Handle Status on Design Object

Explanation

This activity is used to change the design status of a design object. The following actions are used to change the design status:

• Set Planned for Operation
• Set Completed
• Set ReDesign
• Set Planned for Scrap
• Set Scrapped (for design status only). This command also exists for operational status. Refer to Activity Set In/Out of Operation for details on changing operational status.

Refer to About Object Status for a complete description of status change (both design status and operational status). Refer to About Status Changes and IFS/Equipment for details on data transferred between the two products.

Prerequisites

A design object must exist in IFS/Asset Design.

System Effects

Changing the design status may cause one or more of the following to occur:

• The design status is changed to another status.
• A parallel equipment object is created in IFS/Equipment and data is transferred to it from the design object. If the equipment object already exists in IFS/Equipment, only data is transferred. 
• The design object's Functional Object Information command is activated and enables navigation from the design object to the equipment object within IFS/Equipment.
• Within the Business Object Explorer a small overlay may appears on the object's icon indicating a change in design status. The object should be refreshed in the navigator to view the change. To do this right-click on the design object and click Refresh.
• The operational status (for both the design object and the equipment object) may be affected.
• If the design object is connected to a linear asset (available if IFS/Linear Asset is installed) a new revision of the linear asset will be created.

Window

Design Object
Design Objects

Related Window Descriptions

Design Object
Design Objects

Procedure

1. Open the Design Object window or the Business Object Explorer if you want to change the status for one object and open the Design Objects windows if you want to change the status for many objects.
2. Search for or locate the required design object or design objects. If more than one design object is displayed, select the design objects.
3. Right-click, click Status and then click the required status change.

Use the following procedure to change the status of design objects in a structure:

1. Open the Design Object or Design Objects window.
2. Search for the required design object. Select the design object.
3. Right-click and click Change Status on Structure. The Change Status on Structure dialog box opens.
4. In the Change Object Status to field, select the status to change to, from the drop-down list.
5. In the Select Structure to Change group of fields, select either the Functional Structure or Locational Structure check box, depending on the type of object structure required to be changed.
6. Select the Ignore Objects with Invalid Status check box to apply the status change on those objects in the structure for which the change is possible and to disregard those for which it is not.
7. Select the check box for either Run as Background Job or Refresh Client, depending on if you want to run the status change as a background job, if time consuming, or to refresh the form from which the status change is being performed so that the change will be visible immediately after the operation is complete.
8. Click OK.