Configure secondary ENS definitions - HxGN SDx - Update 63 - Administration & Configuration

Administration and Configuration of HxGN SDx

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Secondary ENS definitions allow two properties on an object to be set via ENS, for example, Name and Internal/External Name.

A primary ENSDef can have one or many secondary ENSDefs related to it. The secondary ENSDefs must be related to different properties. Also, the secondary ENSDefs cannot be related to a ClassDef because, when the software generates the next sequence number, it queries the database and filters on the ClassDef related to the primary interface.

On creation of the relationship between two ENSDefs, there is validation that ensures that the ENSDefs don’t reference the same property and that any secondary ENSDefs don’t have a related ClassDef.

The system administrator role has permissions to create a relationship between two ENSDefs by dragging a secondary ENSDef onto a primary one. Expansion can be done both ways using the shortcut menu options. The Manage Secondary Engineering Number Systems command on the primary ENSDef manages the relationships between ENSDefs.

Any property that is the target of a secondary ENSDef should either be excluded from the create form or made read-only.

Manual sequence numbers

On the create form, the user can specify a manual sequence number for any new object, giving users the ability to create a range of objects using the number of copies as well. Manual sequence numbers can only be used on the primary ENSDefs. If any secondary ENSDef needs to use the same sequence number as the primary ENSDef, an environment option on the ENSItem called PrimarySeqNo allows the sequence numbers to be the same.

See Also

Configure the Engineering Numbering System (ENS)