Viewing Inactive Variants

The Inactive Variants table allows you to view parts with inactive design variants for a logical feature. When you make a design variant inactive, all the parts with that design variant are moved to the Inactive Variants table. The part remains in the GBOM part table with the active design variants and associated design conditions. The active or inactive status of a design variant for a lowest level logical feature is applied to all parent objects.

The parts are listed in the table with the original design conditions for the inactive design variant. The same part can appear multiple times according to the amount of inactive design variants

Before you begin: Access the GBOM Part Table page for a logical feature. For details, see Viewing a GBOM Part Table.
Related Topics
Viewing Inactive Parts
Working with Design Variants
Working with Common Groups

  1. Click the Inactive Variants tab.



    The table contains the following columns:

    Name. Name of the part. This column contains highlighted links. Click on any name to view the default page for that object, or click in the row to view the default page in a new browser window.

    Inactive Variant. The part's inactive design variants. Inactive design variants are not available for rules that refer to this part.

    Rule Expression. The inclusion rule for the part before the design variant was made inactive. This column contains highlighted links. Click on the link and the inclusion rule expression viewer opens and is read only.

    Revision. The revision number or code.

    Type. The type or subtype.

    State. The current state of the part in its lifecycle.

    Owner. The owner of the part.

  2. If you want to limit the number of parts shown, select one or more parts and click Purge History from the page Actions menu or toolbar. This removes the parts from view. It does not delete the parts from the database.

  3. If you want to make a part active, select one or more parts and click Make Active from the page Actions menu or toolbar. The part appears in the GBOM part table with its original inclusion rule.

    If all the design variants for the inclusion rule are active, the rule is a simple inclusion rule. If the inclusion rule has more design conditions than the active design variants, then the rule is a complex inclusion rule. If the Inclusion Rule condition has fewer design conditions than the active design variants, then the rule is a simple inclusion rule with a dash (-) for the additional design variants.

    You cannot make parts active that were made inactive through replacement with an engineering change.