What is a context?

When you select a product or subassembly, the selected structure with revision rules, variant rules, and effectivity form your working context. There are two types of working contexts, a background working context and a saved working context.

The background working context is your current environment. It is not necessary to save your current background working context before you exit. This is because you always return to your previous background context when you open the same content the next time.

When you perform a find-in-context search, the search results are obtained in the context of the product or subassembly and do not extend to other products or subassemblies.

If you want to preserve your current environment for later retrieval or sharing, you must specifically save the context. Teamcenter preserves your environment for future retrieval in a saved working context. This allows you to return to the product or subassembly at a later time without having to re-establish the same context. You can also share a saved working context with other users.

The following information are captured for a saved working context:

• Structure configuration with context applied, including revision rules, effectivity, and variant rules
• Current search results and criteria