Working with items

Items are the fundamental objects used to manage information in Teamcenter. They represent parts and other objects that you want to manage with a life cycle. Items generally represent data that is configuration controlled by revisioning. Items collect a variety of different types of business data, for example, CAD files for parts, document files such as specifications, reports, and forms for metadata. All such data is related to the item by appropriate relationships. Each item has at least one item revision. Each item has a label containing two pieces of information: Item identifier An identifier for the item. No two items can have the same item ID. An item ID may be the part number or the document number of the object it represents. In a standard environment, each item has a single, unique identifier. However, in a multifield keys environment, the administrator may combine a domain name (business object type) and one or more of the object’s properties to construct the identifier. For example, in the Part{item_id} key, Part is the domain. In this environment, the item ID may not be unique and the system may present you with a list of possible items if you specify a nonunique item ID. Item name A short description that is usually a logical name such as Bolt, Bracket, or the title of a document.