Cfg Item Alias (configured item alias)

Enter a value from UDC 32/CI that specifies a particular instance of a configured item that is referenced in the rule.

The Cfg Item Alias field on the assembly inclusion rule form provides the ability to reference a specific occurrence of an included item. This is not a required field. The Cfg Item Alias field is for use with duplicate components. If you do not use this field with duplicate components then the system processes duplicate components based on the first duplicate item value that is stored in cache.

Important: You should use the Cfg Item Alias field to ensure that the correct duplicate item is used in a configuration.

A configured item alias may be assigned to an item using an assembly inclusion rule. The system verifies that the configured item alias has not been assigned to another item in the assembly inclusion rules. This prevents two components on any rule from being assigned the same configured item alias.

Once the configured item alias is assigned in an assembly inclusion rule, then the Configured Item Alias Left and Configured Item Alias Right fields in the cross-segment editing and assembly inclusion rules can be set to reference a configured item alias. The system verifies that the configured item alias is assigned to the item in the rule.