Engineering change management parameters

The Engineering change management parameters page contains setup parameters that change the default behavior that is related to the release product structure and engineering change management processes.

Open the Engineering change management parameters page

To open the Engineering change management parameters page, go to Engineering change management > Setup > Engineering change management parameters. You can then set the fields as described in the remaining sections of this article.

Release control tab

The following table describes the fields that are available on the Release control tab of the Engineering change management parameters page. These fields affect the release product structure process.

Field	Description
Item number rule	Select how the item number should be defined when the product is released to a legal entity. Select Engineering product number if the product number in the receiving legal entity should match the product number in the engineering company. Select Local item number sequence if the product should take the next number in the number sequence for product numbers in the receiving legal entity.
BOM name rule	Select how the name of the bill of materials (BOM) is defined when the product is received (released) in a legal entity. Select either Engineering name or Receiving item number.
Route name rule	Select how the route name should be defined when the route of a product is received (released) in a legal entity. Select either Engineering name or Receiving item number.
Run BOM check	Select whether a BOM check will be run when the product is received (released) in a legal entity.
Release behavior of inactive BOM	Select whether a product can be released if it has an inactive BOM. Select Accept, Warning only, or Not allowed.
Release behavior of inactive route	Select whether a product can be released if it has an inactive route. Select Accept, Warning only, or Not allowed.
Product acceptance	Select whether an additional step for acceptance is required before the product can be released in the legal entity. Select Manual to add the acceptance step. In this case, the Open product releases page will show the products. Select Automatic to show the product directly on the Released products page in the target legal entity immediately after the product is released together with its release product structure.

Engineering change management tab

The following table describes the fields that are available on the Engineering change management tab of the Engineering change management parameters page. These settings affect the engineering change management process.

Field	Description
Category	The default category that will be used when an engineering change request is created.
Priority	The default priority that will be used when an engineering change request is created.
Severity rule	Select how the severity of an engineering change order should be established. Select Manual if the user is expected to enter a value in the Severity field. Select Calculate to have the system calculate the value of the Severity field when you select Calculate severity on the Action Pane of the engineering change order. In this case, the system will use the severity rules that are defined on the Severity rule set page. Select Calculate automatically to have the value of the Severity field automatically calculated and filled in according to the severity rule sets.
Re-release impacted products	This field is applicable when you re-release products via an engineering change order. You can select whether all products or only the affected products should be proposed in the Releases dialog box.
BOM levels to release	The depth of the BOM level to release. If the BOM has more levels (that is, if it's deeper) than the value that is specified here, only the levels up through the specified value will be released.