Where-Used Lists and Central Replacement

Purpose

Quality Management contains inspection functions that you can use to:

Create where-used lists for particular master records that inform you where and how often these objects are used in task lists, material specifications, inspection setup data or certificate profiles
Centrally replace master inspection characteristics in task lists and material specifications
Centrally replace inspection methods in task lists
Centrally replace code groups in master inspection characteristics and characteristics in a task list
Centrally replace sampling procedures in task lists (routings, inspection plans, master recipes but not maintenance task lists)
Centrally replace dynamic modification rules in inspection plans

Note Note

You need the functions for where-used lists and central replacement if you change basic data and want to update all task lists, material specifications, inspection setup data or certificates, in which this basic data is used with the latest versions.

End of the note.

Features

Master Inspection Characteristics

You create master inspection characteristics to use in task lists, material specifications or certificate profiles.

You can display where-used lists for reference characteristics, completely maintained copy models and incompletely maintained copy models. You can only use the replacement functions if the master inspection characteristics are referenced and locked in task lists or material specifications.

	In Task Lists	In Material Specifications	In Certificate Profiles
Where-used list	Yes(1)	Yes	Yes
Replacement	Yes(2)	Yes(2)	No

1 = Including incompletely maintained and copied characteristics

2 = Only referenced and locked characteristics

For master inspection characteristics, the system creates an overview showing their use in task lists, material specifications or certificate profiles.

From the where-used list, you can display the inspection plan, the material specification and the certificate profile, in which the master inspection characteristic is referenced.

Inspection Methods

You create inspection methods to assign them either to master inspection characteristics or to the characteristics contained in task lists. Inspection methods are referenced in master inspection characteristics and inspection characteristics. You cannot replace inspection methods that are referenced in master inspection characteristics.

	In Task List Characteristics	In Master Inspection Characteristics
Where-used list	Yes	Yes(3)
Replacement	Yes	No(3)

3 = Only possible if the method is assigned to a master inspection characteristic that was copied into a task list or that was referenced and unlocked.

For inspection methods, the system creates an overview showing their use in task list characteristics or master inspection characteristics.

From the overview of usage in master inspection characteristics, you can display the master inspection characteristic to which the inspection method is assigned.

Code Groups

You create code groups to assign them either to master inspection characteristics or to the characteristics contained in task lists. Code groups are referenced in master inspection characteristics and in inspection characteristics.

	In Task List Characteristics	In Master Inspection Characteristics
Where-used list	Yes	Yes(4)
Replacement	No	No

4 = Only possible if the code group is assigned to a master inspection characteristic that was copied into a task list or that was referenced and unlocked.

For code groups, the system creates an overview showing their use in inspection characteristics.

From the overview of usage in master inspection characteristics, you can display the master inspection characteristic to which the inspection method is assigned.

Sampling Procedures

You create sampling procedures to use in task lists, material specifications or inspection setup data. Sampling procedures are referenced in task lists (routings, inspection plans, master recipes but not maintenance task lists), material specifications and inspection setup data. You cannot replace sampling procedures that are referenced in a material specification or in inspection setup data.

	In Task Lists	In Material Specifications	In Inspection Setup Data
Where-used list	Yes	Yes	Yes
Replacement	Yes	No	No

For sampling procedures, the system creates an overview showing their use in task lists, material specifications and in inspection setup data.

You can display the relevant inspection plan, task list characteristics, master inspection characteristic, sampling procedure and the assigned dynamic modification rule, from the overview of usage in task lists.

From the overview of usage in material specifications, you can display the corresponding material specification and the master inspection characteristic.

From the overview of usage in inspection setup data, you can display the dynamic modification rule and the inspection type.

Dynamic Modification Rules

You create dynamic modification rules to use in task lists or in the inspection setup. Dynamic modification rules are referenced in inspection plans and in the inspection setup. You cannot replace dynamic modification rules that are referenced in the inspection setup.

	In Task Lists	In Inspection Setup Data
Where-used list	Yes	Yes
Replacement	Yes	No

For dynamic modification rules, the system creates an overview showing their use in task lists and in inspection setup data.

You can display the relevant inspection plan, task list characteristics, master inspection characteristic, the assigned sampling procedure and the dynamic modification rule, from the overview of usage in task lists.

From the overview of usage in inspection setup data, you can display the master inspection characteristic, the assigned sampling procedure and the inspection type.