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Background documentationAlternates Tab

 

You use this tab page to specify alternate materials.

Prerequisites

You have created alternate components in Material Maintenance.

Fields

This table describes fields requiring explanation:

Field

Description

Sequence

The order in which the system displays the field defined by this row

Alternate Component

The component that operators or machines can substitute for this material

Version

The version of this alternate component

Note Note

If this field is blank, specifies the current version of the alternate component. An asterisk (*) specifies that any version of the alternate component may be used by operators or machines as a substitute for this material. If a specific version is entered, only this version can be used.

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Enabled

If selected, the operator or machine can use this component as a substitute for this material

Valid Assembly

The assembly against which this material and alternate component are valid for substitution

Note Note

If both the Valid Assembly field and the Material Group field are left blank, this alternate component applies to all assemblies. If you want this alternate component to be valid for multiple assemblies, use the ampersand (&) symbol as the wildcard for lookup. For example, enter AA& to specify that this material and an alternate component are valid against all assemblies that begin with the characters AA.

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Valid Version

The version of the valid assembly

Note Note

If blank, specifies the current version of the valid assembly. An asterisk (*) specifies that any version of the valid assembly may be used as the assembly against which this material and alternate component are valid for substitution.

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Material Group

The group of valid assemblies (material group) against which this material and alternate component are valid for substitution

Note Note

If both the Material Group field and the Valid Assembly field are left blank, this alternate component applies to all assemblies.

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Valid From

The date when the alternate component becomes available for use

Valid To

The date when the alternate component becomes unavailable for use