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Creating a Complex Product for Hospitality Events

This procedure describes how to finish the complex product creation after you have completed the task, Preparing a Simple Product Base for a Complex Product.

To create a complex product in Hospitality

1. From the Lock/Unlock Product list, click the Product Designer link.
2. In the Product Designer list, click New.
3. In the new record, click the select button in the Product field, and select either a simple or complex product.
4. In the appropriate cardinality fields, specify the number of products the user can select (cardinality), as described in the following table.

   A user can change the quantities associated with a child product in Functions > Line Items. If the minimum cardinality of a child product is set to 0 in Product Administration, then the user can, for that instance only, remove that product from the complex product by setting the quantity to 0.

   The following table describes some of the fields.

   Field	Comments
   Default Cardinality	Specifies what quantity of the simple product automatically appears when the complex product is chosen by a user. Default cardinality must be equal to or greater than the minimum cardinality and must be less than or equal to the maximum cardinality.
   Maximum Cardinality	Sets the maximum number of items the user can select from a product. If you set the minimum cardinality to greater than 0, you must set the maximum cardinality to a number at least as large.
   Minimum Cardinality	Governs whether or not selecting items from this product is optional or required. If you set the minimum cardinality to 0, selecting items is optional. If you set the minimum cardinality to greater than 0, the user must select at least that number of items.

   For more information about cardinality, see Product Administration Guide.

   Repeat this procedure for each simple product included in the complex product.

Validating Product Versions

Validation provides a way to verify that each child product cardinality is set correctly before making it available to others.

To review and validate product versions

1. Navigate to the Product Administration screen's Customizable Product view.
2. Click the Product Versions link.
3. Validate that cardinality for each product is entered correctly.
   1. Click the Validate button.
   2. Review product information.
   3. If changes are required, from the Customizable Products view click the Product Designer link.
   4. Make the necessary changes, and then repeat the validation process until the information is correct.
   5. If no changes are required, click Done.
4. In the Lock/Unlock Product list, click Release New Version.

   The product is now unlocked, which means that others can use the product and edit the product fields.

For general information on working with products, see Product Administration Guide.