Combinations of COMPANY_ID and OWNER_COMPANY_ID

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Combinations of COMPANY_ID and OWNER_COMPANY_ID

Briefcase: combinations of COMPANY_ID and OWNER_COMPANY_ID

This table illustrates the possible states of the fields COMPANY_ID and OWNER_COMPANY_ID with the briefcase feature enabled.

Owner_Company_ID

Company_ID

STATE

What does this mean?

When does it happen?

NULL

[email protected]

PROPRIETARY

created Object, never transfered


NULL

<>[email protected]

FOREIGN

received view only (reference Object)

When received a document, from a differente company, for reference only

<>[email protected]

[email protected]

TEMPORARILY FOREIGN

sent for modification

When using the PutIntoBriefcase function; the STATE becomes again PROPRIETARY when received back from the modification

<>[email protected]

<>[email protected]

FOREIGN

received view only (reference Object)

When the Object has been sent by the originary company id to a different company id for modification

<>[email protected]\user

[email protected]

PROPRIETARY

received for modification from <>[email protected]

When the destination company loads the briefcase and the object is marked to be modified

<>[email protected]\user

<>[email protected]

FOREIGN

received view only (reference Object)

When the Object was received by the originary company id from a different company id for modification, and has been sent for reference to the current company id

[email protected]

[email protected]

FOREIGN

should never happen

Error in MechworksPDM

[email protected]

<>[email protected]

FOREIGN

should never happen

When sending for the 2nd time an Object already sent for modification to the current company

[email protected]\user

[email protected]

FOREIGN

should never happen

When the destination company loads the briefcase and the object has been sent from the same company

[email protected]\user

<>[email protected]

FOREIGN

received view only (reference Object) SUSPECT

When the company to which the object has been sent for modification, sent back a briefcase with the same object but with a destination company id different from the current one; can create problems when sending again this object from the current company