Product Configurator > Replace Component Where Used

Replace Component Where Used

You use this program to globally replace one component with another component in one or more configurations.

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Field Description
Start Processing

Select this to replace the component according to the Processing Criteria you selected.

At the end of the replacement process, a report is printed listing the following:

  • the number of components replaced

  • the options skipped

    These are the options in which the component was not replaced, because the replacement component already existed in the configuration and you did not select the option: Replace component if component already exists against the option.

  • the dependencies deleted

    Dependencies for a component are deleted if the replacement component and the component to replace have the same dependencies.

    For example:

    You have a configuration option that has components A, B and C.

    Component A is dependent on component D.

    You replace component A with component B.

    Component B is also dependent on component D.

    The dependency of component A on component D is deleted.

    If dependencies were deleted by the replacement process, then you should manually check to ensure that these dependencies are definitely no longer required.
Print Select this to print the contents of the Report listview.

Processing Criteria

Field Description
Configurations Indicate the configuration(s) in which the component must be replaced.
Engineers

Indicate configurations in which the component must be replaced according to the engineer(s) responsible for the configuration.

The components for a configuration are replaced in those configurations where the configuration engineer matches the engineer(s) you select at this option.
Options  
Non-stocked

Select this to replace a non-stocked component with another non-stocked component.

If you do not select this option, then the system assumes you are replacing a stocked component with a stocked component.
Component to replace

Enter the component that currently exists in the configuration(s). This is the component you want to replace.

A stock item defined as a Notional part cannot be used.
Replacement component

Enter the component that will replace the existing component in the selected configurations.

A stock item defined as a Notional part cannot be a replacement component.
Apply new description

Select this to enter a new description for the replacement component.
New description

Enter the new description for the replacement component.
Replace component if already exists

This enables you to indicate whether or not a component must be replaced if the replacement component already exists against a specific option in the configuration.

If you select this option, then the component to replace is replaced, regardless of whether or not the replacement component already exists against the option.

If you do not select this option and the replacement component already exists against a configuration option, then the component to replace is not replaced.

For example:

You have a configuration option that has components A, B and C.

You want to replace all components A with component B.

If you select this option, then the system replaces component A with component B. The resulting configuration option now has components B, B and C.

If you do not select this option, then component A is not replaced with component B because component B already exists in the configuration option. The resulting configuration option remains with components A, B and C.

Report

This pane displays the results of the processing function you selected once processing is complete (unless you selected the option to close the application from the After processing completed section).

Notes and warnings

Restrictions and limits

  • You can only replace stocked components with stocked components and non-stocked components with non-stocked components.

Inserting Application Help

You would typically follow this procedure to display help for the current program in a customized pane that can be pinned to the program window.

Information includes step-by-step instructions for the various functions available within the program, including a brief overview of what the program does, what setup options are required and how to personalize the program.

  1. Open the program for which you want to insert application help into a customized pane.

    This functionality is only available for a program that has panes.

  2. Right-click any form field.

    You can also click the triangle menu icon that appears in the title area of a pane.

  3. Select Insert Application Help from the context-sensitive menu.

    The application help appears in a pane within your program. You can reposition the pane using the docking stickers or pin it to the program window.

Removing the Application Help pane

If you no longer want to display application help in a pane for your current program, you can simply remove it.

  1. Select the Close icon in the right-hand corner of the application help pane.

  2. Confirm that you want to delete the pane.