Teamcenter 13.

Managing
Materials on Rich
Client
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What is materials management? 1-1

Elements of materials management

Materials and substances ──────────────────────────────── 2-1
Types of materials ───────────────────────────────────── 2-3

The business process to manage materials in Teamcenter 3-1

Installing and configuring Materials Management

Install Materials Management ───────────────────────────── 4-1
Provide access and command privileges to Teamcenter users ───────── 4-1
Deactivate CAS number validation ────────────────────────── 4-2

Importing material information

Importing material and substance information ────────────────── 5-1
Import material and substance information ───────────────────── 5-1

Creating materials, semi-components, and substances

Create materials ────────────────────────────────────── 6-1
Create semi-components ──────────────────────────────── 6-2
Create substances ───────────────────────────────────── 6-4

Assigning a substance to a material

Assign a substance to a material ──────────────────────────── 7-1
Search for a material or a substance ───────────────────────── 7-2

Maintaining materials and substances

View material and substance information ────────────────────── 8-1
Update a material or substance ──────────────────────────── 8-2
Unassign a substance from a material ──────────────────────── 8-2
Delete a material or substance ───────────────────────────── 8-2

Exporting material information

Export material and substance information from Teamcenter ───────── 9-1

Assigning or unassigning materials from parts

Assign a material to a part ─────────────────────────────── 10-1
Unassign a material from a part ─────────────────────────── 10-2

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Materials Management Utilities

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 1. What is materials management?
Materials management deals with managing information about materials and substances related to the
parts used in a product.

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Materials and substances
A part used in a product primarily comprises materials and in some cases, semi-components, which in
turn are made up of materials. Materials can be homogenous or compound materials. A compound
material is a combination of one or more materials. A semi-component is similar to a material but must
undergo further processing. A semi-component comprises one or more materials and semi-components.

A material is made up of one or more substances. A substance is the basic form of matter that cannot be
disintegrated further using a mechanical or physical process. Each substance has a unique identifier
called Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number.

Let us understand semi-components, compound materials, materials, and substances, using an

example. Consider an assembly of a car indicator lamp made up of the following parts: lamp, reflector,
and connector wire.

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Types of materials
Confidential materials

Confidential materials are materials whose substance composition is kept confidential for competitive
reasons but can be viewed by authorized users such as the materials analyst and the compliance officer.
Unauthorized users can only view the material name and not the material composition in My
Teamcenter.

For example, some materials used in beauty products can be classified as confidential to limit the
number of users viewing the substance composition.

Proprietary materials

Proprietary materials are those materials whose substance composition is kept confidential for
competitive reasons and cannot be viewed in My Teamcenter. Even when checking for substance
compliance, proprietary materials do not contain the substance breakdown. However, a certificate, such
as a waiver, assuming responsibility for the material composition must be attached with the material
substance declaration.

For example, some materials used in health care products can be classified as proprietary because
manufacturers do not want to disclose the substance composition of the materials that they use in these
products.

Non-library materials

Non-library materials are local to NX. For example, for a part designed in NX, the material is created as a
non-library material in Teamcenter and associated to the part.

By default, you can create only one instance of a non-library material in Teamcenter. To create multiple
non-library materials in Teamcenter, set the MATERIALMGMT_allow_only_one_non_library_material
preference to false.

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 3. The business process to manage
materials in Teamcenter
The Materials Management business process demonstrates the tasks that an administrator and a
materials analyst perform using the Materials Management solution.

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Management
Install Materials Management
To install the Teamcenter Materials Management solution, consider the following scenarios:

When you do not have a previous Teamcenter installation

Run Teamcenter Environment Manager (TEM) on a Linux Server or Windows server, and install the
following components:

• Under Base Install, select Teamcenter Foundation.

• Under Enterprise Knowledge Foundation, select the Materials Management subfeature.

Enabling Materials Management in an existing Teamcenter environment

If you have already installed Teamcenter Foundation, to install the Teamcenter Materials Management
solution, run TEM, and select the Materials Management subfeature under Enterprise Knowledge
Foundation.

Upgrading Teamcenter to a different version

If you upgrade to a different version of Teamcenter, you do not need to manually select the Materials
Management subfeature again. Teamcenter automatically installs Materials Management along with
the Teamcenter upgrade.

Provide access and command privileges to Teamcenter users

By default, the Materials Management solution provides the materials analyst role to perform various
materials management-related activities as listed in the Materials Management business process.

You can enable a new user group or user role to perform the materials management-related activities by
adding the new role in the MATERIALMGMT_material_creator_roles preference and the new group in
the MATERIALMGMT_material_creator_groups preference.

You can define various conditions or rules that control who can or cannot access various objects using
the access control list in the Access Manager application. This helps to determine whether that specific
Teamcenter user group has permission to view or perform an action, such as deleting an object.

You can also display or suppress the available Materials Management features on the user interface for a
specific Teamcenter user by using the Command Suppression application.

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Deactivate CAS number validation

The validation process verifies whether the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number specified for a
substance is correct or not.

To deactivate the validation for CAS numbers for substances:

• Set the MATERIALMGMT_wild_card_substance_cas_number_patterns preference to specify a

pattern of CAS numbers for which the in-built validation is deactivated when creating substances in
the Materials Management application. You must specify which characters to include as wild cards in
the pattern. For details about the pattern to specify and which wild cards to use, see the preference
details in the Teamcenter client.

Example:
If you specify ?7439.*.? as the value of the
MATERIALMGMT_wild_card_substance_cas_number_patterns preference and the CAS
number of a substance is 7439-92-1, the system skips the in-built validation for this substance.
This is because the string ?.*.? finds all character sequences with the prefix 7439 and skips the
validation for these substances.

• Set the MATERIALMGMT_wild_card_substance_cas_numbers preference to specify the CAS

numbers to be treated as wild cards by the Teamcenter Materials Management application. The CAS
numbers then skip the in-built validation for the given values while creating the substances in the
Teamcenter Materials Management application.

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Importing material and substance information
You can import new materials or reimport existing materials with updated information in Teamcenter
using the material_import utility. To do so, you must be added to the materials analyst role.

While reimporting existing materials, ensure that the external identifiers for materials are the same.

The material information is in the MatML file format and is converted into the TC XML file format using
the matml_to_tcxml.xsl style sheet. You must update the values of site_id and originatingSite in
the matml_to_tcxml.xsl style sheet to specify the Teamcenter site where you want to import the
information. Your administrator can provide you with the values of site_id and originatingSite.
In Teamcenter, the imported materials are represented differently based on whether the site ID
represents a local site in a single Teamcenter installation or an external site in a multi-Teamcenter
installation.

Action Material representation in Teamcenter

Importing material information and The materials and substances are created as local objects in
specifying the originating site as the Teamcenter. You can use Teamcenter to modify the
master or local site properties of the locally owned objects.

Importing material information and The materials and substances are created as replicas in
specifying the originating site as a site Teamcenter, and the master copy is owned by the external
in a multisite Teamcenter installation site. You cannot modify these replicas using Teamcenter.

Reimporting material information and If the material already exists in the Teamcenter materials
specifying the originating site as the library, then based on the external identifier, the existing
master or local site material object is updated with the contents of the MatML
file in Teamcenter. Also, the existing MatML dataset is
attached to the material revision with the new copy of the
MatML file.

Reimporting material information and If the material already exists in the Teamcenter materials
specifying the originating site as a site library, based on the external identifier, a new material
in a multisite Teamcenter installation revision is created and the MatML input file is attached as a
dataset to the newly created revision.

Import material and substance information

As a materials analyst, you can import materials into the Teamcenter library.

1. In the matml_to_tcxml.xsl style sheet, update the values of site_id and originatingSite
with either your local Teamcenter master site ID or the site ID of any other Teamcenter installation
(external site ID).

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Use the Organization application to get the Teamcenter site ID or ask your administrator to provide
you with the values of site_id and originatingSite. The imported materials are
represented differently in Teamcenter based on the Teamcenter site ID.

2. Run the material_import utility from the Teamcenter Command Prompt:

material_import file=MatML file -dir=directory of MatML file -u=user —

p=password —optionset=MaterialImportDefaultOptionSet —xsl=optional XSLT file

Arguments

-u
Specifies the user ID.

