Compatibility Rules Page

The Compatibility Rules page shows rules defined for a product line, product, logical feature, manufacturing feature, configuration feature, or model. This also includes products defined as logical/manufacturing/configuration features or subfeatures. All rules support the ability to select a product without selecting a feature/option pair, for example, Product A requires Product Y.

To access the Compatibility Rules page, first access the Configuration Rules page for an object (see Viewing Configuration Rules), then in the Configuration Rules page, select the Compatibility Rules tab.

This topic describes these items:

Related Topics
Running a Search
About Compatibility Rules
About Configuration Rules

Columns



Column Description
Name Name of the compatibility rule
Left Expression The left expression defined in the rule equation
Compatibility The operator used to compare the left expression to the right expression. Valid values are requires, incompatible, and co-dependent.
Right Expression The right expression defined in the rule equation
Mandatory Either Yes or No. Features and rules can be defined as mandatory or non-mandatory. A feature or rule that is mandatory is inherited by all lower-level models and products. Mandatory features and rules are maintained at the product line level and promote product consistency.
Design Responsibility The organization or project that has design responsibility for the rule
Owner The user who is responsible for the rule. By default, the user who creates the rule is the owner.
Inherited From The parent object from which the rule is inherited
Edit Click to edit the compatibility rule. The left and right expression fields are pre-loaded with the existing values found in the database. You can add to the existing expressions, or erase the existing expression to create a new expression.

Note: This is the only place where you can edit expressions on a rule.

Note: It is not possible to edit a compatibility rule if the context object is in the Release or Obsolete state.

Actions Menu

Action Description For more information:
Create Creates a new compatibility rule for the object in context. See Creating a Compatibility Rule.
Add Existing Adds an existing rule to the context object. Opens the Search page.

Note: It is not possible to add an existing compatibility rule if the context object is in the Release or Obsolete state.

  
Copy Allows you to copy a rule from one object to another and then modify it See Copying Compatibility Rules.
Remove Removes checked rules from the object across context. Does not delete the rule from the database.

Note: It is not possible to remove a compatibility rule if the context object is in the Release or Obsolete state.

  
Delete Deletes all checked rules from the list, disconnects the relationship between the checked rules and the parent item, and then deletes the rules from the database. Prompts you to verify the deletion.

Note: It is not possible to delete a compatibility rule if the context object is in the Release or Obsolete state.