Teamcenter 12.0 Teamcenter Rapid Start Shop Floor Viewer: Siemens Siemens Siemens

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Teamcenter Rapid
Start Shop Floor
Viewer
PLM00503 • 12.0
Contents
Getting Started with the Shop Floor Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

What is the Teamcenter Rapid Start Shop Floor Viewer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Preparing to use the Shop Floor Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Using Firefox browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Choose a language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Using the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Using the Shop Floor Viewer interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

The Shop Floor Viewer home page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Shop Floor Viewer interface layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Home page areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Top navigation bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Navigation pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Objects in the component pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Localization button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Dynamic menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Settings and options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Change your password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Change user settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Set your work context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Set Shop Floor Viewer preference options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Application bar and browser title bar preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
My Teamcenter menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
New menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
View menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Actions menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Structure Manager menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
View menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Actions menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Searching in Shop Floor Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Search overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Perform a quick search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Perform an advanced search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
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Contents
Change Search dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Share saved searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Run a where-used search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Navigating structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

View properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
View forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Managing product structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Viewing product structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Sort the product structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Search a structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Compare product structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Performing on-demand validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
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Chapter 1: Getting Started with the Shop Floor Viewer
What is the Teamcenter Rapid Start Shop Floor Viewer?

The Teamcenter Shop Floor Viewer is a browser-based interface. It provides an access point to your
data using a web browser. Access is available to the same Teamcenter server and data as the
rich client uses.
• Use the Teamcenter Rapid Start Shop Floor Viewer to navigate to various Teamcenter objects
and functions.
• No Shop Floor Viewer software is required on a Teamcenter client.
Preparing to use the Shop Floor Viewer
Before you begin

Prerequisites To use Shop Floor Viewer, you must have the following installed:
• A web browser
• Sun Java Virtual Machine (JVM) (optional)
To view workflow processes and supersedure information in Internet Explorer,

you must install the Adobe Flash Player. The Firefox and Safari browsers use
native SVG and do not require the Flash plug-in.1
To use the certification database, select the platform and products you use,
and click Show Certifications.
Note
Some software requirements differ for non-English locales. When
viewing the certification database, make sure you note any exceptions
for your locale.
Caution
Do not disable the programmatic starting of new browsers. (This
is known typically as popup blocking). Popup blocking can be
enabled by browser add-ins, such as the Google toolbar. Blocking of
popups disables certain features, including logging off from Lifecycle
Visualization and displaying HTML online help.
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Certain features are not available if you use a Firefox browser.
Enable FMS Shop Floor Viewer fully supports the Teamcenter File Management System
in Shop Floor (FMS). To enable Shop Floor Viewer to use FMS for accessing files from
Viewer Teamcenter volumes, you must set the Fms_BootStrap_Urls preference to
use the appropriate file server cache.
To enable downloading of multiple files at a time, you must enable applet support
by performing the following tasks:
1. Disable the Microsoft VM in Internet Explorer.
2. Install a supported Java Plug-in.

For information about licensing and hardware and software requirements,
see the Hardware and Software Certifications page on GTAC.
Configure Shop Create a user in the ShopFloor group.
Floor Viewer
Using Firefox browsers

If you use a Firefox browser, the following functions are unavailable:
• On the home page and in Structure Manager, you cannot choose Actions→Generate Report to
generate HTML and Microsoft Excel reports with the MSXML parser.
• If you use the Teamcenter Client for Microsoft Office, you cannot click the Edit link next to a
dataset and open the dataset for editing.
• You cannot save the history of page navigation or search results that are normally available when
you click the Back and Forward buttons in other browsers.
Choose a language
The default language displayed is the one specified by your operating system locale settings. You
can choose to override the default display language if required.
At each logon, you can choose between multiple languages, depending on your company's policy
and installation. There are two ways you can specify the language:
• Specify the language in the URL. For example:
o To specify French, type http://myhost:7001/tc/webclient?lang=fr in the URL.
o To specify Russian, type http://myhost:7001/tc/webclient?lang=ru in the URL.
1. For information about versions of operating systems, third-party software, Teamcenter software, and system hardware certified for your
platform, see the Siemens PLM Software Certification Database (hardware and software certifications).
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Note
o When specifying a language in the URL, use standard W3C locale identifiers.
o Whether your network uses IPv6 (128-bit) or IPv4 (32-bit) addresses, use host
names in URLs wherever possible so the domain name system (DNS) can
determine which IP address to use.
If you must use IP addresses and your network uses IPv6 addresses, enclose the
literal IPv6 address in square brackets, for example:
http://[2001:db8:ffff:1:101:12ff:de13:1322]:9043/tc
• Specify the language in your browser preferences. For example, in Microsoft Internet Explorer,
perform the following steps:
1. Choose Tools → Internet options....
2. Click Languages in the Internet Options dialog box.
3. Click Add in the Language Preference dialog box.
4. Click any language in the Add Language dialog box.
5. Click OK in the Add Language dialog box.
6. Click the language you want to see in the user interface in the Language Preference dialog
box.
7. Click the Move Up button.

The language you move to the top of the list in the Language Preference dialog box is
the language you see in the user interface.
8. Click OK in the Language Preference dialog box.
9. Click OK in the Internet Options dialog box.
10. Log on and view the user interface in the language you chose.
Note
An error message is displayed if the specified language is unavailable.
Your ability to set the language for Shop Floor Viewer depends on the character set encoding of the
Teamcenter server host and also the character set encoding of the Teamcenter database.

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Note
To prevent mixed-language display after you change the Shop Floor Viewer display
language, clear your web browser cache. This prevents the interface from displaying
in mixed languages.
Using the keyboard

You can use shortcut keys to complete several actions, including:
• Tab keys to move between boxes on a page.
• Enter key or space bar, as an alternative to clicking OK in dialog boxes.

