1. Implementing Product Management
  2. Configure Reference Designator Options

Configure Reference Designator Options

Instead of editing reference designators in the side panel, you can configure reference designators so that users can edit reference designators directly in the structure table. This is available on:

  • The item structure tab in Product Development.
  • The structure tab of the affected object on a change order.

The Structure tab allows users to enter reference designators for each structure component. Reference designators are used to specify the location of an assembly or a component.

As an administrator, you can configure the following to standardize reference designator updates for your business.

  • Specify a default setting for quantity validation
  • Configure a range indicator for reference designators

Configure Default Setting for Quantity Validation

You can configure whether the Quantity Related option for reference designators is enabled or disabled by default across engineering and commercial items. When you create new structures, the quantity related value defaults from this setting.

  1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the following:

    • Offering: Product Management

    • Functional Area: Structures

    • Task: Manage Item Structure Type Details

  2. In the Manage Item Structure Type Details page, enable or disable the Quantity Related option. It’s enabled by default. Note that users can still enable or disable the Quantity Related option from the structure tab or affected objects table.

  3. Click Save and Close.
    Note:
    • Feature Enforce Uniform Quantity Related Setting for Reference Designators in no longer optional from update 22C.
    • To avoid failures in item structure or change order integrations that are based on SOAP or REST API, refer to support note 2815282.1 on My Oracle Support.

Configure Reference Designator Range Indicator

Specify what range indicator must be used to indicate a range of reference designators. Users can use this indicator to specify a range instead of typing in each value in the range. In the side panel view, the range is automatically expanded to show all values in the range. For example, a user can type in RX01-RX05 and the values are expanded to RX01, RX01, RX03, RX04, RX05.

In the Manage Item Structure Type Details page, select a value from the list for Reference Designator Range Indicator. The default value is None.

Note:

  • If the Reference Designator Range Indicator is set to None, your users can manage reference designators using the side panel on the item structure.

  • Ensure that the special character you select for the Reference Designator Range Indicator is not being used as a part of the naming convention in existing reference designators. For example, if you select a hyphen ('-') as the range indicator, and existing reference designators use the naming convention RX-01, RX-02 and so on, this can result in conflicts when users specify a range (RX-01-RX-10.)

  • The selected range indicator can’t be used on reference designators entered through clients such as import, REST or SOAP services. These clients don't support the capability of expanding and collapsing reference designators.

  • The range indicator is used both on the item structure tab in Product Development and the structure tab of the affected object on a change order. Enabling the range indicator for item structures will also enable it on change orders.