Automotive Business Rule Plugins

A number of business rule plugins are provided to assist in extending the core Automotive solution. This section addresses many of the Automotive business rule plugins as they are available when configuring Business Actions and Business Conditions.

Prerequisites

It is assumed that the admin user has knowledge of STEP administrative functions and experience working in System Setup, including creating and editing business rules, workflows, and Web UIs. This section targets only the specific information needed for a knowledgeable STEP admin user to identify and configure the Automotive-specific business rule plugins. For more introductory material of these concepts, refer to the Business Rules (here), Workflows (here) Web User Interfaces (here) sections of STEP Online Help.

Business Action Operations

Menu	Operation Name	Components required for use	Description
Automotive	Change assembly	Application Manager, Bulk Update action button	Allows users to use a Bulk Updates action button within an Application Manager to change the assembly / vehicle of one or more existing applications. Will not change the assembly of a missing application. For more information, refer to Business Action: Change Assembly here.
Automotive	Change part	Application Manager, Bulk Update action button	Allows users to use a Bulk Updates action button within an Application Manager to change the part for a selected application. For more information, refer to Business Action: Change Part here.
Automotive	Change part type	Application Manager, Bulk Update action button	Allows users to use a Bulk Updates action button within an Application Manager to change the part type for a selected application. Will not change the part type of a missing application. For more information, refer to Business Action: Change Part Type here.
Automotive	Copy application to other assembly	Application Manager, Bulk Update action button	Allows users to use a Bulk Updates action button within an Application Manager to copy one or more existing applications to another assembly / vehicle. For more information, refer to Business Action: Copy Application to Other Assembly here.
Automotive	Copy application to other part	Application Manager, Bulk Update action button	Allows users to use a Bulk Updates action button within an Application Manager to copy one or more existing applications to another part. For more information, refer to Business Action: Copy Application to Other Part here.
Automotive	Copy applications to related parts	Application Manager, Bulk Update action button	Allows users to use a Bulk Updates action button within an Application Manager to copy one or more existing applications to one or more related parts. For more information, refer to Business Action: Copy Applications to Related Parts here.
Automotive	Copy classification hierarchy to product hierarchy	Anywhere a bulk update can be run	Allows users to update the product hierarchy to match the classification hierarchy. The operation has the ability to disregard the classification prefix in order to create the product hierarchy using a defined product prefix. Can be used after a VCDB update has created new vehicles within the yellow classification folders to create blue hierarchy nodes. CAUTION: Object Types need to be similar in that they should have the same ID (without the prefix).
Automotive	Move ACES Applications for PIES Part		Moves all ACES applications from one PIES Item to another by following a reference between the parts. For more information, refer to Business Action: Move ACES Applications for PIES Part here.
Automotive	Set Condition Links on Part Types		Links application conditions / options to part types to assist in configuring display options in the Web UI Application Record Editor. For more information, refer to Business Action: Set Condition Links on Part Types here.
Automotive	Sync ACES Applications between PIES Parts		Synchronizes all ACES applications between two PIES Items by following a reference between the parts. For more information, refer to Business Action: Sync ACES Applications Between PIES Parts here.
Automotive	Unique application record constraint		Calculates a unique value based on the part, assembly and the conditions for the applications.
Import flow	Set import status attributes	Workflow: Import State	Allows for the implementation of change flags; a way for users to view what data has been created or changed due to an import. Must be used within the Import state of a workflow. For more information, refer to Business Action: Set Import Status Attributes here.

Business Condition Operations

Menu	Operation Name	Components required for use	Description
Automotive	Validate Application		Prevents any applications from being imported that do not have both a part type and vehicle / assembly that exists in the STEP database. When a record is found that does not meet the condition, an error is written to the execution report of the import process and the record is not imported. This condition is automatically created and added to the Import state of the relevant workflow when the Easy setup of the import process has been run.
Automotive	Check path for missing application		Improves the accuracy of Application Manager search results involving specific part types by allowing the data model to include a relationship between conditions on applications and different vehicle configurations. This can be helpful when specific part types do not apply to certain vehicle configurations. For more information, refer to Business Condition: Check Path for Missing Application here.
TecDoc	TecDoc reference start condition	TecDoc Reference Import workflow, TecDoc Supplier Import workflow, and TecDoc Supplier controller group	Prevents the start of reference data import if there is a supplier data import running. For more information, refer to Business Condition: TecDoc Reference Start Condition here.
TecDoc	TecDoc supplier start condition	TecDoc Supplier Import workflow, TecDoc Reference Import workflow, and TecDoc Reference controller group	Prevents the start of supplier data import if there is a reference data import running. For more information, refer to Business Condition: TecDoc Supplier Start Condition here.