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Former_Member
Accelerator III
9 years ago

Where used - show descriptions?

Hello When I click 'where used' on a part, I see the part number and revision where it's used in each higher-level assembly. It would be super useful to see the description (name) at the same time. Is there a way to do that? Cheers! Bob

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  • Yoann_Maingon's avatar
    Yoann_Maingon
    Accelerator I
    9 years ago
    that would be the keyed-name In the part itemtype defintion in the properties tab, if you look at the column "keyed name order" you will see that it has a 1 on the line item_number. Just add a 2 in the same column but on the "name" property line. And that will be it.  
  • jamar's avatar
    jamar
    Ideator III
    8 years ago
    To jump on the end of this, is there a way to show this only on the where used, and not everywhere the part number is used?
    • RikkyH's avatar
      RikkyH
      Ideator I
      7 years ago

      I would also like a solution to this as this is causing issues around our office.

  • AngelaIp's avatar
    AngelaIp
    Catalyst II
    7 years ago

    It´s not easy to customize the standard Where Used function. But I would recommend you use a TreeGridView as custom WhereUsed option. So you can define very detailed what you want to see in WhereUsed. In addition you avoid that people access ItemTypes they don´t need in daily life or are not allowed to see cause of company restrictions.

  • AngelaIp's avatar
    AngelaIp
    Catalyst II
    4 years ago

    Hi community,

    has anyone ever found a way to customize the standard "Where Used" feature? The keyed_name solutions some kind of works, but it still adds Aras ootb revision scheme (which doesn´t fit the revision schema I actually use). And adding the property "name" to the "keyed_name" is also not something to recommend. 

    I discovered that WhereUsed behavior is mainly influenced by the flimsy "getItemWhereUsed" function which is unfortunately a core feature.

    Any ideas?

    • FernandoCG's avatar
      FernandoCG
      Creator III
      3 years ago

      Hello, @Angelap, Did you find a way to "customize" the "Where Used"?.

      Reading this post, they indicate, I think, how to do it, but I don't see the "keyed name order" column in my Itemtypes. I don't know if my version of ARAS is another or I don't know...

      • AngelaIp's avatar
        AngelaIp
        Catalyst II
        3 years ago

        Hi Meupe,

        I think your post were blocked by the spam filter some time ago.

        So far I don´t think we can customize the ootb "where used".

        Regarding keyed_name and just meant the regular keyed_name properties in the itemtype. But it´s not the best solutions to edit the keyed_names just to get a more detailed WhereUsed view. The keyed_names are used in multiple ways, so it´s not a good solution to add long properties like "name" to them.

        One workaround is to use a custom TGV for a WhereUsed view.

        Angela