Looking for a way to identify Inactive Mtl Parts in Engineering Workbench. Users have asked if it is possible to display a message/alert if a Part being pulled forward to a new revision using "Get from Methods/Jobs/Quotes is inactive.
Has anyone done anything similar? I have been looking at some of the Method Directives but so far haven’t been successful.
Not sure if tracing options is a thing in Cloud, but have you looked into tracing the process of pulling parts forward to a new revision?
This will give you a list of the methods used in the background.
Then you can create a method directive on a unique method and display whatever you want.
If you can’t find any method, it might be possible to create something on a data directive or creating a customization that checks this. I am not quite sure about the process you’re checking, but this is usually my approach.
@masuphiber thanks for replying. I did use tracing in the Smart Client and tried a few methods but wasn’t having any luck. I ended up adding a UD field to ECOMtl table for Inactive and then used a Data Directive on ECOMtl to pull the Inactive value from the Part table. Same Data Directive then checks if the Inactive value was True and if so it presents the user with a message. Having the UD Inactive field on ECOMtl allowed me to also display the field on the Material Grid and Material Detail menu section.
Glad to hear you could resolve this issue.
Looks like an acceptable solution too!