Chapter 2: Using the Shop Floor Viewer interface
The Shop Floor Viewer home page

TheShop Floor Viewer home page is typically the default page that appears when you log on. It
serves as a starting point to allow you to navigate to other functions.
When you log on, the home page initially displays the contents of your Home folder in the My
Teamcenter tree pane.
• The Home folder is the root object (topmost) on the page. You can subsequently navigate to
any other object that you have permission to access and view this object as the root object on
the page.
• Any children of the root object display below the object. The object may be, for example, a
dataset, structure, or collaboration context.
When you click the link to an object in the home folder, Teamcenter displays the selected object with
the object as the root and expanded by one level to show all of its immediate children.
The children of an object display differently, depending on the type of object you select, as follows:
Object type Visible children

Folder Folder contents
Item Item revisions and all attachments arranged by relation type
Item revision BOM view revision and all attachments arranged by relation type
All other workspace objects None

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Note
You can expand and collapse the root object with the expand (+) and collapse (–) buttons.
Shop Floor Viewer interface layout
The Shop Floor Viewer interface has a standard menu bar and toolbar with options that vary
depending on the currently active application. You can place the cursor over a Shop Floor Viewer
toolbar button to display a tooltip description.
1 Menu bar and button Provides access to menu and button commands and lists the
bar current user name, group, role, revision rule, and server.
2 Navigation pane Provides search functionality, link groups, and application buttons.
You can expand and collapse the entire pane and pane groups,
select what is displayed in primary and secondary areas, and
configure the display of applications.
3 Component pane Displays component hierarchies in a tree view. You can resize this
pane to be wider or narrower.

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4 Data pane The data pane displays tabbed information.

• Depending on the type of object selected and the configuration
specified in your installation’s XRT style sheet, you may
see tabs such as Overview, Details, Related Datasets,
Attachments, History, Change History, Where Used,
Structure, Impact Analysis, Available Revisions, and
Viewer.
• Groups of objects within a tab, called object sets, can be

configured in the XRT style sheet. Each group of information
can be configured to display in table, list, or thumbnail. Each
group can also be supported by action command buttons such
as Cut and Copy.
• You can configure the columns in the Details tab.
The default layout for Shop Floor Viewer applications has a header bar containing menus, command
buttons, and session information above three panes, arranged vertically side-by-side. Some Shop
Floor Viewer applications arrange the component pane and the data pane horizontally.
The layout configuration for an application can only be changed by customization.
Note
If instant messaging is configured, the data pane may also display the current Microsoft
Office Communicator status of the owning and last modified users.
Home page areas
Top navigation bar
The top navigation bar displays:
• Menu commands relevant to the currently active application.
Note
Not all commands may be visible to you as your site may suppress the display of
commands. Command suppression is set at both the group and role levels.
• Your user context data to the right of the page, typically the current user name, group, role, and
default revision rule.
• The Logout button , which logs you off Teamcenter.

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Navigation pane
The Shop Floor Viewer navigation pane provides quick access to applications and to the data you
use most.
1 Quick • Quick Search

Search
Allows you to make a simple search for items and datasets by item ID,
keyword, item name, or dataset name. Choose the search type from
the list, type the search values, and click the Go button to begin.
Note
A progress dialog box is displayed for all searches lasting
more than one second. A Cancel button in the progress
dialog box is displayed for metadata-only queries.
• Advanced Search
Allows you to initiate advanced queries with predefined criteria. You can
save query criteria that you use frequently. Choose Advanced from the
search menu to set up an advanced search.
2 Link groups Quick Links
• Home
Returns to your home page from any other page.
• My Saved Searches
Displays your saved searches.
• My Links
Creates a list of bookmarks.
History
• Contains links to pages you have recently visited.
Favorites
• Contains links to pages you have bookmarked by using the Add to
Favorites button or the Actions→Add to Favorites menu command.
Note
When an object linked in a Favorites list is deleted from the
Teamcenter database, the link becomes invalid but is still
displayed in the Shop Floor Viewer navigation pane.

If you click a deleted item link, the following message is

displayed:
The object requested in invalid.
Click here to navigate to your Home Folder.
Use the Organize link the Favorites list to remove links to

deleted items.
3 Primary Provides access to your most frequently used Teamcenter applications.

application
buttons
4 Secondary Provides access to your additional Teamcenter applications.
application
bar The Configure Applications menu displays:
• Available primary and secondary application commands.
Choose a menu command to load the selected application.
• The Navigation Settings command.

Choose the Navigation Settings command to display the Navigation
Settings dialog box.
The Navigation Settings dialog box lets you add or remove
applications from the primary and secondary areas, hide applications,
reorder navigation pane items, organize favorites, and customize your
I Want To list.
Note
You can also use the alternative Navigation Settings button at the top of the
navigation pane to display the Navigation Settings dialog box, and you can use the
Collapse button to hide the navigation pane.
Installed and configured applications that do not appear in the primary or secondary areas,
but still appear in the Available Applications pane of the Navigation Settings dialog
box, do not appear in the user interface.