Note:
If Security Services single sign-on (SSO) is enabled for your server, the -u and -p arguments
are authenticated externally through SSO rather than being authenticated against the
Teamcenter database. If you do not supply these arguments, the utility attempts to join an
existing SSO session. If no session is found, you are prompted to enter a user ID and password.

-p
Specifies the password.

This argument is mutually exclusive with the -pf argument.

-pf
Specifies the password file.

This argument is mutually exclusive with the -p argument.

-g
Specifies the group associated with the user.

If used without a value, your default group is assumed.

-file
Specifies the MatML file that contains the information about the material objects to be imported.
-dir
Specifies the directory path of the MatML file.
-optionset
Specifies the name of the transfer option set that must be used for this import.
-transfermode

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Specifies the transfer mode name that is to be used during import.

-errorcontinue
Specifies the option to control continuation of import when an error is encountered. The default
value is no.
-xls
Specifies the XLS file that needs to be applied on the input material file before the import is
performed. If you don’t provide it, the default XLS file located at TC_DATA is used.
-h
Displays help for this utility.

Examples

material_import —dir=d:\matML —xls=mattotcxml.xls material_import

—file=mat1.xml —optionset=MaterialImportDefaultoptionSet
—optionset=MaterialImportDefaultoptionSet

material_import –file=mat1.xml —dir=d:\matML –site=100001

–optionset=MaterialImportDefaultOptionSet

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and substances
Create materials
Material can be classified as homogenous or compound materials. A homogenous material cannot be
further subdivided into other materials. A compound material is a combination of two or more materials.

1. In My Teamcenter, choose File→New→Item.

2. In the New Item dialog box, select Material or Compound Material, and click Next.

3. In the Object Create Information dialog box, enter the following information, and click Next.

Field Description

CAS Number (Optional) Denotes the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number of
the material.

Description (Optional) Specifies the description of the material.

External Identifier Denotes the identifier in a third-party database, such as Granta or

International Material Data System (IMDS).
After the material is created, its revision is displayed in Teamcenter
as a combination of the material revision and the external
identifier.

ID (Optional) Denotes the identifier of the material. Either enter a

value, or click Assign to automatically generate an ID.

IMDS Extended Name (Optional) Specifies the extended name of the material, if the
name exceeds 132 characters.
(If Substance Compliance
IMDS Integration is
installed)

Is IMDS Related object Specifies that the material is an IMDS object. You can upload the
material to IMDS only if Is IMDS Related object is set to True.
(If Substance Compliance
IMDS Integration is
installed)

Is the material (Optional) Specifies whether the substance composition in the

confidential material is confidential and is visible in My Teamcenter only to
authorized users such as the materials analyst and the compliance
officer.

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Field Description

(If Substance Compliance is

installed)

Is the material non-library (Optional) Specifies whether the material is local to NX. You can
create only one non-library material in Teamcenter.
(If Substance Compliance is
installed)

Is the material proprietary (Optional) Specifies whether the material is proprietary, the
substance composition is confidential, and is not visible in My
(If Substance Compliance is
Teamcenter.
installed)
If a proprietary material is used in a part, a waiver certifying full
responsibility for the material composition must be attached with
the material substance declaration.

Name Denotes the unique name of the material.

Teamcenter Unique (Optional) Denotes a unique identifier to search for the material in
Identifier Teamcenter.

Unit of Measure (Optional) Denotes the unit of measure of the material.

If Substance Compliance IMDS Integration is installed, you must
select grams as the unit of measurement.

4. (Optional) Select the Open On Create check box if you want to open the material view after the
material is created.

5. (Optional) If Substance Compliance IMDS Integration is installed, in the Define business object
create information dialog box, select the appropriate classification from the IMDS Material
Classification list.

6. (Optional) Specify the revision for the new material or click Assign to automatically generate the
revision.

7. Click Finish.

Create semi-components
The Substance Compliance IMDS Integration template must be installed along with Materials
Management to create a semi-component.

1. In My Teamcenter, choose File→New→Item.

2. In the New Item dialog box, select Item, and click Next.

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3. In the Object Create Information dialog box, in the Item Information section, enter the following
information.

Field Description

ID (Optional) Denotes the identifier of the semi-component.

Either enter a value, or click Assign to automatically
generate an ID.

