dhenning - Monday, December 22, 2008 8:44 AM:
To sync our ERP part master with Innovator, we import the Parts from our ERP system (usually on a 'merge' action via AML load). Is it possible to directly 'promote' a Part to the appropriate state without having to go through the loop of next available promotion states and make it run up that tree? We are at Version 8.1.0 and I have tried to find any entries in the forums about such a process, but cannot.
Because we regard our ERP system as the 'owner' of the information, we would like to be able to establish the the 'promotion state' of the Part in Innvoator to reflect what is in our ERP system.
Thank you.
PeterSchroer - Tuesday, December 23, 2008 10:55 AM:
Dennis,
If you are not using change-management and releases in Innovator, you could modify the LifeCycle of Part item so that the default state is "Released". That way any data you import will already be "Released" no need to manually promote each part.
Or alternatively, if you need to have mutliple states shown in PLM that match ERP, I would hide the current_state and state properties in Aras Innovator, add a new property named erp_status, and expose that new property on grids and forms. No need to use Innovator LifeCycle in this case if you don't need the automation and rules checking that lifecycle services provides.
Peter