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Note
Your browser also provides a Favorites bookmark capability.
You can save a URL bookmark using the browser Favorites feature. If you have Shop
Floor Viewer configured with SSO (single sign-on) and SSL (secure socket layer), the
browser does not return you to the expected location after you log off Teamcenter and log
on again, while in the same browser session.
After you log off, but within the same browser session, selecting a browser Favorites
bookmark link to a Shop Floor Viewer location causes the SSO Login Service to prompt
you to log on to the application using your user name and password; then the SSO Login
Service redirects you to the Shop Floor Viewer configured for the application during
installation.
To use a browser Favorites bookmark link to access a specific location after you log off,
you must first end the current browser session (restart the browser). After you restart
the browser, the Favorites bookmarked entry requires you to log on and then accesses
the desired location.
Objects in the component pane

You can select objects in the Shop Floor Viewer component pane.
• Select an object in the component pane to display information about it in the data pane.
• Click the expand button to expand an object.
• Double-click the object to open it as the root for the component pane.
• Hold the cursor over the object to display the action menu .
The action menu in the component pane provides the following commands:
• Open
Selects the object and makes it the root object in the component pane.
Note
Use this command to create URL links to objects.
When you open an object to make it the root object in the component pane, the URL in
the browser address field is updated. You can cut and paste the URL to create a link to
the object that can be included in documents such as e-mails and spreadsheets.
• Cut
Selects the object to cut for pasting elsewhere.
• Copy

Creates a copy of the object that can pasted elsewhere.
• Paste
Pastes the current content of the Teamcenter clipboard.
• Delete
Selects and deletes the link to the object from the current location.
• Properties
Displays the properties dialog box for the object. You can use this dialog box to view information
or to check out the object and edit information.
• Add to Favorites
Adds the object to the Favorites list in the navigation pane.
Tables
Some pages in the Shop Floor Viewer present data in a table that contains the various elements of
the page. Tables can contain the following elements:
• Columns
Columns displayed within a page list various object properties, for example, type and date
modified.
o To change which columns are visible, choose Edit→Options and click the Column
Management tab.
o To resize a column, drag the column border in the appropriate direction. Changes made
to the column width in the Shop Floor Viewer are maintained throughout the Shop Floor
Viewer session.
o To sort table data, click a column header.
• Page components (rows)

The components within a page are displayed in rows.
In some tables, you can select multiple rows that are contiguous (a range of rows) or
noncontiguous (any random selection of rows).
o Single-click a row to clear any previous selection and select the row.
o Hold down the Ctrl key and click to toggle the selection state of the row.
o Hold down the Shift key and click to select a range of rows, from the first selected row up to
and including the current row. This action clears any previous selection.
o Hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys and click to select a range of rows from the last selected
row up to and including the current row.

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• Child rows
Children of a row are displayed indented under the row.
o The types of objects displayed as children depend on the type of object selected.
For example, the children of a row displaying a folder are the folder contents.
o The child rows of an object are displayed in a tree-like structure.
o You can show or hide child rows by expanding or collapsing the display structure.
Use the + and – buttons to the left of the object display to expand and collapse the tree
structure.
• Scroll bar
The scroll bar is visible when the contents of the table are too large for the browser window.
It appears on the right of the table. It allows you to scroll through the contents of the table without
scrolling any part of the page above, below or to the side of the table.
Useful features, such as menus, are always visible.
• Dialog boxes
Dialog boxes show details of objects and allow you to enter data for simple actions.
• Links
If a detailed page or action is associated with the object, it is hyperlinked to the object.
Clicking the link has an particular action, depending on the type of the object.
Object type Description

Folder Displays the selected folder as the root object.
Item Displays the selected item as the root object.
Item revision Displays the selected item revision as the root object.
Dataset Displays the selected dataset as the root object.
Form Displays the Form dialog box.
Web link Displays a dialog box containing details of the underlying web form.
Named reference Displays the file represented by the named reference.
BOM view revision Displays the product structure, with the selected BVR as the root object.
(BVR)
User Opens a dialog box containing the user's details.
Task Opens a dialog box that allows you to complete the specific task.
Localization button
If you are granted translation access privileges, when you log on to Teamcenter you may see the
Localization button in properties dialog boxes next to property objects that are localizable.

Click the Localization button to display the Language Translations dialog box that lists existing
translation values. This button appears only if special localization configurations are made.
Note
If you find that Asian multibyte characters do not display correctly in the rich client, set
your system font to a font that supports Asian multibyte characters. For example, on
Microsoft Windows systems, the Arial Unicode MS font can be set to Message Box to
correct this problem.
Similarly, if you find that Asian multibyte characters do not display correctly when you
start the rich client using the native language (-nl) option, you should restart your system
in the appropriate locale and set your system font to a font that supports Asian multibyte
characters.
Caution
If you use the Lifecycle Visualization embedded viewer, do not launch the the rich client
using the -nl argument.
For the embedded viewer to work properly, the operating system locale and the rich client
runtime locale must match. The -nl argument overrides the Java locale and can cause
incorrect behavior in the embedded viewer.
Dynamic menus
The Shop Floor Viewer includes dynamic menus—the menu commands change according to the
task you are performing. For example, the menu commands on your home page differs from the
ones on your worklist page.
Note
Your administrator may suppress some menu commands that are not relevant to your
site. Features described in this help system may be unavailable if menu commands are
suppressed.
There are three basic types of actions that you can perform with these menus:
• Navigate to a new URL, replacing the current page, for example, to go to your worklist.
• Open a dialog box on top of the current page.
• Execute an action within the current page, for example, clipboard actions such as cut, copy,
and paste.

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Settings and options
Change your password
1. Choose Edit→Change Password.
Teamcenter displays the Change Password dialog box.
2. Type the following passwords in the Change Password dialog box:
• Type your current (old) password in the Current Password box.
• Type a new password in the New Password box.
• Reenter your new password in the Confirm New Password box in exactly the same format
and capitalization as you entered it in the New Password box.
Click OK to change your password. Click Cancel to exit without saving the new password.
Change user settings
To change your current group or role, default group or role, or the current revision rule, do the
following:
1. Choose Edit→User Settings.
Teamcenter displays the User Settings dialog box.
2. To change your current group and role for the current session, select the new settings from the
Group/Role list on the Login Settings tab.
3. To change the project for the current session, select the new project from the Project list on the
Login Settings tab. This option is not available if your site does not use projects.
4. To change your current project for the current session, select the new settings from the Project
list on the Login Settings tab.
5. To change the revision rule for the current session, select the new rule from the Revision Rule
list on the Login Settings tab.
6. To change your default group for future sessions, select the new default group from the Default
Group list on the Login Settings tab.
7. To change your default role in assigned groups for future sessions, select the new default role
from the appropriate list next to the group name on the Default Role Settings tab.
8. Click OK to modify the current user settings (if necessary), and refresh the displayed data based
on the new user settings. Click Cancel to exit without changing your user settings.

