Document-document relationship
Last updated: July 20, 2023
Documents can be related to one another in a
hierarchical parent-component relationship. You can define this relationship as
follows: the component document, which also exists as a stand-alone entity, is
part of the parent document (for example, where a circuit diagram is also used
in a maintenance manual).
Document-document relationships enable you to create document trees, and provide trace ability on document references.
AssetWise warns you when a parent or component document is identified as being affected by change of all the related parents and components during the change effects analysis.
When a document has been defined with components in a
Contained In relationship, the following rules apply:
See also CHANGE, CHANGE EFFECTS ANALYSIS, COMPONENT, CONFIGURATION CONTROL, DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT APPROVAL, DOCUMENT LINKS, PARENT, and REVISION.