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 Transfer New Version of Product Modules and Utilities Packages to Assigned Products

 

If you have made changes to product modules and utilities packages and have created a new version, you can transfer this new version to the corresponding assigned products. You can define here which of these assigned products transfer the new version and can assign a status or a validity date.

The following describes the procedure for transferring changes to these assigned products:

  1. In the product overview for the modified reference product or product module, in the Where Used assignment group, choose Update Assigned Products.

  2. On the dialog box that appears, select the product whose verson you want to update.

  3. You assign changes to the assigned product by choosing Update.

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You can also change the status and the validity start of the product selected on this dialog box. You cannot change the validity start for product modules and utilities packages, since these products take the version directly from the version ID assigned.

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You can display all assigned products using by choosing Display All. Assigned products are displayed with the most recent version assigned here.

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You can also perform a multiple selection of several lines simultaneously and choose Select All to select all products.

If you are using the multiple selection function, you can use Choose Status and Choose Date to change the status or date for all selected products.

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You can identify the status of the change transfer from the icons in the Version Used column.

These icons have the following meanings:

  • Green triangle:

    Changes were successfully transferred and the product was saved.

  • Yellow triangle:

    Processing has not taken place.

  • Red dot:

    An error has occurred and no changes were transferred. The product was not saved.

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Example Example

Explanation of Graphics:

The colors of the rectangles represent the object status. An orange rectangle represents the status In Process, a green rectangle represents the status Released and a yellow rectangle represents the status Active for Testing. The numbered circles represent the steps in the procedure.

Starting Point:

Two sales products (VP_A and VP_B) with version 0001 and the status Released refer respectively to two configuration attributes A and B from product module (PB_A) with version 0001 and the status Released:

New Requirement:

You want to add an attribute E to VP_A and VP_B.

Procedure:

  1. If you want to change released product modules, you must change their status to In Process. This increases the version to 0002 in the example:

  2. Now add attribute E to PB_A:

  3. Update the assigned products using the dialog box. This contains an overview of all assigned products, the version they use and the current status. You can assign a new status and a version to be used to each assigned product. In this example, the system assigns the status Released to VP_A and the status Active for Testing to VP_B. This generates the version 0002 for VP_A and VP_B:

  4. If you want to sell the sales products, these products and the associated components must have the status Released. To do so, release VP_B and PB_A:

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