Note
A Local Volume field is available if the TC_Store_and_Forward preference is set to true.
Default local volumes are temporary local volumes that allow files to be stored locally
before they are automatically transferred to the final destination volume. This functionality
is also known as store and forward.
Set your work context

If your administrator has defined several work contexts for your activities, choose the appropriate
work context for each workflow task you are assigned. A work context is a particular profile that you
assume to complete a specific assignment and is a combination of your user name, group, and
role for a selected project.
• To temporarily change your work context for a task, click the Set Work Context link associated
with the task.
Teamcenter displays the Set Work Context dialog box, allowing you to set the work context
needed to complete the task as your current work context. If necessary, you can reset your work
context settings from the User Settings dialog box after completing the task.
Set Shop Floor Viewer preference options

Preferences are special environment variables stored in the Teamcenter database.
You can change some preference instance values by setting options that determine how data is
presented, including columns shown in data pages, search case sensitivity, and favorite queries.
Note
If an option is disabled, the preference instance protection scope does not allow the
current user to modify the value.
1. Choose Edit→Options.
Teamcenter displays the Options dialog box.
2. Click the tab containing the option you want to set as follows:
• Display
Allows you to set whether all revisions, item relations, and item revision relations are
displayed. You can also choose your status symbols and column sizes for Structure Manager
and the Manufacturing Process Planner. It also allows you to set whether first column and
menu entries display in a new window when clicked. You can also enable or disable the
display of the contents of Home and My Worklist in the Quick Links pane.
Note
If you add the Inbox Columns Comments property to your display options,
comments do not display without ITK programming.

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• Search
Allows you to set your favorite queries and preferences for character case sensitivity and
dataset version.
• Product Structure
Allows you to set your default revision rule and view type. It also allows you to set preferences
for packing the BOM, showing unconfigured variants, and precision (precise/imprecise).
• Advanced
Allows you to set group name display limits, Classification table page size, and Classification
table header style. You can also set RDV search preferences, LOV description display,
Dimensional Planning and Validation (DPV) archive criteria, and the style sheet that governs
the appearance of the Shop Floor Viewer interface.
• Column Management
Allows you to customize the appearance of columns.
If you add or remove columns, change the order of columns, or resize column widths, the
changes are maintained throughout the session. Resizing column widths are maintained only
in the Shop Floor Viewer and are not reflected in the rich client.
3. Click the link to the required option.

Teamcenter displays a dialog box showing the current setting.
4. Modify the current setting as necessary, then click OK in the Options dialog box to complete your
changes. Click Cancel to exit without changing your options.
Note
If you change an option and click Cancel, the changes are not saved, but may continue
to display in the dialog rather than being discarded. This issue occurs because dialog
boxes are hidden, rather than destroyed, when OK or Cancel are clicked. Subsequent
calls make the dialog box visible again and, as a result, the unsaved values may
display again.
To work around this problem when Cancel is clicked, refresh the browser by pressing
the F5 key or clicking the Refresh button.
Application bar and browser title bar preferences

Two preferences support information displayed in the application bar for Shop Floor Viewer, the rich
client, and in the Shop Floor Viewer browser title bar.
• appbar_title_contents
Specifies values to be displayed in the title string of the application bar for the Shop Floor
Viewer and the rich client.
Valid values include:

user Specifies the full Teamcenter user name.

userid Specifies the Teamcenter logon user name.
group Specifies the group the logged-on user is assigned to.
role Specifies the role of the logged-on user.
site Specifies the site identifier.
curr_proj Specifies the current project selected.
prev_login_time Specifies the previous logon time.
prev_session_ip Specifies the previous session address.
current_login_time Specifies the logon time for the current session.
locationcode Specifies the location code identifier.
change_notice Specifies the current change notice in the rich client.
version Specifies the version of selection.
• WEB_title_contents
Defines the contents of the Shop Floor Viewer browser title bar.
Valid values include:
application Specifies the current application name.

object Specifies the current selected object.
user Specifies the full Teamcenter user name.
group Specifies the group logged-on user is assigned to.
role Specifies the role of logged-on user.
site Specifies the site identifier.
rev_rule Specifies the active revision rule.
version Specifies the version of selection.
locationcode Specifies the location code identifier.
My Teamcenter menus
New menu
Command Description
Folder Creates a graphical representation of an aggregation of objects.
You can change the values specified by the WEB_displayed_new_menu_objects preference to

change the types displayed in the top section of the New menu.

