Replace Configuration Structure Component

Explanation

This activity is used to replace a component in a selected configuration structure.

Note: If the selected structure is in a state that allows update (i.e., Tentative or Plannable) or Buildable on a site with the site rule Simplified, the activity causes the system to exchange the old component for the new component. If the structure is in a state that does not allow update (Buildable on a site with site rule Restricted or Enhanced), the system phases out the old structure and its associated part revision and creates a new part revision, copying all existing structures alternatives and replacing the old component with the new component in the new structure alternative. All back office configuration rules associated with the old structure are copied to the new structure, although rules for the replaced component are not copied to the new component.

Prerequisites

IFS/Configuration Back Office and IFS/Configuration Characteristic must be installed. This activity requires that all components must be defined in Inventory Part. The structures of the parts must have been entered. 

System Effects

As a result of this activity, the system replaces a component in a selected structure.

Window

Configuration Structure

Related Window Descriptions

Configuration Structure/Config Structure
Configuration Structure Phase Out/Replace Component

Procedure

  1. Display the parent part by populating or making a selective query.
  2. In the Config Structure tab, select the row whose component you wish to replace. Right-click and then click Replace Component. The Configuration Structure Phase Out/Replace Component dialog box opens.
  3. If the structure is Buildable (does not allow update), enter the phase out date in the Component Out group box. When you replace a part with another part, the validity of the replacement part begins on the following day.
  4. In the Component In group box Part No field, click List and select the component to phase in.
  5. In the Component In group box Qty Per Assembly field, enter the quantity of the component to constitute one parent part.
  6. Click OK.