You use Business Interaction specifications to define arrangements or transactions that provide context to actions performed on entities in the inventory. You can define specifications for business interactions such as service orders, projects, work orders, tasks, and plans.
A business interaction in UIM provides a context for tracking the transactions that are performed against the inventory. Any additions, changes, or deletions to items in the inventory made under the context of a business interaction are included in its transactions. The transactions associated with a business interaction become effective when the business interaction is completed, and they are canceled when the business interaction is canceled. Business interactions provide traceability and auditability. They also enable transaction cancellations and changes. Business interactions can include child business interactions.
You create Business Interaction specifications in the same manner as you create other types of specifications. See "Creating New Specifications" for more information.
See "Business Interaction Specification Editor" for reference information about the tabs you use to define a Business Interaction specification.
In Design Studio, Engineering Work Order is a unique instance of a Business Interaction specification. The Engineering Work Order Business Interaction specification is included in the ora_uim_workorder cartridge project.
In UIM, an engineering work order enables you to schedule resource infrastructure changes to occur simultaneously. Engineering work orders can be included in Web services, such as the Service Fulfillment Web service. Use the characteristics on an engineering work order to manage and organize the activities associated with the engineering work order. See Unified Inventory Management Concepts for more information.
You can extend the Engineering Work Order Business Interaction specification by adding characteristics to it. You must unseal the ora_uim_workorder cartridge project before you can extend the Engineering Work Order Business Interaction specification. See the discussion about upgrading and extending cartridges and cartridge packs in UIM Cartridge Guide for more information about extending cartridges and cartridge packs.
Engineering Work Order uses the Business Interaction Specification editor.
Use the Business Interaction Specification editor to define arrangements or transactions that affect entities in the inventory.
When working with the Business Interaction Specification editor, see the following topics: