Synchronize Item Control Attributes to Assets

Use the Synchronize Item Control Attributes to Assets scheduled process to synchronize asset and genealogy tracking attributes in Product Information Management with assets in the installed base.

Examples of fields in an item are the Enable Asset Tracking and Enable Genealogy Tracking indicators.

When to Use

Run this scheduled process after you update attributes in the item and want to populate their related assets in the installed base with these changes.

Privileges Required

  • Process Product Genealogy Transactions (CSE_PROCESS_PRODUCT_GENEALOGY_TRANSACTIONS_PRIV)

Specifications

Specification Description
Job Type

At any time, if you update attributes in the item.

Scheduled, if you routinely update attributes in the item.

Frequency As needed, after updates in the item; or routinely, as per the frequency of item updates.
Time of Day After all updates to the item.
Duration Typically, less than a few minutes, but depends on the volume of data being created or updated.
Compatibility Only one instance of the job running should be running at any one time.

Parameters

The process typically runs without parameters at any time or on a scheduled basis.

Troubleshooting Information

  • Once submitted, you can view the status of the process in the Scheduled Processes work area. A Succeeded status indicates that the process, as well as any child processes, have completed with no errors.
  • Validation errors and warning messages that prevented the process or child processes from completing successfully display in the error log or logs.
  • Interactive warning validations are not performed.
  • After you submit the scheduled process, you can perform any of these tasks in the Scheduled Processes work area:
    • Resubmit it
    • Put it on hold
    • Cancel it
    • Release it

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