Activate/Inactivate Logical Units

Explanation

This activity allows you to specify whether registered logical units (LUs) should be active in Company Template related processes.

By default, most of the logical units that support the company template concept are specified as active. The exceptions are:

• Code Part LUs in IFS Accounting Rules
  Logical units that represent code part B through J are set as inactive by default. The reason is of course that a code part only has a meaning in a company context; so handling code part related data in company templates normally does not make sense.
  One possible reason to select a code part LU as active is to be able to exchange the data between companies, e.g., between subsidiaries.

Some reasons to set a Logical Unit as inactive are:

• During the development of new functionality, it is very convenient to be able to test the functionality of a few selected LUs.
• It is required to create a Company Template with fewer than the full number of LUs.

Note that some components are registered without having any Logical Unit details. This in order to support the Remove Company functionality that requires that the component is registered. The Remove Company feature is however not affected by the selection of active/inactive components and logical units. 

Also note that the Navigator Entry in a standard application executable, where basic data for a specific LU can be found and changed, is supplied for as many LUs as possible. This information can be used by localization or development teams to find out where in the application an LU can be located  when working with company template data for the specific LU.

Prerequisites

A fresh installation or upgrade of IFS Applications must have been made to a version where IFS/Enterprise supports the company template concept. During the installation/upgrade, each component that supports the company template concept will register component and logical unit specific information in IFS/Enterprise.

System Effects

The logical unit selection will affect the following processes:

• Create Company
• Update Company
• Create Company Template
• Export Company Template to File

Only active logical units in active components will be a part of the mentioned processes. 

Window

Component Registration

Related Window Descriptions

Component Registration

Procedure

1. Select the component.
2. Right-click, then click Details and then in the window that opens, select or clear the Active check box for each logical unit, as needed.
3. Save.