Functional Element
Functional elements are a group of exchangeable items with identical functions and can be used in item breakdowns, physical breakdowns, and reference activities.
You can use functional elements to:
- Define reference activities for groups of similar items at once, rather than define multiple, identical reference activities.
- List several exchangeable items for a specific position in the item breakdown.
You can define a single reference activity that describes the removal of a fan rather than define the removal of item Fan-54576787. If the reference activity is linked to a work order, you can specify the actual item that is placed in the physical breakdown.
- Functional elements can only be defined if the Functional Elements Active check box in the General Service Parameters (tsmdm0100m000) session is selected.
- A parent and a child item combination can be a part of only one functional element.