Relations configuration tasks

What are relations? Relations are the associations between two Teamcenter objects. The Relations tab in Active Workspace allows you to see all the relationships for a selected object. Why configure relations? You may want to change how relations are displayed to end users or change which relations are displayed. What do relations look like? Following is an example of the Relations tab in Active Workspace. How can I make changes? You can configure aspects of relations' appearance and behavior using configuration files. These are stored in the Teamcenter database as datasets, which are located using the following preferences: RV1_DARB_UI_configuration_file_name RV1_DARB_GraphStyle_file_name RV1_DARB_PresentationRule_file_name Find the name of the dataset by getting the value of the config file preference. Find the dataset by name using the advanced search functionality. Make the necessary edits to the configuration file. Save the changes. Example In this example, the RV1_DARB_UI_configuration_file_name preference value is RelationBrowserConf. The RelationBrowserConf dataset is located using the Dataset Name query. How can I edit the configuration files? To edit the configuration files, you can: Download the file, edit it in a text editor, and then upload it back into Active Workspace. Edit them in place using the universal viewer. OOTB, the universal viewer may not recognize the relation configuration file dataset type (Rv1XML) as an editable file type and it will only show the generic dataset type icon in the PREVIEW section. To tell the universal viewer how to open this file type, add Rv1XML.Awp0CodeViewer=Rv1XMLFile to the preference. This is because the Relations Configuration File dataset type's database name is Rv1XML and the named reference for the XML file is Rv1XMLFile. Now the universal viewer knows to open the configuration files with its code viewer. What other preferences control the relation browser? There are many preferences that can help you configure relations for your users. Their names begin with Rv1_ to make them easy to find. Inspect each of these preferences and update their content if necessary. Related Topics Working with preferences in Active Workspace