Use this form to view and create product models and attach
versions (item numbers) to them. These item numbers represent items
for which the product model will be in force. A product model can
be active for several items at the same time—but a specific item
can never have more than one active product model in the same date
interval.
The procedure for version handling is the same as for standard
Microsoft Dynamics AX bills of material.
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The following tables provide descriptions for the controls in
this form.
Buttons
Upper pane
Button
Description
Build or change the currently selected product model.
Create validation rules. By default, the rules will be connected
to the currently selected product model. If you want to create a
rule for some other model, select its number in the
field when creating a
rule.
Approve the currently selected product model.
Open a menu with the following items:
–
Compile the code that has been created for the product model. In
this process, the product model is tested for errors, and the
compiled code is stored in Microsoft Dynamics AX in the layer that
is selected in the
field in the Product Builder parameters form. (
>
>
)
–
Perform a syntax check of all the validation rules that are
currently attached to the selected product model. Validation rules
for the whole product model are checked.
– Overwrite the currently selected product model with
a copy of another product model.
–
Make an external copy, in a text file, of the current product
model.
–
Import a previously exported product model file.
–
Generate Web forms for your product models to make them accessible
from the Internet. You will specify the language of the Web
forms.
–
Generate a static form (the
form) in a selected language to be called for
the current model.
– Start a
test run of the product model after it has been compiled without
errors.
Note
Even if you have not yet added any nodes to the modeling tree,
you can still use the
button to
test the form that is created based on the product model's
setup.
Open a menu with the following items:
–
Create price combinations that calculate the sales price of
configured items.
Note
The price is calculated according to the price combinations that
were set up if the
check box is not selected in the
form. Otherwise, the
standard BOM price calculation is used.
– Select whether the product model should
generate new item numbers, configuration IDs, or size and color IDs
for configured items. You can also specify how these generated IDs
will be formatted.
–
Set up graphics for the current product model. Select which
modeling variables will influence the item graphic representation,
in which folder drawings for the current product model will be
saved, and how the file names will be generated. You can also set
up intervals for the variable to decrease the number of drawings
you have to create.
– Select
whether the wizard will automatically appear when you create a new
product model.
Lower pane
Button
Description
Approve the product model version.
Fields
Field
Description
Type a unique product model number. It can contain letters and
numbers. It is the primary ID used when you want to locate product
models in all contexts. The
field must be filled in when a new product
model is created.
Product model numbers can also be automatically assigned to new
product models if an appropriate number sequence is set up for this
purpose on the
tab
page of the
form.
Type the product model name.
Select an item group for customizing the item number lookup.
Items belonging to the selected group will be displayed on a
separate tab when looking up items to be attached to the current
product model.
Note
Item groups are created and maintained under
>
. For more
information, see
Item group
(form).
The unique identifier of the employee who approved the product
model.
Note
You cannot select the employee in this field. That happens when
you approve the product model by clicking
. Any employee
registered in Microsoft Dynamics AX can be selected as an
approver.
If this check box is selected, the product model has been
approved.
Note
The check box value cannot be changed manually. To approve the
product model, click
, and then
select any employee registered in Microsoft Dynamics AX as an
approver.
Indicates whether the code has been compiled and saved.
Note
To compile the product model, click
>
.
Indicates whether all the validation rules have the correct
syntax.
Note
Rule syntax is checked during the product model compilation. To
compile the product model, click
>
.
Select the item that is configurable with the current product
model.
Specify the first date on which the selected item will be
configurable with the current product model.
Note
The date fields are optional. If you do not specify any dates,
the version line will be valid for all dates.
The last date on which the selected item will be configurable
with the current product model.
Note
The date fields are optional. If you do not specify any dates,
the version line will be valid for all dates.
Select the check box to make the current product model active
for the specified item within the specified date interval (if
any).
If there is another product model that is active for the same
item at the same time, you will receive an error message in the
Infolog. An item may have several product models registered as
'active' in the system, but only if the date intervals on the
version lines do not overlap.
Note
A version line registered without a date interval is valid for
all dates. Therefore, its dates will overlap any date interval, and
the item for which it is valid will not be allowed to have any
other active product models.
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