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  1. Update 21B
  1. Revision History
  2. Overview
    1. Innovation Management
        1. View Approval History on Innovation Management Objects
        2. Add Comments to Proposals
        3. Manage Concept Teams Using REST Services
    2. Product Development
        1. Find Attributes on Item Page
        2. Edit UOM in Structure View and Change Order Redline View
        3. Download Manufacturer Part Attachments
        4. Manage Substitute Components in Design Structures and Engineering Change Orders
        5. Search for Multiple Items or Documents Together
        6. Improve User Experience for Change Management
    3. Product Hub
        1. Get Catalog Category Hierarchy Updates Automatically in Reports
        2. Execute Global Functions Using Rules
        3. Leverage New Item Attributes for Repair Planning
        4. Manage Item Batches Using a REST Service
        5. Optimize Item Export
        6. Solve Use Cases Efficiently with Replace Function in Rules
        7. Publish Common Structure
        8. Optimize Rule Set Performance
        9. Search for Items More Efficiently
        10. Control Role Expansion: New Item Request Approvals
    4. Product Development & Product Hub Common Features
        1. View Context-Specific Attributes in Affected Objects Table
    5. Quality Management
        1. Use Object Hyperlinks to View Related Objects
        2. Display Similar Interface for Quality and Change Objects
        3. Manage Security for Quality Issues and Actions Using REST APIs
        4. Define Sample Quantity and Unit of Measure for Use in Ad Hoc Inspections
        5. Inspect a Preassigned Lot to a Work Order in Manufacturing
        6. Search and View Product Genealogy with Parent Lot
        7. View Product Genealogy and Assets with Country of Origin or Project and Task Information

Update 21B

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date Product Feature Notes
05 MAR 2021     Created initial document.

Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update.

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Innovation Management

View Approval History on Innovation Management Objects

View approval history on concepts, proposals, and requirement specifications. You can view details such as the date when the object was submitted for approval, the user who submitted the object for approval, and the date when the object was approved, rejected, or canceled.

Add Comments to Proposals

Use a new side tab on product proposals to add comments, and to view all comments for a proposal.

Manage Concept Teams Using REST Services

Use REST APIs to add or remove team members for your concepts.

Product Development

Find Attributes on Item Page

Search and locate the item attributes that you want to review or update on the item page. The search covers single-row extensible flexfield attributes.

Edit UOM in Structure View and Change Order Redline View

Edit the unit of measure value for item components directly in the item structure view. You can also edit this value for structure components in a change order's redline view.

Download Manufacturer Part Attachments

Include manufacturer part attachments when you download items and item structures.

Manage Substitute Components in Design Structures and Engineering Change Orders

Add and update substitutes for item components in your preliminary design structures using the side panel view. You can make changes to released items by redlining substitutes in engineering change orders.

Search for Multiple Items or Documents Together

Enter multiple item or document numbers in the quick search field to find what you need with a single click. You can enter comma-separated, tab-separated, or new line separated lists in the search field.

Improve User Experience for Change Management

Experience increased drill-down capability, visibility, and consistency across item and change pages. Drill down to view manufacturer and manufacturer part objects using hyperlinks, see the same column order in item structures and affected objects, and use an expanded description field for change objects. You can also set a default reason code for change objects in the change type setup.

Product Hub

Get Catalog Category Hierarchy Updates Automatically in Reports

Generate catalog hierarchy reports using an OTBI subject area that's automatically refreshed with catalog setup changes.

Execute Global Functions Using Rules

Call global functions defined in Application Composer from item rules.

Leverage New Item Attributes for Repair Planning

Gain more support for Repair Planning through the added availability of item attributes.

Manage Item Batches Using a REST Service

You can now create, update, and search item batches using a REST service. You can also import item data using this REST service, through an item batch that runs on data load.

Optimize Item Export

To improve performance, control the number of records that can be exported to a spreadsheet from the Manage Items page.

Solve Use Cases Efficiently with Replace Function in Rules

Use regular expressions in the replace() function in rules to solve complex use cases.

Publish Common Structure

The publication of structures now includes all of the target items for the common structure of an item.

Optimize Rule Set Performance

Optimize rule set performance by selecting an action to regenerate rule scripts after a server restart.

Search for Items More Efficiently

Configure the minimum number of characters that users must enter to search for items. Use the Contains operator to search item names and item descriptions.

Control Role Expansion: New Item Request Approvals

Avoid automatically expanding a role to show its members in the Approval status table if only one response is required on behalf of the role. All members of the role will receive approval notifications, and you can still keep track of who signed off on behalf of the role.

Product Development & Product Hub Common Features

View Context-Specific Attributes in Affected Objects Table

View and edit additional attributes related to your business context directly in the Affected Objects table. New columns for descriptive flexfields now appear in the Affected Objects table for change orders, change requests, problem reports, and corrective actions.

Quality Management

Use Object Hyperlinks to View Related Objects

Drill down to view details of relationships between standard and configured objects. Navigate through object relationships created using Application Composer, including dynamic choice lists.

Display Similar Interface for Quality and Change Objects

Keep the user experience consistent for quality and change objects. The edit page of a quality issue or action now displays the side panel view without infotiles, as in changes.

Manage Security for Quality Issues and Actions Using REST APIs

Add or remove users from the Security tab of quality issues and actions using REST APIs.

Define Sample Quantity and Unit of Measure for Use in Ad Hoc Inspections

Specify the physical sample quantity and unit of measure as part of a sampling-enabled inspection level that is associated with an inspection plan for ad hoc inspection of an item. You can enter the sample quantity in either the item's primary unit of measure or an alternate, convertible unit of measure.

Inspect a Preassigned Lot to a Work Order in Manufacturing

Perform ad hoc work in process inspections against a preassigned lot for a product, co-product, or by-product independent of when it is completed into inventory.

Search and View Product Genealogy with Parent Lot

Search for lots in product genealogy records based on the associated parent lot when the item is child lot enabled. You can view the parent lot in the lot information in addition to the transaction history of inventory transactions, discrete manufacturing work order operation transactions, and process manufacturing work order output transactions.

View Product Genealogy and Assets with Country of Origin or Project and Task Information

View country of origin or project and task for lots and serials in product genealogy, including on-hand inventory and transaction history. You can also view project and task for an asset.