Mapping of Customized Fields during Check In

Customized fields which are used in defining the mapping rule, for TO_CAD mapping, and get populated only after Check -In operation, needs to handled in a special way. This is needed so that their values are correctly updated in the CAD file.

Follow the below steps to set up this feature.

Note: MAPPING TEMPLATE " NAME " and the PLMFIELD " FIELD " must be in Upper-Case.
  • Create a file ModifiedMappingRulesForCheckIn.xml in the %CFE_CLIENT_HOME%Toolkit directory. The file must contain the following syntax:
    <MODIFIEDCHECKINRULES> <!-- MAPPING TEMPLATE "NAME" and the PLMFIELD
"FIELD" must be in Upper-Case--> <TEMPLATE NAME = "Inventor_PLM">
<PLMFIELD FIELD = "DOC.CS_ATTR_011" TYPE = "EVALUATE" VALUE = "CURRENT_DATE" > </PLMFIELD> <PLMFIELD FIELD = "DOC.CS_ATTR_012" TYPE
= "REFERENCE" VALUE = "DOC.CS_ATTR_001" > </PLMFIELD> <PLMFIELD FIELD
= "DOC.CS_ATTR_013" TYPE = "LITERAL" VALUE = "Hyderabad">
</TEMPLATE> <TEMPLATE NAME = "Inventor_A4_PLM"> <PLMFIELD FIELD = "DOC.CS_ATTR_011" TYPE = "EVALUATE" VALUE = "PLM_USER" >
<PLMFIELD FIELD = "DOC.CS_ATTR_012" TYPE = "REFERENCE" VALUE = "DOC. CS_ATTR_002" > </PLMFIELD> <PLMFIELD FIELD = "DOC.CS_ATTR_013" TYPE
= "LITERAL" VALUE = "Infor"> </PLMFIELD> </TEMPLATE> </ MODIFIEDCHECKINRULES>
  • Modify the contents of the ModifiedMappingRulesForCheckIn.xml file to match the specific requirement. Perform the following steps to modify the content:
  1. Enter a relevant template name.
  2. Enter a customized field name for the PLMFIELD. The PLMFIELD must have a TO_CADmapping rule defined in this template.
  3. Type EVALUATE indicates the value that can be taken from the system variables like:
    • CURRENT_DATE
    • PLM_USER
    • CURRENT_TIME
    • CURRENT_DATE_TIME
  4. Type REFERENCE indicates the value which can be another field from the PLM table.
  5. Type LITERAL indicates that during mapping, this field will be assigned with the mentioned constant value.
Note: Only the options specified above are supported by the PLM.