This chapter covers the following topics:
Use the Item Master area of the Repository to manage imported and manually created Items and Item Types that are stored in the CZ schema’s Item Master.
For a general description of the CZ schema’s Item Master, Items, and Item Types, see Introduction to the CZ Schema. For details about Properties, see Introduction to Properties.
Navigate to the Item Master area of the Repository.
Click Create Item Types.
Enter a Name and Description of the new Item Type.
To add Properties to the new Item Type:
Click Manage Properties.
Select the Properties to add, then click Add to Selected List.
Enter a Default Value, then click Apply.
Click Apply.
To add a new Item to an Item Type:
Navigate to the Item Master area of the Repository.
In the same row as an existing Item Type, click the icon in the Create column.
Enter a Name and Description.
Select Orderable if you want the Item to appear in the Summary page when it is added to the configuration at runtime.
For more information about this setting, see Orderable Items.
Enter any additional information about the Item in the Notes field.
Click Apply, or Apply and Create Another.
You can change the Item Type to which an Item belongs only if the Item was created in Configurator Developer.
To change an Item’s Type:
Navigate to the Item Master area of the Repository.
Expand an Item Type to view its Items, focus in on the Item Type, or click Expand All to view all Items.
In the same row as the Item you want to modify, click the icon in the Edit column.
In the Item’s details page, click Choose.
If this button is read-only, the Item you are modifying is imported and you cannot select a different Item Type.
Select an Item Type, then click Apply.
In the Item’s details page, click Apply.
The Item appears as a child of the Item Type you selected in step 5.
When editing an Item, you can change the value of any Properties that were assigned to the Item in Configurator Developer, or remove a Property’s association with the Item. This is true even if the Item or the Property was imported from Oracle Bills of Material. However, if the Property was imported with the Item, the Property’s value is read-only and you cannot modify it when editing the Item or remove the Property when editing the Item Type.
When you create nodes in the Model structure either by adding Items or Item Types from the Item Master or by running a Populator, Configurator Developer maintains a relationship between the Properties on the nodes in the Model structure and the corresponding Items in the Item Master. Therefore, if you modify a Property’s value in the Item Master, Configurator Developer updates the corresponding value in the Model structure (although the reverse is not true). However, if you change the Property’s value in the Model structure, any future changes that you make to the Property in the Item Master will not be reflected in the Model structure.
To modify the value of a Property assigned to an Item:
Navigate to the Item Master area of the Repository.
In the same row as the Item you want to modify, click the icon in the Edit column.
Modify the Property Value, or select it, and then click Reset to Default Value.
The default value is the value the Property had when it was added to the Item in Configurator Developer.
Click Apply.
For background information about Properties, see Introduction to Properties.
You can assign any User Property to an Item Type, regardless of whether the Item Type or Property was imported or was created in Configurator Developer. When you assign a Property to an Item Type, Configurator Developer assigns the Property to all of the Item Type’s child Items. You can then modify the Property’s value for specific Items, if required. This is explained in Editing User Properties Assigned to Items or Item Types.
When editing an Item, you can modify any associated Property values, regardless of whether the Properties were imported or were created in Configurator Developer.
To add a Property to an Item Type:
In the Item Master area of the Repository, in the same row as an Item Type, click the icon in the Edit column.
In the Item Type’s details page, click Manage Properties.
Select one or more Properties, then click Add to Selected List.
Click Apply.
In the Item Type’s details page, click Apply.
Configurator Developer assigns the Property to all of the Item Type’s child Items.
You can delete only Items and Item Types that were created in Configurator Developer. In other words, you cannot delete imported Items or Item Types.
Additionally, you can delete an Item Type only if it does not contain any Items. If you attempt to delete an Item Type that has Items, Configurator Developer prompts you to delete its child Items first.
To delete an Item or Item Type:
In the Item Master area of the Repository, select the Item or Item Type.
Select Delete from the Actions list, and then click Go.
Click OK.
The Actions list in the Item Master Repository includes Delete and Rename. The procedures for deleting or renaming Item Master objects are the same as deleting or renaming objects in the Main area of the Repository.
For details, see: