section lists the immediate parents of an item. The table initially displays parent assemblies and any assemblies where the selected item is used as a substitute. The information displayed is based on the revision rule currently selected in the Revision Rule list, which defaults to Global. In this case, this refers to the revision that is selected in the global revision rule list. To view all parent items where the selected child item is configured, select All from the Revision Rule list. Click Export to Excel to export the information displayed in the table. The number of structure levels to be exported to Excel is set by your system administrator. Note If an occurrence of an item is used as a substitute in an assembly, those assemblies are not listed in the Used in Structures section. If the selected item is a substitute, the column in the Used in Structures section of the Where Used tab displays for its parent item.
4. Expand the Top Level section if it is not already expanded. Smart Discovery Indexing is used to find the top-level assemblies or products. Therefore, if your system administrator has not installed Smart Discovery, the Top Level section is not displayed. You only see indexed products in the results list. The table initially displays the top-level products in which the selected item is used. This display is based on the revision rule currently selected in the Revision Rule list, which defaults to Global (meaning, the revision rule that is selected in the global revision rule list). This is useful for impact analysis when you want to see which products are affected if the item is changed. It is also useful for determining the traversal path when you want to see the item in the context of one of its products To view the top-level products where the selected child item is configured, select All from the Revision Rule list. Click Export to Excel to export the information displayed in the table.
5. Expand the Contexts section if it is not already expanded. The Context section shows various configurations for the selected component. You can select the configuration you want to open.
6. Expand the References section if it is not already expanded. The References section lists the parts and documents that reference the selected component.