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The purpose of the B.10.03 Node Types and Settings screen is to define node types that are used later in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) on the B.20.01 Edit BOM and the B.20.03 Adv. Maintain BOM screens. In addition, you can assign node attributes to the node types.

With node types and their attributes, 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 fields on the BOM Node Settings tab. 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 attribute ($ATTR_UNIT)

  • any attribute defined in A.50.01

  • fixed text

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

The picture below shows an example of how to use attributes with the description rule. The attributes ‘DES_AREA’ and ‘P_ID’ 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 attributes, the generated name of the node includes these values. See the picture below for an example.

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

In the lower section of the screen on the Assigned Attributes tab, you assign the needed node attributes to the selected node type. Enter a unique sequence number in the Order Seq field and select the attribute from the LOV in the Attribute field. All attributes defined on A.50.01 are available for selection. Select the Mandatory indicator to make this node attribute mandatory. This means the node attribute value is not optional and must be entered before saving the node.

With the Propagation Behavior option, you define whether and how the attribute is to be propagated when creating nodes and positions in the BOM. The available options are listed below.

  • Propagate to Nodes and Pos (default) - This attribute will be propagated to all sub nodes and positions.

  • Propagate to Nodes only - This attribute will be propagated to the sub nodes, not to any positions.

  • Do not Propagate - This attribute will not be propagated, neither to sub nodes nor to any position.

On the Assigned Valid Node Names tab, you can define a list of node names that are valid and allowed for the selected node type.

Enter the allowed node names for the selected node type in the Name field and descriptions in the Short Desc and Description fields.

When the project default ZB_VALNODE is set to Y, only the node names pre-defined on this tab are allowed to be created on the B.20.03 Adv. Maintain BOM and the B.20.01 Edit BOM screens. During creation of new nodes on B.20.03 or B.20.01, the node names will be validated against the list defined here on B.10.03. If you try to create a node name that is not specified on B.10.03, the message ‘MAR-20360: The node name is not valid.’ will appear and you cannot save. If no node names are assigned to the node type on B.10.03, the message ‘MAR-20369: Valid node names are not available for this node type.’ will appear and you cannot save. To proceed, you must define the node name on B.10.03 before creating the new node.

To copy node types from another project, click the Copy Node Types button on the main toolbar. A box opens, displayed below.

Select the Project or Product Group option from the Source radio group, and select the source project/product group from the LOV in the Project/PG field. If you want to copy all node types, select the All option from the Node Types radio group. To copy only one node type, select One and select the node type from the LOV in the Old Name field. If you want to rename this node type during the copy, enter the new node type name in the New Name field. Click OK to close the box and to copy the node type(s). Click the Cancel button to close the box without copying anything.

If you double-click the node type name in the Name field of B.10.03, the B.10.03.03 Node Master Attributes screen will be opened.

This screen is used to store node master values for the assigned attributes of the selected node types. Up to 20 attributes assigned to the node type on B.10.03 can be displayed here on B.10.03.03. Select the node name from the LOV in the Node Name field and enter the so-called master values for all displayed attributes. Leave the field empty or enter the # character if the node attribute shall not be populated, because this attribute value is entered on node level on B.20.03. After saving the records, you can click the Populate Node Values buttons to copy the master value to the selected node, the sub-nodes of the selected node, and the positions of the node and/or sub-nodes. The behavior of the attribute value population is determined by the setting of the Propagation Behavior option on B.10.03.

The Project Settings tab allows you to define the project calendar and the project defaults that are relevant to the BOM module. Furthermore, you can specify project discipline defaults on that tab.

To specify the calendar for a new project, select the project start date from the LOV in the Start Date field and the project end date from the LOV in the End Date field. Now click the Calculate Calendar button to calculate and activate the project calendar. The project calendar can also be maintained on the A.20.15 Project Calendar screen. For more information, see Project Calendar.

In the Project Defaults block, you can specify a user-definable selection of project defaults. Right-click in the Parameter field and click the Select Parameters command to open the selection window.

This window shows all selectable project defaults of type General (ZX), BOM (ZB), Standardization (ZS), or Integrator (ZI). Select the Display indicator of all project defaults to be displayed on B.10.03. Clear the Display indicator of project defaults to be removed from the list. Click OK to apply the changes and to close the window. Click Cancel to close the window without applying any changes.

If any project default value has been specified on the discipline level, this project discipline default value is displayed in the Value field of the Disciplines block. If child disciplines have been defined for the selected discipline, these are shown in the Child Discipline fields underneath.

A value assigned to a project default can be copied to the project discipline default. Select the Select check box of the discipline or the child discipline(s), and click the Propagate button to copy the value defined for the project default to all selected disciplines.

For more information, see Project Defaults.