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Edit menu
Command Description
Cut Removes a selected object reference from the current location and places it on
the clipboard. You must have read privileges for the object and write privileges
for its container to move or remove an object.
Copy Copies a object reference in another application. You must have read privileges
for the selected object that you want to copy.
Paste Moves an object reference from the clipboard to the current location in the
workspace object area. You must have read and write privileges to the
destination object.
Note
Depending on the relation business object selected, you are
prompted to enter the values for the properties.
Properties Lets you check out a selected object and displays a dialog box for editing
properties.
Delete Deletes a selected object from the database.
Properties on Lets you edit and save properties on custom relations.
Relation
Attach Attaches a parametric requirement or a custom note to an item or item revision.
Requirements/
Notes
Replace Substitutes an existing parametric requirement revision attachment with
Parametric another revision of the same parametric requirement object.
Requirement
Revision
Parametric Specifies parametric variable values for an existing parametric requirement
Requirement attachment to an item or an item revision.
Parameters
User Settings Allows you to update group, role, and revision rule user settings.
Change Allows you to choose and save a new password.
Password
View menu
Command Description
Properties Allows you to view, update, or print the properties of a selected workspace
object.
Structure Allows you to view the structure for a product or subassembly. You can use
the product structure page to create, view, and edit product structures.
Where Classified Displays where the selected object is classified.
Where Referenced Displays where the selected object is referenced.

Command Description
Where Used (All Displays in which revisions the selected object is used.
Revisions)
Where Used Displays where the selected object is used.
Where Used (Top Displays the top level of where the selected object is used.
Level)
(Precise)
Note
For versions prior to NX7, you cannot launch NX until you set the WEB_NX_UseBookmark
preference.
Tools menu
Command Description
Reports Starts the Report Creation wizard, which allows you to run searches and
apply standard report formats.
Actions menu
Command Description
BOM Compare Compares selected BOM view revisions or BOM lines.
Export Configured Exports only a partial assembly based on the search configuration in the
NX Assembly Design Context application, that is, those component parts that are the
result of a design context search query. This command requires an RDV
setup to function.
Download File[s] Downloads the selected datasets.
Add to Favorites Adds the selected object to your Favorites list in the navigation pane.
Help menu
Command Description
Installations For Teamcenter Rapid Start, allows you to perform additional
installations.
• Teamcenter Visualization
Installs Lifecycle Visualization through.
• Install TCCS
Installs the Teamcenter Client Cache Service.
About Teamcenter Displays version and copyright information.

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Structure Manager menus
Edit menu
Command Description
Remove Removes a selected object reference from the current location and
places it on the clipboard. You must have read privileges for the object
and write privileges for its container to move or remove an object.
Copy Copies a object reference in another application. You must have read
privileges for the selected object that you want to copy.
Paste Moves an object reference from the clipboard to the current location in
the workspace object area. You must have read and write privileges
to the destination object.
Note
Depending on the relation business object selected, you are
prompted to enter the values for the properties.
Add Adds components to the selected assembly (line) by typing an item

identifier.
Paste Substitute Pastes item revisions from the clipboard as substitutes for the selected
(assembly) lines.
Add Substitute Allows you to define a substitute for the currently selected item.
Remove/Prefer Allows you to remove a substitute from the selected item, or set one of
Substitute several substitutes as preferred.
Paste Global Alternate Allows you to paste the item on the clipboard as a global alternate of
the currently selected item.
Add Global Alternate Allows you to define another item as a global alternate of the selected
item.
Remove/Prefer Global Allows you to remove a global alternate from the selected item, or set
Alternate one of several global alternates as preferred
Replace Replaces the selected line with the item revision or item element on
the clipboard.
Replace... Allows you to browse for an item revision to replace the selected line.
Options Allows you to set display and processing attributes.
User Settings Allows you to update group, role, and revision rule user settings
Change Password Allows you to choose and save a new password.
For more information about most of these tasks, see Getting Started with Product Structure or the
Structure Manager.

View menu
Command Description
Properties Allows you to view, update, or print the properties of a selected
workspace object.
Audit Allows you to view audit logs based on site-defined audit definition
objects.
Embedded Software Allows you to view binary software information in the same way as
Explorer you view data about hard parts.
Signal Explorer Allows you to view signals in an electromechanical structure. You can
view the source, target, transmitter, process variable, signal of process
variable, redundant signal, transmitted signal, and received signal
associated with the selected lines, as applicable.
Explore Implemented By Shows all lines that implement the selected line.
Explore Realized By Shows all lines that realize the selected line.
Where Classified Displays where the selected object is classified.
Where Referenced Displays where the selected object is referenced.
Where Used (All Displays in which revisions the selected object is used.
Revisions)
Where Used (Top Level) Displays the top level where the selected object is used.
Where Used (Precise) Displays where the selected object is used.
As Top Line Refreshes display with the selected line at the top of the pane.
Expand Below Expands the complete substructure below the selected lines.
Pack All Packs all packable lines in the displayed structure.
Show Connected Lines Shows or hides unconfigured variant components.
Show Unconfigured Shows or hides unconfigured variant components.
Variants
Show Unconfigured By Shows or hides components that are not configured when using date
Date effectivity.
Vendor Parts Displays vendor parts associated to the selected object.

Revision Rule... Allows you to view the revision rule for the currently selected structure.
View→Variant Allows you to view the variant-configured structure of the selected
Configuration top-level module.
Supersedure Allows you to view supersedure information for the selected structure.
Structure Manager.
For more information about the embedded software explorer and signal explorer, see the Embedded
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Command Description
Check-In/Out Checks a selected component in or out of the database.
Embedded Software Allows you to manage binary software in the same way as you manage
Manager hard parts.
Signal Manager Allows you to associate a signal line in an electromechanical structure
to another line as a source, target, transmitter, process variable or
redundant signal. Or to remove the same.
Connection Manager Connects two selected lines with a revisable or nonrevisable
connection. Or disconnects the same.
Implemented By Creates or removes Implemented By relationships between the
selected line and another line.
Realized By Creates Realized By relationships between the selected line and
another line. Or removes the same.
Project Assigns or removes objects from projects.
PLM XML Export Exports the selected object in PLM XML format.
PLM XML Import Uploads a PLM XML file to the system.
Snapshot A snapshot is a folder that stores all the item revisions contained in a
configured product structure. This option creates a snapshot of the
selected structure that you can later use redisplay the structure as
saved.
Baseline Copies work in progress (WIP) item revisions. During the development
of a product design, you may need to share such copies of your
working design with other users at the same or different sites. You can
also save your design for future reference.
BOM Compare Compares selected BOM view revisions or BOM lines.
Reports Starts the Report Creation wizard, which allows you to run searches
and apply standard report formats.
Structure Manager.
Actions menu
Command Description
Initiate Workflow Attaches the selected structure to a Workflow process or change.
Process
Find in Display Searches for matching lines (components) in the displayed product
structure by entering an expression. You can search with any
combination of the available properties.
Add to Favorites Adds the selected object to your Favorites list in the navigation pane.

