Redwood: Manage Item Descriptive Attributes Using a New User Experience

You can use the Redwood user experience to define and manage item descriptive flexfields (DFF). You can personalize layouts by showing or hiding specific DFF columns, reordering them, and applying filters, sorts, and searches similar to the standard attributes. These attributes are available across the application in plan inputs, plan outputs, and simulation sets. However, these attributes can’t be edited. This capability improves discoverability, accelerate analysis, and provide a user experience for item attributes across the planning application.

Descriptive Flexfields Overview

In the Items table, when you open the Filters drawer, Descriptive flexfield columns are grouped under Descriptive Flexfields.

Descriptive Flexfields 

Descriptive flexfield columns are now implemented as regular standalone columns.

Descriptive Flexfield Column

Sorting or filtering data

You can sort or filter the columns as shown in the following screenshot:

Sorting or Filtering Flexfield Columns

Steps to Enable and Configure

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Supply Chain Planning

Tips And Considerations

If you want to use the Redwood: Manage Item Descriptive Attributes Using a New User Experience feature, then you must opt in to its parent feature: Order Backlog Management. If you’ve already opted in to this parent feature, then you don’t have to opt in again.

Key Resources

• See Redwood: Analyze Supply Plans Using a Configurable Redwood Page feature.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains these privileges can access this feature:

• View Planning Items (MSC_VIEW_PLANNING_ITEMS_PRIV)
• Edit Planning Items (MSC_EDIT_PLANNING_ITEMS_PRIV)

View Planning Items and Edit Planning Items privileges were available prior to this update.