Revision (Optional) Denotes the revision of the semi-component.

Either enter a value, or click Assign to automatically
generate the revision.

Name Denotes the unique name of the semi-component.

Description (Optional) Specifies the description of the semi-

component.

Unit of Measure This field must not be used when creating a semi-
component.

4. In the IMDS Properties section, enter the following information.

Field Description

Is IMDS Related Object Specifies that the semi-component is an International

Material Data System (IMDS) object. You can upload the
semi-component to IMDS only if Is IMDS Related object
is set to True.

Is Semi-Component in IMDS Specifies whether the item is enabled as a semi-

component.

IMDS Extended Name (Optional) Specifies the extended name of the semi-
component, if the name exceeds 132 characters.

IMDS Measured Weight per Item (Optional) Denotes the weight of the semi-component.

IMDS UOM (Optional) Denotes the unit of measurement of the semi-

component.

IMDS Unit Type (Optional) Denotes the unit of measure based on how
the semi-component is used in a part.
For example, a wire as a semi-component would be
measured as 100 grams per meter.

IMDS Polymeric Parts Marking (Optional) Specifies the part marking criteria for the semi-
component.

5. (Optional) Select the Open On Create check box to open the semi-component view on creation.

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6. Click Finish.

Create substances
A substance is the basic form of matter that cannot be disintegrated further using a mechanical or
physical process.

1. In My Teamcenter, choose File→New→Other.

2. In the New Business Object dialog box, select Substance, and click Next.

3. In the Object Create Information dialog box, enter the following information, and click Finish.

Field Description

CAS Number Denotes the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number of the
substance.

Description (Optional) Describes the substance.

External Identifier Denotes the identifier in a third-party database, such as Granta or

International Material Data System (IMDS).

Is Substance Inactive (Optional) Specifies whether the substance is inactive.

(If Substance Compliance
IMDS Integration is
installed)

Name Denotes the name of the substance.

Teamcenter Unique (Optional) Denotes a unique identifier for the substance in

Identifier Teamcenter. For example, you could assign a unique identifier to
the substance based on a convention set by your organization. This
identifier can be used to search for the substance in Teamcenter.

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Assign a substance to a material
You can assign one or more substances to a material.

1. In My Teamcenter, search for the substance that you want to assign to a material.

2. Select the substance, and choose Edit→Copy.

3. Search for the material to which you want to assign the selected substance.

4. Expand the material revision, select the Substances folder, and choose Edit→Paste.

5. In the Enter the values for Properties on Relation dialog box, enter the following information,
and click Finish.

Field Description

Composition (in %) Specifies the percentage composition of the substance in the

material.
The total Composition (in %) of all substances for a material must
not exceed 100 percent. For example, consider steel that comprises
carbon and iron:

• carbon 10% and iron 90% is correct; total = 100%

• carbon 10% and iron 70% is acceptable; total = 80%

• carbon 60% and iron 60% is incorrect; total = 120%

For a composition that is defined as a range, Composition (in %)

denotes the minimum composition.

Is the composition in Specifies whether the substance composition is defined as a

range minimum and maximum percentage range or as a single value.

Maximum composition (in Specifies the maximum percentage composition of the substance
%) in the material if the substance composition is defined as a range.
Unlike Composition (in %), the total of Maximum composition (in
%) for all substances in a material can exceed 100%.

To use maximum Specifies whether the maximum composition of a substance should

composition be used during a substance compliance check.

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Field Description

Example:
The material steel comprises two substances: carbon and
iron. Consider a case where steel with a mass of 100 grams is
used in a part, and the composition of both carbon and iron
is defined as a range.
If the To use maximum composition property is set to true,
when the part is submitted for a compliance check, the
maximum composition of both substances is used. That is,
carbon and iron are calculated at 60 grams each (60% of 100
grams), resulting in 120 grams.

Search for a material or a substance

To perform various tasks, such as assigning a substance to a material, you first need to search for the
substance and the material in the Teamcenter materials library.

1. In My Teamcenter, click the menu to the right of the search box , and choose Advanced.

2. In the Search view, click the Select a Search menu , and choose More.

3. In the Change Search dialog box:

• To search for an item revision, select and click OK.

