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Creating Product Classes in a Hierarchy

Next you create product classes. This task is a step in Process of Creating Products with Attributes.

You create and manage product class hierarchies by specifying a parent product classes when defining product classes. Subclasses inherit the domains of their parent product classes. For more information, see About the Product Class Hierarchy.

You can view the hierarchy in by clicking the Structure view tab. This view contains a tree display that shows the hierarchy in a manner very similar to the Microsoft Windows file Explorer. You can expand or collapse classes and subclasses as needed to view the hierarchy. The portion of the hierarchy in which you are located displays in the Classes list.

To create a product class

1. Navigate to the Administration - Product screen, then the Product Classes view.
2. In the Product Classes list, add a new record, and enter a name for the class in the Product Class field.

   The Locked Flag is automatically selected

3. In the Versions record, complete the necessary fields. Some fields are described in the following table.

   Field	Comments
   Parent Product Class	If this product class is a subclass, select the parent product class. This controls the product class's location in the class hierarchy.
   Searchable	Select this field to make the product class available for parametric search.

4. In the Versions list, click the name of the Work Space version.
5. Click the Display Name view tab.
6. Add a record to the Display Name list, for each language that the product will be displayed in, and complete the necessary fields, described in the following table.

   Field	Comments
   Display Name	Enter the name that will be seen by customers using the application in this language.
   Language	Select a language code, such as ENU for American English.

7. Click the Class Attributes view tab.
8. In the Class Attributes list, add new records for all the attributes in this product class, and complete the necessary fields, described in the following table. In the Class Attributes list, add new record and complete the necessary fields, described in the following table.

   Field	Comments
   Name	Enter a name for this class attribute
   Attribute Definition	Select the definition for this attributes. Definitions are available if they were created as described in Creating Attribute Definitions.
   Default Value (Display)	Enter the default value that the end user sees when the product is initially displayed. The attribute has this value unless the end user selects a different value. However, if you write rules that manipulate the attribute value, the Siebel Configurator engine can override the default value. NOTE:  Fields that include (Display) in their names are translations of the value in the administrator's location. Fields without (Display) in their names are in the default or Language Independent Code (LIC) location.
   Rejected Value (Display)	This field is relevant when an attribute is marked as required. If the attribute is required, the value in this field is the value that the Siebel Configurator interprets to be not valid. The attribute will be marked as not entered, if this is the attribute's value. To use this checkbox, follow the instructions in Setting Up Required Attributes.
   Required	Select this checkbox to require the user to select a value for this attribute. To use this checkbox, follow the instructions in Setting Up Required Attributes.
   Read Only	Select this check box to make this attribute read-only, so the user cannot change the default value.
   Hidden	Select this check box to prevents the attribute from displaying in quote, agreement, order, or asset views. Attribute still displays in customizable product selection pages.
   Unit of Measure	Optionally, select the unit of measure for this attribute, such as day, month, dollar, dozen.
   Searchable	Select this checkbox to allow this attribute and its values to be used in parametric searches. For example, if the attribute is Color, you can search for products that have Color = Red.
   Inherited	This checkbox is selected if the attribute value is inherited from a parent product classes. Read-only.
   Modified	This checkbox is selected if properties of the inherited attribute such as Read-only, Default, and Rejected were overridden by the user.

9. Click the Structure view tab and verify that this product class displays in the correct location in the class hierarchy.
10. When you are finished, release the Product Class record, so other users can work on this product class.

    The new product class definition appears in the Product Classes list.