1. Implementing Common Features for SCM
  2. Default Item Class

Default Item Class

There are two ways to work with a default item class, depending on whether or not you're able to use Oracle Product Hub.

With Product Hub

You can designate a single item class to be the default item class selection when users search for or create items in the Product Information Management work area. This item class is then defaulted in flows where users have to explicitly select an item class.

To begin, identify an item class that's heavily used in your enterprise. You can then designate it as the default. Here's how:

  1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, use the Manage Item Classes task:

    • Offering: Product Management

    • Functional Area: Items

    • Task: Manage Item Classes

  2. Query the item class to be used as the default.

  3. On the Edit Item Class page, select Default Item Class.

Subsequently, the item class designated as the default becomes the item class selected by default:

  • In the Item Class field in the Create Item dialog box, when users create items

  • In the item class query field in the page header, when users search for items on the Manage Items page

Other considerations:

  • For new installations of Product Hub, the Root Item Class is selected as the default item class.

  • For updated installations of Product Hub, you can select any other item class to designate it as the default item class.

  • Whenever a new item class is selected as the default, the previously selected default item class is automatically deselected.

Without Product Hub

For non-Product Hub customers, the Manage Default Item Class task is used because these customers can't create additional item classes nor can they create user defined attributes such as extensible flexfields. You can access this task from the Product Management offering in the Setup and Maintenance work area. An exception to this rule is that Product Development customers can create additional item classes and extensible flexfields. The Manage Default Item Class task launches an edit page for the Root Item Class.

The Manage Default Item Class task has three tabs:

  • Basic: Item Class descriptive flexfields and attachment categories are defined on this tab.

  • Item Management: Item number generation method is defined using this tab.

  • Lifecycle Phases: The lifecycle phases that the items assigned to this item class will use are defined on this tab.

  • Item Templates: The item templates that are used to create items are defined on this tab.

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