## Items

The Items page enables you to view all engineering items that belong to the project that you are authorized to work in, with their child items. When you first open the Items page, you must add items using a query. For this purpose, you can either define a simple query using only one attribute, or an advanced query using a combination of attributes. See also Using the Query options.

The selected items are displayed sorted in ascending item number. To also sort the page by revisions, description, status, or item type, click the title at the top of the appropriate column.

On the Items page, you can:

- Select an item's check box, and do one of the following:

- Launch (dispatch) a business process for the item.
  See Launch a business process for a selected object.
- Export item data by downloading or sending by e-mail to a business partner. See Export data.
- Compare items and analyse their impact.
  See Compare items and analyse their impact.
- Remove the item from the list.

- Click an item ID, and use the item's navigation pane to look up item-specific information, including the following:

- Attributes - Shows more information on the current item.
- Part List - Shows the top level part list for this item, including any local alternative items and any reference designators. You can select one of the items in the part list and keep going down levels.
- Documents - Shows all documents related to the item. You can click one of the related document ID"s, and perform a set of actions on the applicable document. See also Documents.
- Drawings - Shows all drawings related to the item.
- Revisions - Shows the revision history of the item.
- Projects - Shows all projects using the item.
- Folders - Shows all folders containing the item.
- Classification Attributes - Shows the classification attributes assigned to the item.
- History - Shows all check-in/out operations for the item.
- Send History - Shows all send operations for the item.
- Where Used - Shows for which items this item is a component part.
- Workflow - If the item is currently in a business process, the entire workflow is shown.
- Business Process History - If the item is currently in a business process, a list of all task-related activities and resulting status changes is shown.

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