Products

Access a Product

Procedure

  1. Access the PLA Administrator page.
  2. In the Name column, select the Product that you want to access.
    The Edit Product window appears, displaying the details of the selected Product.
    Note: As needed, you can modify the values in the available fields, and then select to save your changes.

Add a Product

Procedure

  1. Access the PLA Administrator page.
  2. In the upper-left corner of the Products workspace, select .
    The Add Product window appears.
  3. As needed, enter values in the available fields.
  4. Select .
    The Product is saved.
    Note: The name of the product and the alias name of the product appear in the Production Profile datasheet whereas, the alias name of the product appears in the Production Plan. Thus, a modified alias name will be displayed as the intended name in the production plan.

Access the Reference Documents in a Product

Procedure

  1. Access the Product to which you want to link a reference document.
  2. Select , and then select Reference documents.
    The Reference Documents section of the Edit Product window appears, displaying a list of Reference Documents linked to the current Product.
    Tip: For more information, refer to the Manage Reference Documents section of the Record Manager module for additional options when working with reference documents.

Deactivate Products

About This Task

By default, all the Products in PLA are active, indicating that they can be used in Production Profiles, Plan Templates, and Production Plans. This topic describes how to deactivate Products.

Procedure

  1. Access the PLA Administrator page.
  2. In the Products workspace, select the check box next to each Product that you want to deactivate.
    Tip:
    • For an active Product, the value in the Status column is Active.
    • To select all the check boxes at once, select the check box next to the first column heading.
  3. Select .

    The Deactivate Products window appears, asking you to confirm that you want to deactivate the Products.

  4. Select Yes.
    The Products are deactivated. The value in the Status column changes to Inactive for the deactivated Products.
    Note: To activate the Products, select the check boxes next to them, and then select .

Results

  • You can no longer use the deactivated products to create or modify Production Profiles, Plan Templates, and Production Plans.
  • In the existing Production Profiles and Plan Templates that use the deactivated records, the text (Inactive) appears next to the names of the deactivated Products.
  • You can no longer modify the Production Profiles that use the deactivated Products.
  • You can no longer copy the Production Plans that use the deactivated Products.
  • You can no longer use the deactivated Products to regenerate the Production Plans.

Delete a Product

Procedure

  1. Access the PLA Administrator page.
  2. In the Products workspace, select the check box to the left of the Product that you want to delete.
    Tip: You can select more than one Product.
  3. Select .
    The Delete Product(s) dialog box appears, confirming that you really want to delete the selected product.
  4. Select Yes.
    The selected Product is deleted, and the updated list of Products appears in the Products workspace.