Understanding Composition

Composition tracks several primary attributes that are required for substantiating label claims. This table lists and describes these attributes:

Attribute	Description
Geographic area	The system enables you to define two types of geographic areas: appellation and growing area. Appellation is the official geographic region as determined by the relevant authorities (American Viticultural Areas [AVA] for the US and Australian Wine & Brandy Corporation [AWBC] for Australia). Growing area is a separate geographic region that, while not legally recognized, is meaningful to the blend facility. Growing area is only applicable if the source is a block. You use the geographic area hierarchy to perform rollups for labeling. You also use it to maintain the geographic area descendent tables for appellations and growing areas (F31B372 and F31B373).
Variety	Defines the type of produce. For example, a variety of grapes could be Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay.
Source	Defines the sources of the produce that contribute to the composition. These sources could be blocks and harvests, or purchase orders. You set up blocks and harvests in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Grower Management system. See "Entering Farms, Blocks, and Harvests" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Grower Management Implementation Guide.
Harvest period	Characterizes the time and frequency of the harvest. For wine, the harvest period is typically a year, and it is referred to as vintage. If the source of the bulk material is blocks and harvests, you set up harvest periods in the JD Edwards Grower Management system. See "Setting Up Harvest Period Patterns" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Grower Management Implementation Guide. If you purchase the bulk material, you enter the harvest period and other source information on the bill of lading.
Composition material type	Defines the material type of the composition record. Note: For example, wine may be used to create a culture. When this happens, it needs to be tracked separately from the original composition record and separately from other material types when blended.

To support geographic area relationships, the system maintains two geographic area descendents tables. These tables identify the children and grandchildren for any geographic areas. They also support the Use Hierarchy functionality of the Harvest Workbench program (P40G032).

Note: The system provides a batch program that enables you to rebuild the geographic area descendent tables. You can use the Rebuild Geographic Area Descendents program (R31B37) to restore the descendent tables if a problem occurs when you set up geographic areas.