Standard items are created automatically from the configuration in the following cases if Create standard item is set to YES on the Configurator item maintenance panel:
- At order entry when you configure a new variant of a configurable item.
- When you copy a configuration variant to a new order from an order or a quotation.
- Select the Work with configurator items menu item.
- On the initial panel, select the configurator item for which you want to configure the standard item code and click Change.
- You access Configurator item maintenance. Complete the following field:
- Item code mask
- Enter variables indicating how the item code should be generated when you create a standard item from a configuration. The item code mask can be defined using configurator attributes (preceded by %), predefined variables (preceded by &) and fixed constants (text).
- The following predefined variables can be used:
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| &91 | Order number/quotation number
Note: When a standard item is created during sales order copy, the variable &91 refers to the order/quotation that has been copied. |
| &92 | Line number |
| &93 | Serial number created from number series defined in the CFG control file. |
Example: If you use the A1 and A2 attributes for the configurable item TABLE, you could define the item code mask as TABLE%A1%A2.
Note: If fixed constants (text) are defined after the attribute code, at least one blank must be inserted after the attribute code (i.e. %A1%A2 TABLE).
Note: If item segmentation is activated in the DIS control file and a segmentation type is used for the configurable item in the Item file, the item code mask must be defined according to the rules defined by the segmentation type.
Click OK. The defined item code mask will be used when new standard items are created from this configurator item. Exit the routine.
Related topics
- About setting up and working with configurator items
- Connect a configurable parent item to a configurator parameter
- Connect a component item to a configurator parameter
- Add constraints to a configurable item
- Add default values to a configurable item
- Define attribute value overrides for a configurable item
- Define attribute value default set-up for a configurable item
- Define attribute value user security set-up for a configurable item
- Set up alternative attribute defaults for a configurable item