In the graphic the working area consists of the focus (white ellipse of the Working area and object types graphic) and the working area (bright gray).

• The focus is the object type Item.

• The working environment consists of the object types material, material-routing assignment, routing header, sequence, operation, sub-operation, material-BOM assignment, BOM header and component assignment.

The object types PRT, trigger point, inspection characteristic and sub-item are not contained in the working area (they are in the dark gray area). As a result the system does not, for example, copy any sub-items into your worklist.

The Objects in the database graphic shows you which objects already exist in the database.

Assuming that only item B20 meets your selection criteria, and is thus the only focus object, the system selects the following environment objects (see Environment objects graphic).

1. All objects that are superior or subordinate to item B20, in other words BOM header B. Sub-item B21 is not copied, since the sub-item object type is not in the working environment.

2. All operations to which the item B20 is assigned, thus the operation A20. The component assignments between item B20 and operation A20.

3. All objects that are superior or subordinate to operation A20, that is header A, sequence O and sub-operation A21.

4. The assignments between material M, BOM header B and routing header A.