Project Based Conditions on LOVs

Brahma Somanchi
Software Development Manager
Siemens PLM Software

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Project Based Conditions on LOVs

Agenda
 Overview of existing functionality
 Limitations
 Project based conditions on
LOVs
 Other changes

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Conditions in Business Modeler IDE

 Conditions capability is available in Teamcenter 2008

 A condition defines an expression
 An expression always evaluates to true or false
 Here are some examples of expressions that could be true or false
 Material is copper
 Weight is greater than 100
 User’s role is Designer
 User’s project is F16

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Conditions in Business Modeler IDE

 Syntax for condition looks like this

isAxel ( Item o)  o.object_name = “Axel”

Condition Name Input Variable Name Expression

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Conditions usage

 Conditions are used to provide flexibility in business behavior

 You can use conditions to configure
 Naming Rules
 Revision Naming Rules
 Deep copy rules
 List Of Values
 LOV attachments
 LOV Values
 Sub LOVs
 Object Display Rules

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Conditions usage in LOV attachments

 You can attach multiple LOVs using conditions

 Engineering sees…
A
B
C

 Manufacturing sees..
X
Y
Z

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Valid conditions for LOV attachments

 Valid signatures for attaching multiple LOVs are
 (UserSession o)
 isTrue
 isFalse

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Agenda
 Overview of existing functionality
 Limitations
 Project based conditions on
LOVs
 Other changes

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Conditions usage for LOVs is limited to UserSession properties

 If the condition signature contains any Business Object other than
UserSession, you cannot use such condition for attaching an LOV to a
property
 The LOV shown to the user will be driven by the properties of
UserSession (i.e., login state of the user)
 This may cause data inconsistency issues in some cases

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Data inconsistency issue

Example
 You have two conditions
 Is User Session is Project A
 Is User Session is Project B

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Data inconsistency issue

 Two LOVs
 Light Colors
 Bright Colors

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Data inconsistency issue

 Attach the LOVs to “Color” property on “My Part” using the
conditions
 Deploy data model

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Data inconsistency issue

User 1:
 User login as a member in
Project A
 Creates an instance of MyPart
 Since user login as a member in
Project A, the condition “Is User
Session Project A” will be
satisfied
 For “Color” property, he sees
values from “Bright Colors”
 User assigns the object to
Project A

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Data inconsistency issue

User 2:
 User login as a member in Project B
 Gets the object created by User 1
 Since user login as a member in Project B, the condition “Is User
Session Project B” will be satisfied
 For “Color” property, he sees
values from “Light Colors”
 Is this a problem ?

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Data inconsistency issue

 Since the object is assigned to “Project A” if the expectation is ensure
that the “Color” property always gets “Bright Colors”, then it is a
problem
 The existing behavior can lead to data inconsistencies
 As a work around, the user has to ensure that he/she is editing the
object in the right project context

The new functionality “Project Based Conditions on LOVs” in

Teamcenter 9 eliminates this limitation

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Project Based Conditions on LOVs

Agenda
 Overview of existing functionality
 Limitations of existing
functionality
 Project based conditions on
LOVs
 Other Changes

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Eliminates the limitations

 Once the object is created and assigned to a project, the LOV will
remain same
 You don’t need to switch the login credentials to ensure data integrity

Project Based Conditions can used only for attaching LOVs only; they
are not supported for any other Business Rules

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How to build project based conditions ?

 Valid signatures
 (WorkspaceObject o, UserSession u) New in Tc9
 (UserSession u)
 isTrue() Existing in Teamcenter 2008
 isFalse()

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How to build project based conditions ?

 Valid properties to be used in condition expression

 project_list (Workspace Object )
 owning_project (Workspace Object)
 owning_group (POM_application_object)
 owning_user (POM_application_object)
 Properties of UserSession
 group
 group_name
 project
 project_name
 role
 role_name

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How to build project based conditions ?

 Valid operations
 UserSession
 fnd0isInProjListORSessionProject()
 fnd0isOwningORSessionProject()
 WorkspaceObject
 fnd0isOwningGroup()
 fnd0isOwningUser()

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Example
Signature: (WorkspaceObject o,
UserSession u)
If object is not yet created AND if
the user login as a member in ( o=null AND u.project_name =
“Project A” “Project A” )

OR OR

If the object exists AND if the object (o !=null) AND

is assigned to “Project A” (Function::INLIST(“Project A”,
o.project_list, “project_name”)

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Example

It is very complex
expression to build. Is
there an easy way

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How to build project based conditions ?

 Use the helper operation

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Using Project Based Conditions on LOVs

Example

Attach two LOVs to

pbc4color property

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Using Project Based Conditions on LOV

User 1:
 User login as a member in Project A
 Creates an instance of MyPart
 Since user login as a member in
Project A, (o=null AND
u.project_name = “Project A” ) part
of the “Pbc4IsProjectA” condition will
be satisfied
 For “Color” property, he sees values
from “Bright Colors” while creating
the instance
 User assigns the object to Project A

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Using Project Based Conditions on LOVs

User 2:
 User login as a member in Project B
 Gets the object created by User 1 and edit it
 Since the object is assigned to “Project A” the expression (o !=null)
AND (Function::INLIST(“Project A”, o.project_list, “project_name”)
in “Pbc4IsProjectA” will be satisfied
 For “Color” property, user
sees values from “Bright
Colors”

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More examples of project based conditions

S. Condition Signature Expression

No Description
1 Is object owned by (WorkspaceObject (o!=null AND
“Engineering” group o, UserSession u) o.fnd0isOwningGroup(“Eng
ineering”) ) OR
(u.group_name=“Engineeri
ng”

2 Is object owned by (WorkspaceObject u.

Project A o, UserSession u) fnd0isOwningORSessionPr
oject( o, “Project A”)

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Future Direction
 Object Based Conditions on LOVs
 You can attach LOVs using conditions that use any property of a
Business Object

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Agenda
 Overview of existing functionality
 Limitations
 Project based conditions on
LOVs
 Other Changes

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Usage of conditions for LOV Values inTeamcenter 9

 Usage of conditions for adding LOV values is obsolete

 Existing LOVs that use conditions for adding LOV values will continue
to work
You can’t select
condition while
adding a value

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Changes in condition selection dialog

 You can see the condition signature in condition selection dialog

You can see

signature

In Teamcenter 2008 In Teamcenter 9

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Related Sessions

Tuesday
9:15 AM Enterprise Knowledge Foundation Overview
2:25 PM Multi-Language Support in Teamcenter Overview
Wednesday
9:20 AM Advanced Topics with the BMIDE
3:10 PM What's New - Teamcenter install and upgrade
4:50 PM Teamcenter Upgrade - An Overview and Best Practices
Thursday
9:25 AM Project Based Conditions on LOVs
9:25 AM Model Driven extensibility and business logic in Teamcenter
1:00 PM Updating LOVs live to a production database with the BMIDE

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Related Material

 Business Modeler IDE Guide

 Using conditions to display LOVs based on a project

 Best Practices Guides

 Business Modeler IDE Best Practices Guide
 Available on GTAC

 Contact for obtaining additional material

Brahma Somanchi – Software Development Manager
[email protected]
Office – (513) 576-2029
Mobile – (513) 658-5319

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