Using Product Master Data Management

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1 Overview of Product Management
- How You Use the Product Information Management Work Area
- Overview of the Product Information Management Work Area
- How You Use and Personalize Infolets in Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM and Procurement
- What You Can Do in Product Master Data Management
- Manage Worklist from the Product Information Management Work Area
2 Item Creation
- Item Lifecycle Phases
- Create Items
- Public Items
- View Item Details
- Copy Items
- Created From
- Item Revisions
- Add Packaging Strings to Items
- Create and Edit Trading Partner Items
- Use Clipboard
- Generate Item Structure Report
- View Audit History for an Item
- FAQs for Item Creation
3 Item Specifications and Attributes
- Item Specifications and Attributes
- Interdependent Item Attributes
- Item Specification Reference
- Update UOM Values After Creating an Item
- Checks Performed for Item Attribute Changes
4 Item Relationships and Associations
- Types of Item Relationship
- Manage Item Relationships
- FAQs for Item Relationships and Associations
5 Structures and Structure Types
- Overview of Structures
- Structure Types
- Valid Component Attributes and Structure Types
- Validation Rules for Structures and Components
- Item and Operation Sequence
6 Create Structures
- How You Create Structures
- Common Structures
- Structure Details
- View Structure Details—Classic
- View Structure Details—New
7 Manage Structures
- Update Product Structures
- Replace a Component
- Perform Guided Task Flow to Mass Replace Components
- Delete Structures
- Valid Parent Component Relationships
- Criteria for Editing Structures
8 FAQs for Product Bundles and Structures
- What's a structure attachment?
- What are item and component attachments?
- What's a substitute component?
- How can I reinstate a parent item in a structure that contains obsolete components?
- How can I remove an obsoleted component from an item structure?
- What happens to structure creation if I enable lifecycle validation?
- What's a reference designator?
- What's a structure loop?
- How can I compare item structures?
- How can I create development structures for an item?
- What's the difference between common item structures and copied item structures?
- What happens if I associate an item attachment category with the item structure type?
- What happens if I enable Use Primary for Expansion validation?
- How can I define additional attributes?
- What's the significance of start and end dates on a structure name?
- What happens if I select Default WIP Supply Value for Components?
- How can I control the loading of item data into the configurator?
- In a structure, how can I manage mismatches in lifecycle phase?
- Why are the Operation Sequence and Material Control attributes unavailable in item structure?
9 Item Packs
- Pack Types
- Manage the Packaging Hierarchy
- FAQs for Item Packs
10 Item Attachments
- Overview of Item Attachments
- What's the difference between item attachments in the Product Hub and Product Development?
- Will attachments I add in Product Development show up in Product Information Management?
11 Data Security
- Data Security Privileges for Accessing Items
- Data Security Privileges for Creating Items
- Data Security Privileges for Updating Items
- Data Security Privileges for Viewing Items
- Data Security for Trading Partners
12 Function Security
- How to Define View-Only Access for Items
13 Catalogs and Categories
- Create Catalogs
- Manage Catalogs
- FAQs for Catalogs and Categories
14 Item Quality
- Overview of Quality Issues and Actions
- Create Problem Reports and Corrective Actions
- View Quality Issues and Actions for Items
15 Search
- Search the Work Area (Classic)
- Use Product Management Search (New User Experience)
- Access Key Product Management Information and Tasks Using Product Management Landing Page
- Product Lifecycle Management Navigator
- FAQs for Search
16 Item Mass Changes
- How You Make Item Mass Changes
- How You Purge Automatically Generated Import Maps
- Commit Options for Item Mass Changes
- FAQs for Item Mass Changes
17 Guided Task Flows
- Perform Guided Task Flows
18 New Item Requests
- Create New Item Requests
- New Item Request Workflow
- Understand New Item Request Notifications
- New Item Request Notifications — New
- Define Items
- Infolets for New Item Requests
- What Happens to New Item Requests Without Approvers
- FAQs for New Item Requests
19 Supplier Collaboration
- Manage Item Supplier Associations
- How to Manage Supplier Access
- FAQs for Supplier Collaboration
  - What's the difference between item supplier associations and the approved supplier list?
20 Item Status
- Overview of Item Status
- FAQs for Item Status
21 Change Orders
- Overview of Change Orders
- Create Change Orders
- Manage Change Orders and Change Requests
- Modify Assignee
- Use Similar Interface for Engineering and Commercialization Changes
- What Change Orders Modify
- Manage Tasks in Change Orders and Change Requests
- Change Order Attachments
- Propagate Changes for Each Organization
- Edit Items from Change Orders
- Edit a Change Order
- Change Order Workflow
- Rejection Reasons for Workflows
- Change Order Actions
- How to Use the Action Log on a Change Order
- How Application Validates Change Assignee
- Cancel Change Lines
- Move Change Lines
- Change Order Approval Process
- Add or Remove Participants in Current Status
- Understand Role Expansion in Change Orders
- Change Order Notifications
- Notifications — New
- Approve Selected Change Lines
- Considerations for Managing Flexfields in Items and Change Orders
- Considerations for Managing Attachments in Items and Change Orders
- FAQs for Change Orders
  - How can I create a new change order based on an existing change order?
  - Why am I unable to create a change order?
  - What's the difference between an affected object and a change line?
  - How can I view the list of change orders that are on hold or canceled?
  - Why am I unable to view extensible flexfields on change orders in the Product Information Management work area?
  - What are valid objects for change order attachments?
  - How many objects can I add to a change order or new item request?
  - Can I set a default priority for my change order or new item request?
  - How can I find details about changes to an item in a change order?
  - How can I find details about changes to an item component in a change order?
  - How can I move change order lines?
  - What's the difference between Withdraw and Remove?
  - How can I secure the change order created in the Product Information Management work area?
  - Why am I unable to assign the item to a change order?
  - Why does the change order display information in side tabs instead of horizontal tabs?
  - Why am I unable to edit the change order?
  - Can I modify the find number when the item is on a change order?
  - Can I cancel a change line in an approved change order?
  - What's the difference between cancel and terminate actions in a change order?
  - Why did the change order approval prompt for a comment and password?
  - Why did the change order fail on approval?
  - How can I restart the change order workflow which is on hold when the approval is in progress?
  - Why am I unable to add or remove approvers during the change order approval?
  - How can I remove a participant from the change workflow?
  - Can I edit multirow extensible flexfield attributes from the item page or without using a change order?
  - Why did the Scheduled change order get promoted automatically?
  - Why did the change order workflow restart automatically?
  - Why am I unable to update the task status in the change order?
  - In a change type, can I configure additional controls for the Draft status?
  - How can I set the reason code field on a change as a required field?
  - Where are the change header attributes and change descriptive flexfield attributes displayed?
  - Why am I unable to edit the extensible flexfields on the change order?
  - How do I know whether my approval is required or optional for a change order?
  - How can I know whether the entire change order (or new item request) was rejected or if a few items were rejected?
  - How can I find out the change order used for propagating changes and the change order created by propagation?
  - Why should I claim the change order approval?
22 Data Imports
- Overview of Manage Imports
- Import Style and SKU Items with Import Maps
23 Batch Imports
- Create Item Import Batches
- Manage Item Batch Details
- FAQs for Batch Imports
  - Can I add items to a batch if it is not assigned to me?
  - How do I perform an impact analysis?
- Import Items Using Import Maps
- Import Item Attachments
  - Manage Item Attachments by Import
- Import Descriptive Flexfields
  - How You Import Descriptive Flexfields
- FAQs for Item Import
24 Supplier Products
- Overview of Managing Supplier Products
- Overview of Creating Supplier Products
- Create Supplier Products
- Supplier Product Uploads
- Upload Products with Smart Spreadsheets
- Review Supplier Uploads
- How You Can Schedule File Uploads in Product Hub Portal
- Worklists and Notifications in Product Hub Portal
25 Data Quality
- Check Data Quality
  - Data Quality
  - Check Data Quality for Items
- Matching
  - How Items are Matched
- FAQs for Data Quality
26 Item Identification
- Numbers, Descriptions, and Rules
- Number Generation Methods
- Generate Numbers and Descriptions with Rules
- What are the Various Methods for Submitting Items to the Update Process
- FAQs for Item Identification
  - What happens if item numbers are allowed to change?
27 Item Publication
- Publish Item Objects
- Define Publication Options for a Spoke System
- Define the Schedule and Parameters for the Scheduled Process
- Define Profile Options to Publish Items
- Access Payload Generated by the Publication Scheduled Process
- Purge Publication History Records for Spoke System
- What's Published in the Publication Payload
- Manage Publication Maps
- FAQs for Item Publication
28 Item Deletion
- Obsolete Products and Services Using Delete Groups
- Identify Deleted Entities Using Deletion Business Events
29 Healthcare Integration
- Enrich Your Product Information From an External Healthcare Catalog
  - Item Enrichment - Initial Setup
  - Enrich Your Item Master
- Sync Item Information With Oracle Health
- Sync Item Information With Epic