Installing structures are created by adding component versions to the Extended Installing Structure or Installing Structure section of the device's version details page. A version can have an extended installing structure or a simple installing structure, but not both. When you create an installing structure for a version, the structure is automatically inherited by all existing devices in the version and by any devices you add to the version. You can then install objects from the component inventory in these devices.

The steps for managing installing structures vary depending on whether you are creating an extended or simple installing structure and, in the former's case, the type of part you are adding to the structure.

The Extended Installing Structure value for a version cannot be selected or deselected after parts have been saved in the Extended Installing Structure or Simple Installing Structure section on the version details page. To change a version's installing structure from extended to simple (or vice-versa), you must first remove all components from the existing installing structure.

In This Topic

•Add a Component Version to an Extended Installing Structure

•Add Sub-Elements to an Extended Installation Structure

•Add Elements to a Simple Installation Structure

•Remove Components from an Installing Structure

Add a Component Version to an Extended Installing Structure

You can create an extended installing structure on the version details page in the Device and Systems Structure. Installing structures are created by repeating the procedure below until the installing structure contains all the required component versions.

To Add a Component to an Extended Installing Structure

1.On the version details page, ensure the Extended Installing Structure property is set to Yes. If it's not, edit it.

2.Click the Extended Installing Structure section to expand it.

3.Click the Add () icon.

4.Enter a number in the Install Position text box. The lowest positive integer available in the installing structure can be used.

5.Enter a name for the part in the Name text box for the appropriate language(s). A name for at least one language must be entered.

6.Click the arrow () in the Structure Class box.

7.Select Structural Element, Equipment Unit, or Component based on the structure class for the part, and then click Apply.

8.Complete the form based on the Structure Class selected in the previous step.

oFor a Component, click the icon under Type of components and select a component version. The dialog that opens lists all component versions in the Device and Systems Structure and Component Structure alphabetically by their identification key.

oFor an Equipment Unit, click the arrow () in the Type of component box and select a component version.

oFor a Structural Element, simply proceed to the next step. This part type is informational only and does not need to be associated with a component entry in the system.

9.Click Save and Close.

Add a Sub-Element to an Extended Installation Structure

You can add a component version to an extended installing structure as a sub-element. A sub-element can be added to the structure on the device's version details page after its parent part has been added.

1.On the version details page, ensure the Extended Installing Structure property is set to Yes. If it's not, edit it.

2.Click the Extended Installing Structure section to expand it.

3.In the Extended Installing Structure table, select the row for the part or element to which you want to add a sub-element.

4.Click the Add Sub-item () icon.

5.In the Installation Structure form, enter a number in the Install Position text box. The number should be the number associated with the parent element. If the Install Position is 1, and the sub-element is the first sub-element to be added to the part, the sub-element will automatically inherit a position of 1.1.

6.Enter a name for the part in the Name text box for the appropriate language(s). A name for at least one language must be entered.

7.Click the arrow () in the Structure Class box.

8.Select Structural Element, Equipment Unit, or Component based on the structure class for the part, and then click Apply.

9.Complete the form based on the Structure Class selected in step 7.

oFor a Component, click the icon under Type of components and select a component version.

oFor an Equipment Unit, click the arrow () in the Type of component box and select a component version.

oFor a Structural Element, simply proceed to the next step. This part type is informational only and does not need to be associated with a component entry in the system.

10.Click Save and close.

The Extended Installing Structure now includes a sub-element. The decimal point in the Position column indicates that it is the sub-element of the parent element with the same whole number.

Sub-element Added to Extended Installing Structure

Add a Component Version to a Simple Installation Structure

Like with an extended installing structure, you can add component versions to a simple installing structure on the version details page for the device.

To Add a Component Version to a Simple Installing Structure

1.On the version details page, ensure the Extended Installing Structure property is set to No. If it's not, edit it.

2.Click the Installation Structure section to expand it.

3.Click the Add () icon.

4.In the Component form, click the arrow () in the Type box.

5.Select a Component Type from the catalog and click Apply.

6.Click Save and close.

The new component is now included in the simple installing structure.

Component Added to Simple Installing Structure

Remove a Component Version from an Installing Structure

To remove a component from an extended installing structure or a simple installing structure, select the component you want to remove from the structure on the verison details page and click the Delete () icon.

Remove Component from Installing Structure on Version Details Page

If you are removing a hierarchical elements from an Extended Installing Structure, you must remove the child element first.

Parent-Child Relationship for Components in an Installing Structure

You cannot delete a component that has a sub-item attached before removing the sub-item.