Version & Revision Release Levels in Aras

MarcL: PLM solutions must provide support for user-defined multiple release and revision levels, and should be able to assign default release levels based on object types or other attributes, as well as, be able to reset release levels for specific items at check-in by users with appropriate assigned authority.

Peter Schroer:

The out-of-the-box Aras Innovator data model has 3 levels of versioning control on all business items (Major, Minor, and Generation).

Your company can use the three levels to implement just Revisions, or      Revisions + Versions, or    Versions + Revisions + Baselines,    etc.

The exact terminology belongs to you / your company, and you can make it whatever you need. The underlying platform handles the 3 revision levels, and you can use the OOTB setup or configure them however you need.

Our out-of-the-box installation implements the standard CMII processes as defined by the Institute of Configuration Management.

Out-of-the-box Aras supports the ability to assign default release levels based on object types or other attributes as well as the ability to reset release levels for specific items at check-in, and this is easily extended or modified over time as needed.

Each ItemType is linked to a defined Revision sequence (and these can be different for different ItemTypes),  and the standard methodology would be to use the Lifecycle engine to trigger revision changes.  This behavior is driven by CMII standards in the OOTB Aras solutions, and can be easily tailored as needed or applied to add-on solutions or custom solutions that your company develops.

You can quickly enable special scenarios for manual revision changes, over-rides, executive decisions, and other behaviors which occur in the real world – or any combination of these.

Learning how to configure the revisioning rules is covered in the Aras introductory class “Configuring Solutions”, and we provide training on how to customize Aras Innovator for self-sufficient operation to satisfy your company’s on-going requirements.

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