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Topics

• Item Classes

• User Defined Attributes (EFFs)

• Value Sets

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Item Class


Manage Item Classes


What is an Item Class

• A logical classification and grouping of similar

Items.

• Acts as a template for product definition by

enabling association and inheritance of data

elements and policies shared by items.

• The Root Item Class is seeded and all item

classes are created as children of Root Item

Class.

Root Item Class.



Setting up an Item Class Recommended steps for setting up of item classes:

• Create a list of all items.

• Classify or categorize these items (Item

classes).

• Define any parent child relationships (Item

Class Hierarchy).

• Gather the unique types of specifications

required for each type of classification


Resistors

Part # ____

Manufacturer ____

Price ____

Attribute N ____

Ohms ____

Capacitors

Part # ____

Manufacturer ____

Price ____

Attribute N ____

Microfarads ____

Electronic

Components

Part # ____

Manufacturer ____

Price ____

Attribute N ____

Attributes

Item Class

Inherited

Attributes

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Attributes and Attribute Groups

• Attributes are used to more specifically identify

items, their characteristics and specifications,

and capture business process information.

• Attributes are grouped together as Attribute

Groups.

• Seeded attributes and user defined attributes.

• Attributes get inherited in Item Class hierarchy.



Item Class Inheritance


Root

Shoes

T-Shirts

Jeans

Skirts

Style

Price

Type

Waist

Length

Class (Category)

Item Instance

Sleeve

Neck

Attributes

Length

Waist

Fabric

Handbags

Garment

Mango SKU,

GL, etc

R Betty

Uniform2

Flora

W5A Lamb

M-D Shine

U-B Elektra3

Heel Ht


Attribute Groups and Pages

Add Attribute Groups to

Item Class


Define Pages

Pages and attribute groups

enable you to structure your

data.


Item Management at Item Class

• Set up at Item class for automatic generation of

Item numbers and descriptions when new items

are created; This ensures that new items

created in item classes have a consistent

numbering scheme.

Ex. Item Description

25HP-940RPM-3CylAirCompressor

• Versioning control allows new versions to be

created for all items of item class.

• An integrated workflow definition allows

creation of custom new item request definition

for new items created. This definition workflow

enables you to route the definition and approval

of an item using various steps. (Discussed in a

forth-coming session)



Other Data Elements Set up at Item Class

• Lifecycle Phases

• Phases through which an item will go

through in it’s lifecycle.

• Example: Design, Prototype,

Production etc.

• Item Templates:

• A defined set of attribute values used

during item creation. When you apply a

template to an item, you overlay or

default-in the set of attribute

• Attachment Categories

• Import Formats



User Defined Attributes (EFF, DFF)


Manage Item Attribute Groups and Attributes


User Defined Attributes

• Extensible Flexfields (EFF) and Descriptive

Flexfields (DFF).

• EFFs are defined at Item, Item Revision and Item

Supplier context.

• DFFs are defined on Structure, Catalog /

Categories, NIR / Change Order

• EFFs too are grouped together in groups.

• EFF groups can be associated to Item Classes.



EFF Attribute Group Definition


Translatable

Only for translatable text fields, no numbers

Behavior :

Single Row and Multi-Row (discussed in the following topic)

Variant

Only used to generate Variant items from style items

Context Usage Behaviour for Style to SKU and/or Master to Child Organization None; Defaulted; Inherited

Context Usage:

(must choose at least one: Item, Item Revision and Supplier )

Item context means Attributes at Item Level;

Similarly, you can add attributes in the contexts of Item Revision and Supplier association as well)


Multi Row Attribute Groups


• Allows you to associate multiple sets of attribute

values with the same object instance.

For Ex,

• Item: Book

• Attribute Group (Multi-row): Chapters

• Attributes: Chapter number; Name and Number of pages

• Multiple rows of Chapters can be associated with a book.

• Name and Number of pages each require a single row.

• Chapter number can be identified as Part of Unique Key


EFF (Attribute) Definition


After Creating Attribute Group, You can add Attributes

You must associate a Value Set

You can choose a Display type:

- Radio Button: To make a selection from a set of mutually exclusive options.