• To search for a material revision, select and click OK.

• To search for a substance, select Materials Management - Substance, and click OK.

4. Enter the search criteria, and click .

The Search Results tab displays a list of the search results.

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View material and substance information
You can use the Material and Substance Dashboard to view the individual or total mass information
for substances and materials in a part or BOM.

1. In My Teamcenter, select the part or BOM for which you want to view the material and substance
information.

2. Choose Window→Show View→Other.

3. In the Show View dialog box, choose Materials Management→Material and Substance
Dashboard.

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Update a material or substance

You can modify the properties of a material or substance such as composition of a substance in a
material.

If the material was imported in the MatML format from an external materials library, you cannot update
the material or the substances in the material.

1. In My Teamcenter, search for the material, compound material, or substance that you want to
update.

2. Select the compound material, material, or substance, and choose Edit→Properties.

3. (Optional) In the Checking-Out dialog box, provide a Change ID.

4. (Optional) Add comments to describe the update and click OK.

5. In the Properties dialog box, update the required information.

6. Click Save and Check-In.

Unassign a substance from a material

Removing a substance as a component in a material only disassociates the substance from the material.
The substance is not deleted from the Teamcenter materials library.

1. In My Teamcenter, search for the material that contains the instance of the substance you want to
unassign.

2. Under the material revision, expand the Substances folder, and select the substance that you want
to unassign.

3. Choose Edit→Cut.

The substance is unassigned from the material.

Delete a material or substance

When you delete a material, compound material, or a substance, it is removed from the Teamcenter
materials library.

Before you delete a material or compound material, ensure that it is not associated with any compound
material, semi component, or part.

Before you delete a substance, ensure that it is not associated with any material.

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1. In My Teamcenter, search for the material, compound material, or substance you want to delete.

2. Select the material and choose Edit→Delete.

3. In the Delete dialog box, click Yes.

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Export material and substance information from Teamcenter
You can export materials from the Teamcenter materials library, for example, to transfer materials to a
test environment, using the material_export utility. To export the materials, you must be assigned the
materials analyst role.

This utility converts materials from the TC-XML format to the MatML format.

material_export —file=name and location of the file to be exported —u=user ID —

p=password itemid=Item ID.rev=revision —xsl=XSL file to convert TC-XML format to MatML
format

Arguments

-file
Specifies the MatML file that contains the information about the material objects to be exported.
-u
Specifies your user ID.

Note:
If Security Services single sign-on (SSO) is enabled for your server, the -u and -p arguments
are authenticated externally through SSO rather than being authenticated against the
Teamcenter database. If you do not supply these arguments, the utility attempts to join an
existing SSO session. If no session is found, you are prompted to enter a user ID and password.

-p
Specifies the password.
-g
Specifies the group associated with the user exporting the materials.

If used without a value, your default group is assumed.

-item
Specifies the item ID. This argument is mutually exclusive with the -item_key argument.
-item_key
Specifies the a string identifier containing attributes that identify the item object to export. This
argument is mutually exclusive with the -item argument.
-rev

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Specifies the item revision ID of the item that must be exported.

-optionset
Specifies the option set name of the transfer option set that must be used for this export.
-transfermode
Specifies the transfer mode name that is to be used during export.
-h
Displays help for this utility.

Examples

material_export —file=steel.xml —item=000016 —rev=A —

xsl=tcxml_to_matml.xls
optionset=TIEConfiguredExportDefault

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from parts
Assign a material to a part
A part comprises one or more compound materials or materials. You can assign these compound
materials and materials to a part to create an association with the part. When you assign a material to a
part, you must declare the mass of that material.

1. In My Teamcenter, search for the material that you want to assign to a part.

2. Select the material revision and choose Edit→Copy.

3. Search for the part to which you want to assign the selected material.

4. Expand the part revision, select the material revision, and choose Edit→Paste.

5. In the Enter the values for Properties on Relation dialog box, enter the following properties:

Field Description

Country of Origin for (Optional) Specifies the list of countries of origin that produce the
Conflict Minerals substance that is on a restricted list, in cases where a material
comprises such substances.
(If Substance Compliance is
installed)

Mass Specifies the mass of the material.

Unit of Measure Denotes the unit of measure of the material.

