Provide an Image as an Attachment to an Item

You can provide an image as an attachment to an item and view the image in an analysis using a column of a Product Management subject area.

If you provide the image as an item attachment to the item, you can view the image later in an analysis using the File column in the Item Attachments folder in these subject areas:
  • Product Management - Item Revisions Real Time
  • Product Management - Source System Item Real Time
  • Product Management - Structures and Components Real Time
  1. In the Product Information Management work area, on the Tasks panel tab, select Manage Items.
    The Manage Items page opens.
  2. Search for the item to which you want to attach the image as an item attachment.
  3. Click the item.
    The tabs for editing the item appear.
  4. On the Attachments tab, on the Item subtab, click the Add Attachment icon.
    The Add Attachments pane appears.
  5. In Type, select File.
  6. In Category, select the category that's relevant to your image.
  7. Click Browse to open the File Upload dialog box, go to the image, select it, and click Open.
  8. After the image file has finished uploading, in the row for the image, in the Actions column, click the Details icon.
    The pane for the image file details appears.
  9. Select the Shared check box.
  10. Click Update.
  11. Click Save.