Mask Definition

Mask is an object that defines the rules to set a value for identifying an attribute in PLM. This is mostly used for the attributes that are part of the object key and require a unique value.

Infor PLM for Discrete enables you to generate unique identification keys automatically for objects. The keys are initialized and incremented by masks either by using the mask or by manual entry, the use of masks makes the process of creation of PLM object more efficient and consistent.

If you assign a mask as the default mask for an object ID, this mask generates values for the same object ID over all projects for which no specific mask has been assigned.

Once a mask has been defined for a particular object ID, whenever you add a new object of that type, the current key value, such as DOC-01, is assigned to the ID. Each time an ID value is specified based on the key, the key is incremented according to the mask increment rule definition, for example, DOC-02, DOC-03.

To define ‘Masks’, access the Masks (pdadm6501m000) session.

Click New Group and specify pdpdm100 in the Table field and ikey in the Field field.

You can now create the Mask for Item.

Click New to open the details session. Specify the mask name in the Mask field and the Length. Click Save.

If the field has multiple Mask Definitions, you can use the SET AS PREFERRED option to set a preference for a Mask. The preferred Mask is used if the No condition specifically meets the criteria.

By default, a new Segment is created on the Segments tab.

To add a prefix for this number sequence (for example, DEMO-), you must create a new sequence as below and click Save.

A new sequence is created, and you can check the Mask Generation by clicking Test.

You can also define conditions for the Mask.

For example, to activate this Mask only if the Item is created by the PLMADMIN user, you can define a condition as:

Now you can define two conditions for this Mask.

This Mask is used when the created by is ‘PLMADMIN’ and the description contains ‘PLM’.

Note: The below Item Key generated. This is created by PLMADMIN and description has ‘PLM’.

Masks are defined for Documents Key and Document Revision as below.

Document Key

Document Revision

File Key

File Version

By Default, Masks are provided to following (see table below):


Object	Table	Attribute with Mask Definition
ITEM	pdpdm100	ikey
ITEM REVISION	pdpdm100	revi
DOCUMENT	pdpdm200	dkey
DOC REVISION	pdpdm200	revi
FOLDER	pdpdm300	fkey
FOLDER REVISION	pdpdm300	revi
FILE	pdpdm500	fkey
HARDCOPY	pdpdm210	hkey
FILE VERSION	pdpdm500	vrsn
BPDEMO	pdwfl100	eoid
CATEGORY	pdadm500	catg
ITEM DEFAULTS	pdadm552	tmpl
DOCUMENT DEFAULTS	pdadm554	tmpl
FILE DEFAULTS	pdadm556	tmpl
BOM DEFAULTS	pdadm553	tmpl
FOLDER DEFAULTS	pdadm555	tmpl
MATERIAL DEFAULTS	pdadm557	tmpl
MATERIAL REVI	pdpdm400	revi
MATERIALS	pdpdm400	mkey
BP DEFAULTS	pdpdm558	tmpl
BP ASSOCIATE	pdwfl111	asid
WORKFLOW ROUTE	pdwfl200	rout
ROUTE STEP	pdwfl203	step
ROUTE LINE	pdwfl204	inst
EO COMMENT	pdwfl114	cmid
EO ROUTE LINE	pdwfl121	inst
EO ROUTE STEP	pdwfl122	step
IMPACT ANALYSIS	pderp014	anid
IMPACT CONFIG	pderp011	conf
MARKUP KEY	pdpdm510	mkid
MARKUP VERSION	pdpdm510	mver
MODIFICATION ID	pdpdm600	moid
SEARCH QUERY	pdcom002	sqry