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Former_Member
Accelerator III
8 years ago

select class on Extended Classification

When adding a new Part, and by default extended classifications are not selected, is there a way to automatically select classes or all classes of  the extended classifications for a new part when the new part form opens?

6 Replies

  • eli_donahue's avatar
    eli_donahue
    Community Manager
    8 years ago
    Hi fdxu168, Just to confirm - are you looking for a way to set a default extended classification for new Parts? Or do you want to prompt users to select an extended classification before the new Part form loads? Eli
    Eli Donahue Aras Labs Software Engineer
  • Former_Member's avatar
    Former_Member
    Accelerator III
    8 years ago
    I want to set a default extended classification for new Parts when the new part form loads, so users don’t have to select them. Is this possible?
  • angela's avatar
    angela
    Catalyst II
    8 years ago
    Hi fdxu168, I came accross your post as I currently also work with extended classification. I think your use case can be solved with a Method. xClasses are linked to Parts like this: PART -> Relationship PART_XCLASS --> Related Item XCLASS (e.g. class 'Resistor') I think it´s possible to add the PART_XCLASS relationship with an onBeforeAdd/onAfterAdd Method.
    • Kitty's avatar
      Kitty
      Ideator II
      1 year ago

      angela Hi Angelalp, I was searching the exact same solution and found your answer.
      I tried to do this by kick the Method with onBeforeAdd or by AML, but It didn't worked to me.
      Do you have any further info on this topic?

      my method
      [embed:dc8ab71f-3b98-42d9-b0f6-e21e02a0f8e2:bd8bfb92-a7d7-4709-a80b-51156ba3bbe9:type=csharp&text=Innovator%20inn%20%3D%20this.getInnovator%28%29%3B%0D%0Athis.setAction%28%22edit%22%29%3B%0D%0AItem%20xclass%20%3D%20inn.newItem%28%22xClass%22%2C%22get%22%29%3B%0D%0Axclass.setProperty%28%22id%22%2C%22F55659D7906F4E3A89767FEEFF1913C0%22%29%3B%0D%0Axclass%20%3D%20xclass.apply%28%29%3B%0D%0AItem%20rel%20%3D%20this.createRelationship%28%22y_ext_xClass%22%2C%22add%22%29%3B%0D%0Arel.setRelatedItem%28xclass%29%3B%0D%0Areturn%20this%3B]

      and I got this

      No items of type 'y_ext_xClass' found using the criteria:
      <Item type="y_ext_xClass" id="6BFA1DD7EC1B4AB19C7ACAF59AE8C5C8" serverEvents="1" select="*[is_not_null()]" />

      • angela's avatar
        angela
        Catalyst II
        1 year ago

        Your query in general is a bit confusing :). Your "createRelationship" happens after apply(). And you do the apply() on your xClass item and not at the item you want to edit.

        I haven´t tested this one, but I think it worked somehow like this:

        this.setAction("edit");
        Item xyz_xclass= this.createRelationship("xyz_xClass", "add");
        Item xclass= xyz_xclass.createRelatedItem("xClass", "get");
        xclass.setProperty("id","123");
        Item res = this.apply();

        But I recommend that you check the official documentation. There is a guide regarding xClasses with many samples.

        BTW: If you use thumbnails, I would be happy for additional feedback regarding this topic! Thanks!

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