Registering a New Instance to Associate with the Inventory Item

Follow this procedure to register (that is, create) a new instance in the Show Versions (or Show Instances) list for the current component in the Lookup Component window and associate the instance with the inventory item you are editing or creating. (Alternatively, use this same procedure, minus the last step, to simply create a new instance but not associate it with the current inventory item.)

To create a new instance to associate with the inventory item you editing or creating, do the following:

1.

In the Show Versions (or Show Instances) list for the current component, click Register New Instance to create a new version-and-license instance of the component to associate with the inventory item.

2.

In the new instance row, click within the Version column to display a dropdown from which to select a component version (or to select Create Custom Version to create a new version).

3.

Click within the Selected License column for the new instance to display a dropdown that lists the licenses in categories.

4.

Select the license you want to associate with the component version.

If you selected the license from a group of licenses under the System Suggested License category or selected the license from the Other Licenses category, the Update License Mapping window is displayed. This window gives you the option to save the license mapping at the system level. Continue with step 5.

Otherwise, no other window is displayed and the new license is mapped to the instance. Continue with step 6.

5.

From the Update License Mapping window, select the appropriate option:

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Yes—All future inventory system-generated for the component version across projects are automatically mapped to this license. Once you select Yes, the instance is updated with the new license and a user-preferred-license icon is displayed next to the license. Any other instances for the same component version in the list are replaced with this single instance that uses the user-preferred license.

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No—Whenever inventory is manually associated with this component-version-license combination, the association will be saved in the database. Additionally, the combination is also made available in Lookup Component window (as a registered instance) and in the Versions for <component> window. However, any future system-generated inventory for this component version will be automatically mapped to the license associated with this version in Code Insight Data Library.

For complete information about user-preferred licenses, see Specifying a User-Preferred License Mapping .)

6.

Click Use This Instance next to the new instance to associate it with the current inventory item.

You are returned to the window or tab in which you were editing or creating the inventory item. Details about the component instance that you selected automatically populate this window or tab, as described at the end of the previous Performing a Lookup Component Search section.