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The purpose of the Node Types and Settings screen is to define node types that are used later in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) on the Maintain BOM screens. In addition, you can assign node properties to the node types.

With node types and their properties, you can establish the hierarchy of a project structure with units, areas, line numbers, and isometrics, for example.

To define new node types in the first (Node Types) block, enter the node type name in the Name field and the descriptions in the Short Desc and Description field. The description of a node in the WBS with a certain node type assigned can be derived from a rule. Use the LOV in the Description Rule field to define the description rule for the selected node type. The procedure creates the node description based on this description rule if you create a new BOM node.

The description rule can be set up with these objects:

  • individual node name ($CODE) and path ($NAME)

  • node type ($TYPE)

  • unit for the property ($ATTR_UNIT)

  • any property defined in 'Tables and Properties'

  • fixed text.

The properties are enclosed by the special character #. Fixed text values should be entered without using the # character. The user must be sure to use only properties that are assigned to the node type or are available at the structural level in the BOM.

The following image shows an example of how to use properties with the description rule. The properties ā€˜DESIGN_STANDARDā€™ and ā€˜PID_NOā€™ have been assigned to a node type and added to the description rule of that node type.

When you create a line number and enter values for the assigned node properties, the generated name of the node includes these values. Look at the following image for an example.

Node types or properties of a node type can only be deleted if the node type has not yet been allocated to any node within the WBS.