We are in the process of implementing ESI for Oracle. Currently we are doing some unit testing and finding significant issues with the OOTB functionality. I'm starting to question the way we have configured our Distribution Targets and wanted to see if others using ESI have setup their Distributions in a similar manner. If you haven't, how are you handled assignment of Distribution Targets?
One for the requirements our team had was to have Windchill automatically assign Distribution Targets depending on the Product/Library that a Part lives in. What this has led to is there are multiple Distribution Targets pointing to the same Oracle inventory org (the SAP equivalent may be named differently).
Ex:
· Product 1
o OR1-Product 1 : Oracle Org = OR1, It's Active, It's a Default Target
o OR2-Product 1 : Oracle Org = OR2, It's Active
o OR3-Product 1 : Oracle Org = OR3, It's Active
· Product 2
o OR1-Product 2 : Oracle Org = OR1, It's Active
o OR2-Product 2 : Oracle Org = OR2, It's Active, It's a Default Target
o OR3-Product 3 : Oracle Org = OR3, It's Active
· Product 3
o OR1-Product 3 : Oracle Org = OR1, It's Active
o OR2-Product 3 : Oracle Org = OR2, It's Active
o OR3-Product 3 : Oracle Org = OR3, It's Active, It's a Default Target
What I’m starting to rethink is would it be easier to have at the Site or Org level three Targets
Then have some mapping file that specifies for a given Context, the default Distribution Target(s) for that Context.
I’d be interested to hear what others are doing for their setups.