Global succession updates are limited to 500 relationships. If more than 500 exist PLM presents a warning message and does not execute the update

Question

Global succession updates are limited to 500 relationships. If more than 500 exist PLM presents a warning message and does not execute the update.
How/Where to increase the relationship count?
The message which I can see :
Warning:
This specification has exceeded the number of parent relationships allowed by Where Used. The Where Used tool only supports up to 500 parent relationships.
Thanks

Answer 1

This really brings up a larger topic around change management.
The questions you should start with is
1. What kind of change is happening to the raw material? 
2. Will this change affect anything upstream inside or outside of PLM4P? (Will this change affect nutrition, compliance, the ingredient statement, the label etc?)
3. Who needs to approve this change?
If they are non-material changes (changes that don't affect theoretical calculations, the ingredient statement, labeling, upstream systems that need to be notified etc) then you should be using get latest revision instead of global succession.   Get Latest Revision will automatically switch out the material with the latest approved version.  This logic is also configurable in case you need to add additional guard conditions.   We can also provide guidance around locking the get latest revision lock once a specification has reached the retired/obsolete state so changes won't occur for specifications in those statuses.
If the changes to the raw material are material changes (changes that affect calculations, labeling etc) then the change should be reflected with a copy of the specification.  Dependent specifications then need to be re-issued so calculations can be performed and the appropriate workflow reviews can occur.   Smart Issue allows for filtering based on status and should let you re-issue in smaller blocks. 
Let me know more about your change management strategy, how often large material changes happen and maybe example causes for those mass changes.  We can also schedule a change management training session for everyone where we can share our vision and tools available for change management.  This topic is quite large and generally requires a lot of business process discussion beyond just the tools available. 
Thanks
Kelly