Copying E-items to items

You can copy E-items individually. You can also copy EBOMs and E-items using MBCs. For more information on MBCs, see the Changing EBOMs - Automatic procedure topic.

How to copy an E-item to an item

  • Make sure that an E-item revision has the status Approved by Production.
  • Create a link between the E-item revision and a standard or customized item using the Engineering Item - Item Relationship (tiedm1101m000) session. If the item does not already exist, LN provides the option to create it.
  • Copy the E-item to the production item with the Copy Engineering Item to Item (tiedm1201m000) session.
  • You can check whether the new or revised item is the same as the original E-item using the EBOM Copy Data (tiedm1120m000) session.

What happens when you copy an E-item?

When you copy an E-item, LN caries out the following actions:

  • If the production item does not exist, LN creates it.
  • An already existing relationship between an E-item and an item is updated in the session Engineering Item - Item Relationship (tiedm1101m000). When the item relationship is updated, the E-Item Copied check box is selected, and the E-Item Copy Date field is given the value of the date of copying.
  • LN checks if a valid revision has the status Approved by Production. If it does not, a relationship cannot be established.
Note: The result of copying an E-item to an item depends on the value of the item's Update Engineering Item Relations field in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session. You can alter that with the Update Engineering Relationship (tiedm3220m000) session.