How Automatic Work Definitions Are Created

Automatic work definitions can be created using either the user interface or a scheduled process. You can access the user interface from the Product Information Management work area. You can access the scheduled process from the Create Automatic Work Definitions task in the Work Definition work area.

How Automatic Work Definitions Are Created in the User Interface

The product manager must follow these steps to create an automatic work definition:

Navigate to the Product Information Management work area and select the Manage Items task.
Search for the item and navigate to the Edit Item page.
On the Structures tab of the Edit Items page, click the Actions menu.
Select the option Create Automatic Work Definition.

Note: The option is enabled only if the organization is set up as a manufacturing plant.
Save the changes.

The product manager can create an automatic work definition for only the primary item structure of an approved standard item.

The following table lists all the values for the attributes you can find on the automatic work definition header.:

Attribute	Value
Automatic	Yes
Item	Item Name
Structure Name	Primary
Structure Item Type	Standard
Preassign Lots	Selected if the item is a lot-controlled item. Note: For automatic work definitions, the Preassign Lots attribute is selected and can’t be changed. Prior to reporting product completion transactions, you must preassign lot numbers in work orders that are based on the automatic work definition.
Serial Tracked	Selected if the item serial generation is set to Predefined. Note: For automatic work definitions, the Serial Tracked attribute is selected and can’t be changed. Prior to reporting product completion transactions, you must generate serial numbers in work orders that are based on the automatic work definition.
Completion Subinventory	From plant parameters
Completion Locator	From plant parameters, otherwise not defined
Work Definition Name	Main (internal name ORA_MAIN)
Version	1
Start Date	SYSDATE
End Date	Not defined
Production Priority	1
Costing Priority	Not specified
Costing Batch Output Size	From item master, otherwise not defined

Note: The action to create an automatic work definition must be performed once for each item. Changes to the item structure are synchronized automatically to the work definition.

How Automatic Work Definitions Are Created Using a Scheduled Process

You can create an automatic work definition for a set of items using Create Automatic Work Definitions scheduled process. The parameters of the scheduled process are Organization, User Item Type, Item Category, From Item, and To Item.

You can use a scheduled process to create a large number of automatic work definitions for a given user item type, or item category, or both. You can also schedule the process to run periodically so that as new items are created, automatic work definitions are subsequently created.