Copying Production Options

You can copy production options from one item to another and across business units, if needed. This section lists common elements and discusses how to copy production options.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Copy Production Options Page

EN_PDO_COPY

Copy production options from one item to another.

Field or Control

Description

View Related Links Button

Click the View Related Links button to access any of these pages:

  • Item Search: Search for a different item.

  • BOM Copy: Copy BOMs from one business unit and item ID combination to another business unit.

  • Routing Copy: Copy routings from one business unit and item combination to another business unit.

  • Area Maintenance: View or maintain items for a specific production area.

  • Production Option Maintenance: View or maintain existing production options.

Use the Copy Production Options page (EN_PDO_COPY) to copy production options from one item to another.

Navigation:

Manufacturing Definitions > Production Options > Copy Production Options

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Copy Production Options page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 Copy Production Options page

Source

Field or Control

Description

Unit and Item ID

Select the business unit and item ID whose production option you want to copy.

Note: If the source item has been identified as using production options, but has no actual production options defined, then the system displays an error message, because there are no options to copy.

Search

Click to display the production options for the source item.

Target

Field or Control

Description

Unit and Item ID

Select the business unit and item ID. The target item ID cannot be identical to the source item ID. If the target item already has production options defined, the system provides the option either to not continue or to overwrite the existing production options on the target; you cannot overwrite any production option that is already in use on a production order.

Copy Prdn Area (copy production area), Copy Text and Copy Att (copy attachment)

Select to copy production areas, text, and attachments to the target item.

Same As Except

Select the production options to be copied by using this field.

Values are:

  • Excld All (exclude all): Deselects all the rows.

  • Incld All (include all): Selects all the rows.

  • Incld Date (include date): Enables you to specify a date range, and the system selects the options that are effective in that date range.

    If you've already selected a row, but it does not fall in the date range, the system does not deselect the row. You can click the Apply button to apply the selection that you made in the Same As Except field.

    For example, suppose that you select Excld All and then click the Apply button, the system deselects all the rows.

View Source and View Target

Click to view the production options for the respective items.

Copy

Select the rows that you want to copy to the target item.

Note: You must select at least one production option to copy or the system displays an error message.

Save

Click and the system completes the copy.