How do I mark a component as obsolete and still have it in the database.

Chelsea Haff

• May 11, 2021 18:12

My electrical engineers are requesting that I find a way to designate a component as obsolete. Do I just add it to the name, or create a new folder and move parts there? Has anyone successfully done this?

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  Paul Guillaume

  • May 12, 2021 15:31

  If the obsolete component should still be visible to your electrical engineers, you could define an attribute for the component defining its "state". That attribute could even have several values: "obsolete", "not recommended for new designs", "active", etc.

  But then how do you check if the components currently used in a project are not "obsolete"? Can be solved in several ways: add the defined attribute to the "View > Device Table" or do an "Edit > Search" for devices having the defined attribute. 

  If the visibility in the user's database is no longer required, set the component state to "Old":

  

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  Chelsea Haff

  • May 12, 2021 15:48

  Thank you so much! 

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