ERP data can be kept up-to-date using automatic or manual processes.

The creation of a new ERP number can happen via PARTdataManager or PARTlinkManager.

With a complete ERP/PDM integration some possibilities described here may be omitted. For example, the creating of ERP numbers. This occurs only in the ERP system whereby the applied numbers are carried over into the link database in the sequence direct, cyclical or with online linkings. On this see Section 4.14, “Complex workflows for data maintenance ”.

In the following you will find some important points about "manual data administration".

An overall depiction of the function of the module PARTlinkManager can be found under Section 4.25, “ PARTlinkManager reference ”.