This activity is used to change the structure status of all nodes in a template structure to Active. In order to perform this activity it is required that all children in the structure are also in the Active status. This means that for a template structure consisting of other templates, all the other template structures must be in the Active status as well. Before all nodes in the template structure can be set to the Active status, the system will verify that there are no parts in the structure with the value "-" (not decided) in the Life Limited Part field. Any occurrence of this value will result in an error message and you will not be allowed to activate the template structure. Also, a warning will be displayed if structure entries on the lowest level of the structure are configured by a separate template. The warning is only a reminder to check if this is done by mistake, since a separate template without a structure has no usage. If you need to reconfigure structure nodes on the lowest level so that it is not configured by a separate template, right-click on the relevant record, and then click Reverse Separate Template.
When designing (building) a template structure, the default structure status is Preliminary. It is possible to have structure branches that are Active even while the structure top is in the Preliminary status. Note that you cannot change the status of an active template structure back to Preliminary. When the template structure is set to the Active status, it is allowed to have alternates in the status Preliminary. However, to be able to replace a structure part with an alternate or to reconnect a disconnected part, the parts must be Active. If the template structure is to be used for serial structures, the template structure an all connected parts on sub levels must be activated.
It is possible to add a new structure position to an active template structure by using the Add Structure Position dialog box. When this is done, the new position in the template structure will receive the Preliminary status, which is the default structure status. When this structure position is activated, it will have an effect on all serial structures using the template. As a result, an empty structure position will be added automatically to all serial structures using the template. Empty structure positions refer to the structure positions where expected serials or parts are missing from the serial structure.
Serial Structure Template
Template Structure Navigator
Serial Structure Template
Serial Structure Template/General
Serial Structure Template/Consist
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Serial Structure Template/Multilevel
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Follow this procedure to activate a template structure:
Follow this procedure to activate the sub parts of a template structure: