Add Reference Designators on Items

Reference designators commonly serve as a labeling system to refer to components.

If your administrator has configured reference designators for adding them inline with item components, here's how you add them:

1. Navigate to the Structure tab on the item and select a component in which you want to add reference designators.

2. In the Reference Designator column, click the expansion button '...'
3. In the Reference Designator dialog box, enter the range for designator values.

   For example, if your administrator has selected '+' as a range indicator, you can enter 'A1+ A5' and the application will expand the range to create five reference designators: A1, A2, A3, A4, and A5. The expanded range appears in the side panel once you save your changes.

   Additional options in the Reference Designator dialog box:

   • Quantity Related: To validate whether the item structure quantity matches the reference designator count, select this option. A message appears in case of quantity mismatch. This is enabled by default in Product Development structures.

   • Align Quantity: If the structure item quantity doesn't match the count of reference designators, select this option and click OK. This would allow automatic update of item quantity, to match the reference designators count.

   Note: You can also access Quantity Related and Align Quantity functions from the toolbar of the Structure tab, and the Actions menu.To modify the details of reference designator, you can use the Reference Designator dialog box or the Reference Designator column.
4. Click Save.
   To view and modify descriptive flexfields, you can use the side panel.

   Note: Modified reference designators appear in italicized red colour after you save your changes.