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   <Header>
      <Title>Reference designators and MBCs</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2421149">
         <Level1>reference designator</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2421152">
         <Level1>mass BOM change</Level1>
         <Level2>reference designator</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2421157">
         <Level1>MBC</Level1>
         <Level2>reference designator</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>You can use the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000" role="session">MBC Action (tiedm3120m000)</Link> session to define actions to replace, add, or
		delete items in an EBOM. If desired, you can also use an MBC action to replace,
		add, or delete the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#100110" role="glossary">reference designators</Link> in the EBOM. The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000#tiedm320.mcrd" role="formfield">MBC Action at Ref. Designator Level</Link> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000" role="session">MBC Action (tiedm3120m000)</GUIRef> session determines whether you can define MBC actions
		for reference designators.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>MBC Action at Ref. Designator Level check
		box</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000" role="session">MBC Action (tiedm3120m000)</GUIRef> details session, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000#tiedm320.mcrd" role="manual">MBC Action at Ref. Designator Level</GUIRef> check box is cleared, you cannot
		replace, add, or delete specific reference designators in an EBOM. If reference
		designators are present in the 'old' EBOM, the reference designators are simply
		transferred to the new EBOM.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000" role="session">MBC Action (tiedm3120m000)</GUIRef> details session, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000#tiedm320.mcrd" role="manual">MBC Action at Ref. Designator Level</GUIRef> check box is selected, you must define
		an MBC action on the level of reference designators. Just as for items in the
		EBOM, you can define three types of MBC actions for reference designators,
		namely:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/edm.actp#replace" role="option">Replace</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/edm.actp#add" role="option">Add</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/edm.actp#delete" role="option">Delete</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Replace</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>You can use an MBC of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/edm.actp#replace" role="option">Replace</GUIRef> type to replace an item and/or reference
		  designator in an EBOM by another item and/or reference designator.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListTitle>Example 1</ListTitle>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000#tiedm320.mcrd" role="manual">MBC Action at Ref. Designator Level</GUIRef> check box is
			 cleared. Note that you cannot enter reference designators if the check box is
			 cleared.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Old component: Y</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Old reference designator: ---</ListItem>
            <ListItem>New component: Z</ListItem>
            <ListItem>New reference designator: ---</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>
            <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="224" width="386"
                      SRC="../images/tr_graph_tiom000383a.gif"
                      alt="[...]"/>
         </Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListTitle>Example 2</ListTitle>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000#tiedm320.mcrd" role="manual">MBC Action at Ref. Designator Level</GUIRef> check box is
			 selected. Note that you <Emphasis>must</Emphasis> enter reference designators
			 if the check box is selected.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Old component: Y</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Old reference designator: RD1</ListItem>
            <ListItem>New component: Z</ListItem>
            <ListItem>New reference designator: RD4</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>
            <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="216" width="496"
                      SRC="../images/tr_graph_tiom000383b.gif"
                      alt="[...]"/>
         </Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>The previous examples are replacements, in which the old
		  quantity equals the new quantity. In that case, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000#tiedm320.korp" role="manual">Replace Type</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000" role="session">MBC Action (tiedm3120m000)</GUIRef> details session is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/edm.korp#adoption" role="option">= (Adoption)</GUIRef>. However, also other replace types are possible: <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/edm.korp#addition" role="option">+ (Addition)</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/edm.korp#division" role="option">/ (Division)</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/edm.korp#multiplication" role="option">* (Multiplication)</GUIRef>, and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/edm.korp#subtraction" role="option">- (Subtraction)</GUIRef>. If the replace type is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/edm.korp#multiplication" role="option">* (Multiplication)</GUIRef>, reference designators are handled as
		  follows:</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListTitle>Example 3</ListTitle>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000#tiedm320.mcrd" role="manual">MBC Action at Ref. Designator Level</GUIRef> check box is
			 selected</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Replace type is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/edm.korp#multiplication" role="option">* (Multiplication)</GUIRef>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>Old component: Y</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Old reference designator: RD1</ListItem>
            <ListItem>New component: Z</ListItem>
            <ListItem>New reference designator: RD4</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Quantity: 3</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>
            <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="218" width="500"
                      SRC="../images/tr_graph_tiom000383f.gif"
                      alt="[...]"/>
         </Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Add</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>In case of an addition, an item and/or reference designator is
		  added to an EBOM.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListTitle>Example 4</ListTitle>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000#tiedm320.mcrd" role="manual">MBC Action at Ref. Designator Level</GUIRef> check box is
			 selected</ListItem>
            <ListItem>New component: Z</ListItem>
            <ListItem>New reference designator: RD4</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Quantity: 1</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>
            <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="227" width="495"
                      SRC="../images/tr_graph_tiom000383g.gif"
                      alt="[...]"/>
         </Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListTitle>Example 5</ListTitle>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000#tiedm320.mcrd" role="manual">MBC Action at Ref. Designator Level</GUIRef> check box is
			 cleared.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>New component: Z</ListItem>
            <ListItem>New reference designator: ---</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Quantity: 1</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>
            <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="226" width="494"
                      SRC="../images/tr_graph_tiom000383h.gif"
                      alt="[...]"/>
         </Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Delete</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>In case of a deletion, an item and/or reference designator is
		  deleted from the EBOM. The quantity is never specified.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListTitle>Example 6</ListTitle>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000#tiedm320.mcrd" role="manual">MBC Action at Ref. Designator Level</GUIRef> check box is
			 selected</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Old component: Y</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Old reference designator: RD3</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>
            <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="219" width="378"
                      SRC="../images/tr_graph_tiom000383i.gif"
                      alt="[...]"/>
         </Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListTitle>Example 7</ListTitle>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3120m000#tiedm320.mcrd" role="manual">MBC Action at Ref. Designator Level</GUIRef> check box is
			 cleared</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Old component: Y</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Old reference designator: ---</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>
            <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="221" width="365"
                      SRC="../images/tr_graph_tiom000383j.gif"
                      alt="[...]"/>
         </Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000380" role="manual">Overview of reference designators</Link>
      </RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
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</ManualTopic>