Importance of object dependency type procedure

Question

Hi Friend,
Good Morningu2026
Could any one explain the importance of object dependency  type procedure and its uses with same scenario.
Thanks in advance,
Mohan M

Answer 1

Hi Mohan,
Procedures are used to infer values for charecterisitcs. These are a type of object dependencies used in VC.
Procedures can overwrite defualt values or they can set defualt values for charecterisitcs,  several procedures can be assigned to an object (for eg. a BOM item or operation) and define processing sequence.
These are maintained in Charecteristics, Charecteristic values, configuration profiles, BOM item, Routing operation etc.
Eg: Processing Sequence:
A configurable material has characteristics COLOR and PRESSURE. The following procedures are allocated to the configuration profile of the material.
0010 $SELF.COLOR = u2018GREENu2019 IF PRESSURE >= 10
0020 $SELF.COLOR = u2018YELLOWu2019 IF PRESSURE >= 50
0030 $SELF.COLOR = u2018REDu2019 IF PRESSURE >= 100
The sort sequence ensures that pressure greater than or equal to 100 always sets the color u2018redu2019.
Inferring Charecteristic Values with procedures:
Let's assume Configurable material BIKE has the following characteristics:
CharacteristicS AND THEIR Values                 
WEIGHT
FRAME                                          Aluminum                  10 KG
                                                     Steel                           14 KG
EXTRAS (multiple-value)              Mudguard                   0.5 kg
                                                      Luggage rack             1.0 kG
Procedure
1. Create a procedure for the weight of the BIKE, depending on the frame.
2. This procedure has the following source code:
$SELF. WEIGHT = 10 if FRAME = u2018Aluminumu2019,
$SELF. WEIGHT = 14 if FRAME = u2018Steelu2019.
3. Allocate the procedure to the configuration profile of material BIKE.
The weight of a bicycle increases if you select additional extras, such as mudguard or luggage
rack.
1. You define a procedure with the following source code:
$SELF.WEIGHT = $SELF.WEIGHT + 0.5 if EXTRAS = 'Mudguard',
$SELF.WEIGHT = $SELF.WEIGHT + 1 if EXTRAS = 'Luggage rack'
2. Allocate the procedure to the configuration profile of material BIKE.
Result
1. When you configure the bike, the value u2018Aluminumu2019 is selected for characteristic FRAME.
This triggers the first procedure, which sets the value 10 kg as the WEIGHT.
2. Characteristic EXTRAS has values u2018Mudguardu2019 and u2018Luggage racku2019. This triggers the
second procedure, which increases the value of characteristic WEIGHT to 11.5 kg.
You can also use procedures to count or summurize values of charecterisitics.
You can use procedure to change the values in master data such as BOM / routing. and also to maintain default values.
Hope this will be helpful to you. Any queries, Please post.
Regards,
Pavan