Help menu
Command Description
Installations For Teamcenter Rapid Start, allows you to perform additional
installations.
• Teamcenter Visualization
Installs Lifecycle Visualization.
• Install TCCS
Installs the Teamcenter Client Cache Service.
About Teamcenter Displays version and copyright information.

Chapter 3: Searching in Shop Floor Viewer
Search overview
You can search the Teamcenter database for objects that match specific criteria. Your administrator
may define and save frequently used queries to allow fast searches of the database.
You can use dates as a criteria for narrowing searches. However, you must enter all dates in the exact
format defined by your administrator. This is the same date format as shown on your home page.
You can search for metadata (for example, the identifier of an item) or for text (for example, the title of
or keywords in a document). The Keyword Search query form allows you to combine full-text and
metadata searches into a single query. This allows you to, for example, search for all documents
containing a given keyword that were created within a specified range of dates.
Search results display in a table on the results page. Each object found appears on a separate line
of the table. They are not displayed in a tree hierarchy, so there are no child lines associated with
any object. You can open any of the objects displayed as the root object in the page by clicking
the link to the object.
Perform a quick search

You can perform a basic search for an item or dataset using the name, ID, or keyword, as follows:
1. In the navigation pane, choose the type of search you require from the list (for example, Item ID).
2. Enter a value for the search criteria, for example, an item identifier. You can use wildcard
characters to define more flexible search criteria; type * to match multiple characters or ? to
match exactly one character.
The search string may be case sensitive or case insensitive, as determined by your option
settings. For more details, see Set Shop Floor Viewer preference options.
3. Click Go.
On completion of the search, the results are listed in the main window.
You can open any of the listed items from the search results list. To return to the search results,
click the Back button of your browser.
Perform an advanced search

1. In the navigation pane, click the menu to the right of the search box, select Advanced, and
choose one of the following menu commands:
• General

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Teamcenter displays the General dialog box that allows you to search for any object in the
database that meets selected criteria. You can search by any combination of the criteria
shown in the dialog box, including name, description, type, class, owning user, owning group,
creation dates, modification dates, release dates, release status, and current task.
• Item
Teamcenter displays the Item dialog box that allows you to search for any item in the
database that meets selected criteria. You can search by any combination of the criteria
shown in the dialog box, including name, description, owning user, owning group, creation
dates, modification dates, release dates, release status, and current task.
• Item Revision
Teamcenter displays the Item Revision dialog box that allows you to search for any item
revision in the database that meets selected criteria. You can search by any combination
of the criteria shown in the dialog box, including name, description, owning user, owning
group, creation dates, modification dates, release dates, release status, and current task.
Click the calendar button next to the Created Before, Modified Before, Released Before,
Created After, Modified After, or Release After boxes to display a calendar popup dialog
box to select the date and time.
• Remote
Teamcenter displays the Remote dialog box that allows you to search for any object in a
remote database that meets selected criteria. You can search by any combination of the
criteria shown in the dialog box, including name, ID, description, type, class, owning user,
owning group, owning site, and release status.
You can view objects found in remote databases, but cannot load them or import them into
your local database. To import an object from a remote database, use the rich client.
• Checked Out Dataset

Teamcenter displays the Checked Out Dataset dialog box that allows you to search for any
checked out dataset that meets selected criteria. You can search by any combination of the
criteria shown in the dialog box, including the user who checked out the dataset, check out
dates, owning user, owning group, and dataset type.
• More
Teamcenter displays the Change Search dialog box with tabs and buttons. Use this dialog
box to view search history, view and share saved searches, or view system-defined searches.
For information about the Change Search dialog box, see Change Search dialog box.
2. Click Find on the relevant dialog box to start the search. On completion of the search, the results
are listed at the bottom of the main page. Optionally, click Clear to remove the selected search
criteria and specify a new search.
Note
The search dialog box automatically collapses when you start the search. However,
you can expand it again by clicking the + button.

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3. Click Change on the relevant dialog box to display the Change Search dialog box.
For information about this dialog box, see Change Search dialog box.
4. Click Save Search on the relevant dialog box to display the Add My Saved Search dialog box.
Choose a folder and then type a name for the saved search.
5. Click Shared to share your saved search.

The search appears in the My Saved Searches tab on the Change Search dialog box.
You can also create a new folder by clicking New Folder and type a new folder name in the
Create New Folder dialog box.
You can open any of the listed objects from the search results list. To return to the search results,
click the Back button of your browser.
Change Search dialog box

The Change Search dialog box allows you to search history of previous searches, view and share
saved searches, or view system-defined searches.
• Search History
This tab lists, in reverse chronological order, your recent searches.
o Click one of the searches to load the selected search into the search pane.
o Click the Clear button to clear the search history.
• My Saved Searches
This tab lists, in a folder view, your saved searches.
o Click one of the searches to load the selected search into the search pane.
o Select a search folder and click Modify to rename the search or share it.
o Select a search or folder and click Delete to remove it from the My Saved Searches tab.
• System Defined Searches

This tab lists, in alphabetical order, the standard searches defined for use at your site.
Note
Many searches are provided with the software. Your administrator can adjust this list to
match the needs at your site.
Click one of the searches to load the selected search into the search pane.

