Create Material Sub-Product#

Material.CreateSubProduct

Overview#

This operation is used to define multiple Products for a Material. This is achieved by expanding the Material and changing the expanded Material Product.

Setup#

No special setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction. Note that the new possible SubProducts are defined in the Product Sub-Product tree of the Material Product.

Preconditions#

• The Material is Active.
• The Material is not OnHold, not InTransit and it is not Consumable.
• The Material CurrentBOMVersion must not be defined.
• The Primary Quantity of the new expanded Material is greater or equal to zero and less or equal to the Material Primary Quantity. Its Secondary Quantity (if defined) is greater or equal to zero and less or equal to the Material Secondary Quantity.
• The new Product and Flow exist, are Active and are enabled.
• The new Material SubProduct must be defined in the Product's SubProducts tree of the Material Product.
• If the Material has a Production Order associated with it, the Material IsProductionComplete property must be false.

Sequence of Steps#

This screen captures all the necessary information for the transaction.

1. Select Create Sub-Products, accessible through the vertical dots button

   

2. Verify the Material information.

3. Specify the Sub-Products to be created for the Material, using the and buttons, specifying for each Sub-Products:
   • the Sub-Product's name - can be left unchanged if there is a name generator that will generate the name.
   • the Sub-Product's primary and secondary quantities - note that the quantities of the Main Material are updated accordingly.
   • the Sub-Product's product - from a list of possible Product Sub-Products.
4. Optionally, enter a comment.
5. Select Create to complete the operation.