Selecting aircraft model and aircraft configuration for approval

This page allows you to select a model or an aircraft for approving or canceling the configuration details. Tell me more

Select the “Approve Model and Aircraft Configuration” link under the “Configuration” business component.

The “Approve Model & Aircraft Configuration” page appears.

Enter the following filter criteria in the “Search criteria” group box to search for the model or aircraft configuration. Data entry in the following fields is optional:

Search Option	Use the drop-down list box to select the configuration for approval or cancellation. The system provides the following options:
	Model Configuration – Select this option to retrieve the model configuration details for approval or cancellation.
	Aircraft Configuration – Select this option to retrieve the aircraft configuration details for approval or cancellation.
	Leave this field blank to retrieve both model and aircraft configuration details for approval or cancellation. The system leaves the field blank by default.
Aircraft Model #	The aircraft model for which the configuration details are to be approved or cancelled (Alphanumeric, 20). You can enter the model number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the model configurations and that are similar to the value entered here.
Aircraft Reg #	The aircraft registration number for which the configuration details are to be approved or cancelled (Alphanumeric, 30). You can enter the aircraft registration number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the aircraft configurations that are similar to the value entered here.
Configuration Class	Use the drop-down list box to select the configuration class for which the configuration details are to be approved or cancelled. The system retrieves the model and the aircraft configuration that are associated to the configuration class entered here. Leave this field blank if you wish to retrieve configuration details irrespective of their configuration class. The system leaves the field blank by default.

Click the “Search” pushbutton to display the search results.

Note: The system retrieves only those configurations that are in the “Fresh” status and for which configuration class exists.

The system does not retrieve aircraft records that are in “Frozen” status.

If all the search criteria fields are left blank, the system lists all the configurations defined in the organizational unit in the multiline.

Enter the following fields in the “Search Results” multiline, to selectively process the configurations listed in the multiline:

Base Line Revision

Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether the configuration details must be baselined or not. The system provides the options “Yes” and “No” and sets the field to “Yes” by default.

Note: You can baseline the configuration only when the configuration is selected for approval. The system maintains a copy of the baselined version of the configuration details with a new revision number. If a baseline version already exists for a configuration, the previous version is also retained with the respective revision number and the status set as “Revised”.

Approve Lower levels?

Use the drop-down list box to approve the configuration details of all the subsequent levels of the model or aircraft configuration.

Note: Ensure that you have the required access rights to approve all subsequent levels of the part numbers associated to the position codes. If both the “Approve Lower Levels” and “Base Line Revision” fields are set to “Yes”, the system maintains a copy of all the configurations of the part numbers at all levels with their respective revision numbers.

The system fills in the following fields in the multiline:

Aircraft Model #

The number identifying the aircraft model.

Click the hyperlinked aircraft model number in the multiline to update model configuration.

Aircraft Reg #

The aircraft registration number.

Click the hyperlinked aircraft registration number in the multiline to update aircraft configuration.

Note: This field appears blank if you are searching for the model configuration.

Configuration Class	The configuration class associated to the model or aircraft.
Assembly Status	The assembly status for the configuration. The system displays one of the following: “Not Applicable” – For model configuration records. “Complete” – Indicates that all the active position codes with “Component Mandatory” set as “Yes”, have components attached to them. “Dormant” – Indicates that only some active position codes with “Component Mandatory” set as “Yes”, have components attached to them. This is applicable for aircraft configuration records. “Error” – Indicates that the component attached to any one of the active position codes across all levels in the configuration, is not the intended component.
New Revision #	The revision number of the configuration which is in “Fresh” status. The baseline version will be maintained with this revision number.
Current Revision #	The revision number of the configuration for approval or cancellation, which is in “Active” status.
Comments	Any additional remarks pertaining to the approval or cancellation of the model and aircraft configuration.

Enter the following field if you wish to process the configurations in bulk:

Select All

Check this box to approve or cancel all the configurations listed in the multiline. When this box is checked, the system sets the status as “Active” for all the approved configurations, and the status as “Cancelled” for all cancelled configurations, irrespective of the configuration selected in the multiline.

Note: If the “Select All” field is not checked, ensure that atleast one row is selected in the multiline.

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to select the row containing the configuration, for authorization or cancellation, or for viewing the modification details.

The system ensures the following while approving the model and aircraft configuration:

The component ID should not be associated to the “Inactive” position codes.
If “Approve Lower level” field is set to “Yes”, the system ensures the above condition for lower level configurations also.

Approve configuration(s)

Click the “Approve Configuration(s)” pushbutton to approve the configuration(s) selected in the multiline.

Note: If the aircraft condition is "Operational", you can approve the aircraft configuration and model configuration, even when no component is attached to the mandatory position code and the attachment status of the mandatory position codes is "Unknown", "New" or "Error".

The position codes created for the aircraft model in the “Build Model Configuration” page, are updated to each aircraft belonging to the model on approval.
While approving the model configuration, if the “Inherit Changes To Aircraft” box is checked in the “Build Model Configuration” page of the “Build Model Configuration” activity, the changes made to the model configuration are inherited to the aircraft configuration, associated to this model. Also the system copies the new position code details if the position code details have not already been defined for the model configuration.
The system ensures that there are no revision number in “Active” status for the model or aircraft configuration which is greater than the current revision number in “Fresh” status.
The system updates the configuration class and revision number associated to the model or aircraft in the “Aircraft” business component.
The system allows approval of aircraft configuration even if there are components attached to the position codes that are in “Inactive” status.

Cancel configuration(s)

Click the “Cancel Configuration (s)” pushbutton to cancel the configuration(s) selected in the multiline.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Compare Model Configuration Revisions” link at the bottom of the page to view the comparison details of model configuration revisions.
Select the “Compare Aircraft Configuration Revisions” link at the bottom of the page to view the comparison details of aircraft configuration revisions.

Selecting aircraft model and aircraft configuration for approval – An overview

This page allows you to select a model or an aircraft for approving or canceling the configuration details. You can search for the configuration details by providing filter criteria such as the aircraft model number, aircraft registration number or configuration class. The details of the selected configuration, such as the aircraft model number, aircraft registration number, configuration class number associated to the model or aircraft, the new revision number, the current revision number and comments are displayed.

You can activate or cancel the configurations in bulk or select a particular configuration to be activated or cancelled. The status of the configuration changes to “Active” or “Cancelled” depending upon the action performed.

You are also provided with the option of setting the configuration as a baseline configuration. If the configuration is set as baselined, the system maintains the configuration details with a new revision number for future reference. If baseline version already exists for the configuration, it will also be retained with the respective revision numbers and with the status set as “Revised”.

In this page, you can also approve the configurations at the lower levels of the model number and aircraft.

Prerequisite

For approving the model configuration, if the part number is position based and is included in the minimum equipment list, the position based information must be entered for the part in the “Edit Spare Part Position Information” page of the “Build Model Configuration” activity.

What you can do in this page

Indicate baseline configuration

Approve lower level configurations

Approve model or aircraft configuration

Cancel model or aircraft configuration

Indicate baseline configuration

A configuration can be set as baseline configuration. If the configuration is set as baselined, the system maintains the configuration details with a new revision number for future reference. If baseline version already exists for the configuration, it will also be retained with the respective revision numbers and with the status set as “Revised”. You can baseline the configuration only when the configuration is selected for approval.

Set the “Base Line Revision” drop-down list to “Yes” if you wish to baseline the configuration.
Set the “Base Line Revision” drop-down list to “No” if you wish do not wish to baseline the configuration.

Approve lower level configurations

You can approve the configuration details of all the subsequent levels of the model or aircraft configuration.

Set the “Approve Lower levels?” drop-down list box to approve the configuration details of all the subsequent levels of the model or aircraft configuration.

Approve model or aircraft configuration

You can approve the model or aircraft configurations that are in “Fresh” status. The configurations in fresh status on approval attain the “Active” status.

Click the “Approve Configuration (s)” to approve the model and aircraft configuration.

Cancel model or aircraft configuration

You can cancel the model or aircraft configurations that are in “Fresh” status. The system sets the model or aircraft configuration to “Cancelled” status.

Click the “Cancel Configuration (s)” pushbutton to cancel the model and aircraft configuration(s).