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Share saved searches

You can:
• Create new shared searches.
• Share existing saved searches with other users.
• Use saved searches that others users have shared.
Note
Saved searches that include classification attributes are not supported in the Shop
Floor Viewer.
To create a shared search from a new search in the Shop Floor Viewer:
1. In the navigation pane, click the Quick Search menu .
2. Choose Advanced→More.
3. Select a search from the Search History tab, My Saved Searches tab, or System Defined
Searches tab.
4. Provide the search criteria, such as the name of the item for an Item Name search.
5. Click Add Search to My Saved Searches .

The system displays the Add Search to My Saved Searches dialog box.
6. Type a name for the search.
7. Click Shared to create a shared search.
8. Select a folder in which to save the search, or click New Folder to create a new folder.
9. Click OK to create the shared search.
10. Click Find to search for the objects specified by the search criteria.
The search results are displayed.
To create a shared search from an existing search in the Shop Floor Viewer:
1. In the navigation pane, click the Quick Search menu .
2. Choose Advanced→More.
3. Click My Saved Searches in the Change Search dialog box.
4. Select a search and click Modify.

The system displays the Rename My Saved Search dialog box.
5. (Optional) Type a new name for the saved search in the New Name box.

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6. Select Shared.
7. Click OK.
The search is now a shared search.
Note
By default, saved searches are private. You must select Shared in the appropriate dialog
box for others to view your saved searches.
Run a where-used search

A where-used search allows you to identify where an item revision appears in a structure. The search
results show where the item revision is used in the structure. The item revision appears in the first row
of the table, which is initially expanded by one level. You can open any children of the item revision
by clicking the corresponding link to the child.
1. Select the row in your home page containing the item revision for which you want where-used
information.
2. Choose one of the options of the View→Where Used menu command.

• Where Used
This search generates information for the selected item revision.
• Where Used (Top Level)

This search generates information limited to the top level of the structure.
• Where Used (All Revisions)

This search generates information for all revisions of the structure.
• Where Used (Precise)

This search generates information limited to the precise structure and any appearances
are omitted.
Teamcenter displays information about the structures in which the item appears.

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View properties
• To view the properties of a selected item in a structure, relation objects, collaboration context,
or composition, choose View→Properties.
Teamcenter displays the properties of the item in a dialog box.
Depending on the item type and your permissions, you may be able to edit some of these
property values. Editable values are shown in a text box, with (if applicable) a list of selectable
values. If you edit any of the editable values, click OK or Apply to complete the changes, or click
Cancel to exit without completing the changes.
View forms
• You can view forms that are attached to a selected item, including items in a structure,
collaboration context, or composition by clicking the link to the required form.
Teamcenter displays the form data in a dialog box.
Note
Your administrator to create custom style sheets as the basis of these forms.
For more information, see the Rich Client Customization.

Chapter 5: Managing product structure
Viewing product structure

The product structure page displays the structure of a product or subassembly. You can use the
product structure page to create, view, and edit product structures.
Note
The Shop Floor Viewer does not extensively check for cyclic product structures. Do not
create structures using the Shop Floor Viewer if you are concerned about cyclic structure
avoidance.
For more information about creating product structures, see the Structure Manager.
To display the product structure of an item revision (the root item):

1. Select the item on your home page.
2. Either click Structure Manager in the navigation pane or choose View→ Structure.
Note
• Teamcenter displays lines with defined variant conditions with a different background
color.
• A symbol to the left of the name of each line indicates its type, for example, item or
item revision.
• If a line includes a copyright (©) symbol, the revision is configured by the current
revision rule; otherwise, it is not configured.
Sort the product structure

You can sort the order in which lines are displayed according to any of the displayed properties.
• To arrange the lines in ascending order of a property value, click the relevant column header
until it displays an up arrow.
• To arrange the lines in descending order of the property value, click the column header until
it displays a down arrow.
For example, to arrange the lines by sequence number, click the Sequence Number column header.
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sequence number and the line with the lowest sequence number is shown at the top. When the arrow
points downwards, the lines are arranged in descending order by the sequence number and the line
with the highest sequence number is shown at the top.
Search a structure
You can search for an item or object in a product structure and view all matching instances. This
is particularly useful if you are unfamiliar with the structure and do not know how to navigate to a
particular component.
1. Expand the structure you want to search and choose Actions→Find in display.
Teamcenter displays the Find dialog box.
2. Type the parameters of the search in the Find dialog box, typing data in one ore more of the
following boxes:
• Attribute Name
Type the name of the BOM line attribute to search, for example, BOM line.
• Attribute Value
Type the attribute value to search, for example, Sample line.
• Relation Operator
Type a relation operator, for example, =, ==, >=, <=, !=, > or <.
• Logical Operator
Type a logical operator, for example, AND or OR.
• Expression
Type an expression formed from the selected attributes, logical operators, and relational
operators. For example:
BOM line=”Sample line” AND

Item Rev Status!=”Released”
3. Click OK to begin the search.

Teamcenter highlights each product structure line that matches the search expression. If it
finds more than one match, it displays the number of product structure lines that meet the
search criteria.
Optionally, click Cancel to exit without starting the search.
4. Optionally, if there are too many matches, you can refine the search by modifying the parameters.
If you choose Actions→Find in display again, Teamcenter displays the Find dialog box with the
previous search parameters shown. Modify one or more parameters and click OK to begin the
refined search.

