Aras Innovator Platform

Terminology

Table 1: Terms

Term Definition
Effectivity Identification of valid uses of an item in a structure if it is conditional.
Effectivity Variable Variables that influence effectivity decisions, such as date, model, unit, batch, lot, plant.
Effectivity Scope Built-in ItemType that represents a list of relevant Effectivity Variables.
Effectivity Expression Expression representing the effectivity condition in the Boolean Expression Language. For example: Model = “Model X” and (Unit >= 10 and Unit <=20)
Effectivity Criteria Criteria used for resolving a structure by effectivity. Effectivity conditions set on relationships are evaluated against the input criteria to determine the inclusion or exclusion of conditional items in the resolved structure. For example: Model = “Model X”, Unit =15
Scope Object Instance of the class “Aras.Server.Core.Configurator.Scope”, and is a container of Variable instances.