-Text box/area: For Entering plain text.

-LOV / Drop-down List: For picking one of the pre-defined Values to populate a field

-Check box: Can be used for specifying Yes/No value


Value Sets


Manage Product Value Sets


What is a value set?

• Value Sets are predefined, named groups of values.

• In FPH, Value Sets are primarily used for defining

attributes where the values that an attribute can

have is limited to a specific set of values.

• For example, You can restrict the values for

an Attribute “Currency” to USD, CNY, JPY,

KRW.

• Different Validation types supported by Value Sets

are: Format Only, Independent, Dependent, Subset

and Table.

• Different Data types supported are: Character,

Number, Date, Date/Time.



Value Set Definition

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You will first create and Save a Value Set and using Manage Values add Values to the Value Set


Types of Value Sets in Fusion


Validation Type Number Char Date Date/Time

Format Only •Precision (max digits) •Scale (max digits after decimal) •Min •Max

Value Subtypes: •Text (max len, min, max, Uppercase only, zero fill) •Translated Text (max len, min, max) •Numeric Digits Only (max len, min, max) •Time (20:08) (min, max) •Time (20:08:08) (min, max)

•Min •Max

•Min •Max

Independent •Precision •Scale •Min •Max

•Text (max len, min, max, Uppercase only, zero fill) •Translated Text (max len, min, max) •Numeric Digits Only (max len, min, max) •Time (20:08) (min, max) •Time (20:08:08) (min, max)

•Min •Max

•Min •Max

Dependent (requires selection of Independent value set)

•Precision •Scale •Min •Max

•Text (max len, min, max, Uppercase only, zero fill) •Translated Text (max len, min, max) •Numeric Digits Only (max len, min, max) •Time (20:08) (min, max) •Time (20:08:08) (min, max)

•Min •Max

•Min •Max

Subset (requires selection of Independent value set)

NA NA NA NA

Table Y Y Y Y


Independent Value Sets


• Used to specify a custom set of independent

valid values.

For example, you can use an independent

value set of Countries like USA, France, and

so forth to validate the Currency used.

Name Country Currency

Description Sales Countries

Currencies mapped to countries

Validation Type Independent Dependent

Data Type Character Character

Subtype Text Text

Length 10 3

Parent Country

Value Value

USA USD

France EUR

China CNY


Dependent Value Sets


• Used when the available values in the list

depend on which independent value was

selected for a prior custom attribute.

For example the valid currency depends on

which country was selected.

• A dependent value set is a collection of value

subsets, with one subset for each value in a

corresponding independent value set.

Independent Value Dependent Value

USA USD

France EUR

China CNY

The list of values filters itself based on the value supplied from the independent, driving attribute country.

This value is chosen by the “driving” attribute (country)


Format Only Value Sets


• Used when you want to allow end users to

enter any value so long as that value

conforms to formatting rules.

For example, if you specify a maximum length

of 4 and numeric-only, then end users can

enter 1234, but not 12345432109871 nor

ABCDEFGHIJKLMN.

• You can also specify the minimum and

maximum values.

Name Data type / Sub Type Length

15_Characters Character / Numeric digits only Max Length: 4

GTIN_14 Number Precision: 14

Name Min Max Precision/Scale

1_digit_integer_positive 0 Integer Only (1/0), e.g: 7

2_decimal_positive 0 2 decimals (null,2), e.g: 1.12

3_digit_integer_positive 1 Integer Only (3/0), e.g: 234

TV_Screen_Size_Inches 10 75 Integer Only (2/0), e.g: 64


Value Sets Example


Root

Shoes

T-Shirts

Jeans

Skirts

Style

Price

Type

Waist

Length

Casual

Evening

Sport

Suit

Class (Category)

Data Type

Sleeve

Neck

Attributes

Value Sets

(LOV)

Length

Waist

Fabric

Handbags

Garment

Mango SKU,

GL, etc

Character

Heel Ht

Number

Precision: 5

Scale: 2

e.g: 99.95

Independent Value Set

Format Only Value Set

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