6. (Optional) When the selected material is an International Material Data System (IMDS) material, if
the material contains a restricted substance such as lead or mercury, you must select an application
code if you want to upload the material data sheet to the IMDS:

a. Choose Window→Show View→Other.

b. In the Show View dialog box, under IMDS Integration, choose IMDS Integration
Dashboard.

c. On the Application Codes tab, click the cell under the Applied Application code column,
and select the application code from the list.

7. Click Save.

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Unassign a material from a part

Removing a material or compound material from a part only disassociates the material from the part.
However, the material is not deleted from the Teamcenter materials library.

1. In My Teamcenter, search for the part that contains the instance of the material you want to
delete.

2. Under the part revision, expand the Materials folder, and select the material that you want to
delete.

3. Choose Edit→Cut.

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material_export
Exports the material and associated substances information in MatML format.

SYNTAX

material_export
[-u=user-id
{-p=password | -pf=password-file}
[-g=group]
[-f=output-xml-file]
[-item=item-id]
[-rev=item–revision-id]
[-optionset=name]
[-transfermode=name]
[-h]

ARGUMENTS

-u
Specifies the user ID.

This is generally infodba or another user with administration privileges.

Note:
If Security Services single sign-on (SSO) is enabled for your server, the -u and -p arguments
are authenticated externally through SSO rather than being authenticated against the
Teamcenter database. If you do not supply these arguments, the utility attempts to join an
existing SSO session. If no session is found, you are prompted to enter a user ID and password.

-p
Specifies the password.

This argument is mutually exclusive with the -pf argument.

-pf
Specifies the password file.

This argument is mutually exclusive with the -p argument.

-g
Specifies the group associated with the user.

If used without a value, the user's default group is assumed.

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-file
Specifies the MatML file that contains the information about the material objects that are exported.
-item
Specifies the item ID. This argument is mutually exclusive with the -item_key argument.
-item_key
Specifies the a string identifier containing attributes that identify the item object to export. This
argument is mutually exclusive with the -item argument.
-rev
Specifies the item revision ID of the item that must be exported.
-optionset
Specifies the option set name of the transfer option set that must be used for this export.
-transfermode
Specifies the transfer mode name that is to be used during export.
-h
Displays help for this utility.

RESTRICTIONS

None.

EXAMPLES

material_export —file=steel.xml —item=000016 —rev=A

—xsl=tcxml_to_matml.xls -optionset=TIEConfiguredExportDefault

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material_import
Imports MatML file containing the materials and substances information into Teamcenter.

SYNTAX

material_import
[-u=user-id
{-p=password}
[-g=group]
[-file=input-xml-file]
[-dir=input-dir-path]
[-optionset=name]
[-transfermode=name]
[-errorcontinue=yes/no]
[-xsl=xsl-file]
[-h]

ARGUMENTS

-u
Specifies the user ID.

This is generally infodba or another user with administration privileges.

Note:
If Security Services single sign-on (SSO) is enabled for your server, the -u and -p arguments
are authenticated externally through SSO rather than being authenticated against the
Teamcenter database. If you do not supply these arguments, the utility attempts to join an
existing SSO session. If no session is found, you are prompted to enter a user ID and password.

-p
Specifies the password.
-g
Specifies the group associated with the user.

If used without a value, the user's default group is assumed.

-file
Specifies the MatML file that contains the information about the material objects that must be
imported.
-dir
Specifies the directory path of the MatML file.

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-optionset
Specifies the name of the transfer option set that must be used for this import.
-transfermode
Specifies the transfer mode name that is to be used during import.
-errorcontinue
Specifies the option to control continuation of import when an error is encountered. The default
value is no.
-xsl
Specifies the XSL file that needs to be applied on input material file before the import is performed.
If not provided, the default XSL file is located at TC_DATA is used.
-h
Displays the help for this utility.

RESTRICTIONS

None.

EXAMPLES

material_import —dir=d:\matML —xls=mattotcxml.xls material_import

—file=mat1.xml —optionset=MaterialImportDefaultoptionSet
—optionset=MaterialImportDefaultoptionSet

material_import –file=mat1.xml —dir=d:\matML –site=100001

–optionset=MaterialImportDefaultOptionSet

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