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Note
You cannot perform a spatial search in the Shop Floor Viewer.
Compare product structures

You can compare two product structures to generate a report that identifies the differences between
them.
1. Select the two BOM view revisions (BVRs) in the navigator and choose Actions→BOM
Compare Report.
Teamcenter displays the Create BOM Compare Report dialog box, with the selected BOM line
shown in the BOM Line 1 and BOM Line 2 boxes.
Note
If you do not select the BVRs before choosing the menu command, the BOM line
boxes are initially blank. You can type the name of each line or use the Find button
next to each box to locate the lines.
2. Choose the appropriate comparison mode from the following options:

• Single Level
Single-level mode compares only the first levels of the product structures. It allows you to
identify engineering component changes between two components or subassemblies.
A pair of components or subassemblies match if they are the same item, with the same
revision, quantity, and sequence number. Multiple occurrences of the same item and
sequence number are combined during comparison. Consequently, one occurrence with a
quantity of 2 is the same as two occurrences with a quantity of 1.
This mode reports:
o Additions to the product structures.
o Quantity changes.
o Revision changes.
A sequence number change produces a new item and is reported as an addition.
• Multi-Level (with Seq No)

In multilevel mode, two matched subassemblies appear in the two product structures. This
mode is useful for finding differences between two configurations of a product, for example,
variants.

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Teamcenter performs another comparison of these subassemblies. The multilevel

comparison process continues down the product structure until the bottom of the structure is
reached or there are no matching subassemblies remaining.
The subassemblies match if they are the same item, with the same revision, quantity, and
sequence number.
This mode reports:
o Additions to the product structures.
o Quantity changes.
o Revision changes.
A sequence number change produces a new item and is reported as an addition.
• Lowest Level
Lowest level mode compares the lowest level items in two product structures. It does not
compare the intermediate structure. It allows you to compare multiple views, for example,
when a design view has a different structure to a manufacturing view while still containing
the same piece parts.
This mode calculates the quantities of each item in the product structures before beginning
the comparison. Sequence numbers are not meaningful in this context. Only additions, total
quantity changes, and revision changes are reported.
Teamcenter displays the BOM Compare report. The two product structures are shown in adjacent
columns, allowing you to visually compare them and identify differences. Certain differences are also
identified in color; additions are highlighted in red, changes in quantity or revision are highlighted
in orange.
Item occurrences in the report are hyperlinked. Click a hyperlink to open the corresponding product
structure line.
Performing on-demand validation

Your administrator can configure Teamcenter to enforce any rules imposed by the organization on
what types of content are allowed in the structure. You cannot add content or make other structure
edits that would violate the defined business rules.
The following types of restrictions on content within a structure are enforced:
• Only certain item classes or types may exist anywhere in a structure.
• Only certain item classes or types may be children of others.
• Only certain item classes or types may be parents of others.
• Properties of the parent or child object must satisfy specified values or be NULL.
For allowable substitutes in a given BOM line, the same restrictions that apply to the primary part
occurrence are applied to the substitute.

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Validations are provided for the following operations:

• Creating a new occurrence
• Adding a substitute for a given occurrence
• Cloning (duplicating) a structure
• Importing or exporting a structure
• Revise and baseline
Note
Teamcenter validates only the first two operations in real time.
When you save edits, Teamcenter validates that they do not violate the defined business rules and, if
they do, displays an error message and does not save the changes.
Optionally, you can perform an on-demand validation of property updates at any time by right-clicking
a top line with substructure and choosing Tools→Validate Occurrences. If no issues are found,
Teamcenter displays a confirmation and saves a validation log. If issues are found, it displays
a list of errors.
Note
The administrator uses the Business Modeler IDE to define these business rules on
explicitly stated classes. Any subclasses or subtypes of these classes inherit the same
rules.
Your administrator must also create and set the following preferences:
• PS_Default_Rev_For_Occ_Cond_Validation
Defines the default revision rule when a child item is used for validation.
• PS_Bypass_Occurrence_Condition
Configures the system to bypass occurrence condition validation for defined actions
or operations.

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Getting Started with the Shop Floor Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Using the Shop Floor Viewer interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Searching in Shop Floor Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

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Change Search dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Navigating structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Managing product structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

4 Teamcenter Rapid Start Shop Floor Viewer PLM00503 12.0

What is the Teamcenter Rapid Start Shop Floor Viewer?

• No Shop Floor Viewer software is required on a Teamcenter client.

Preparing to use the Shop Floor Viewer

Before you begin

• Sun Java Virtual Machine (JVM) (optional)

To view workflow processes and supersedure information in Internet Explorer,

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Certain features are not available if you use a Firefox browser.

2. Install a supported Java Plug-in.

Using Firefox browsers

o To specify Russian, type http://myhost:7001/tc/webclient?lang=ru in the URL.

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2. Click Languages in the Internet Options dialog box.

3. Click Add in the Language Preference dialog box.

4. Click any language in the Add Language dialog box.

5. Click OK in the Add Language dialog box.

7. Click the Move Up button.

8. Click OK in the Language Preference dialog box.

9. Click OK in the Internet Options dialog box.

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Using the keyboard

• Enter key or space bar, as an alternative to clicking OK in dialog boxes.

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The Shop Floor Viewer home page

Object type Visible children

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Shop Floor Viewer interface layout

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4 Data pane The data pane displays tabbed information.

• Groups of objects within a tab, called object sets, can be

• You can configure the columns in the Details tab.

The layout configuration for an application can only be changed by customization.

Home page areas

Top navigation bar

The top navigation bar displays:

• Menu commands relevant to the currently active application.

• The Logout button , which logs you off Teamcenter.

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1 Quick • Quick Search

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If you click a deleted item link, the following message is

Use the Organize link the Favorites list to remove links to

3 Primary Provides access to your most frequently used Teamcenter applications.

• The Navigation Settings command.

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Objects in the component pane

• Click the expand button to expand an object.

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Creates a copy of the object that can pasted elsewhere.