Set Up Numbers for Configuration Models

Set up the item class so that the item name for each configured item is unique. A unique name can be useful to help track and manage each item.

Here's what your setup looks like after you complete the procedure:

Note

• You use the Edit Item Class page in the Setup and Maintenance work area to specify the number at design time.

• Order Management displays the number in the Configuration Item attribute on the order line at run time.

Let's say you need to add a suffix to the item name for each unique configuration of item CTO_474000. You need to start the suffix with the number 100, increment it by 1 each time a user orders the item, and use a hyphen (-) to separate the suffix from the name. For example, here's the name that the flow creates the first time the user adds the item.

CTO_474000-100

where

• CTO_474000 is the name of the configured item

• - (the dash) is the delimiter

• 100 is the starting number of your sequence

Here's the name for the next time a user adds the item.

CTO_474000-101

The number is unique across order lines, sales orders, and users.

Summary of the Setup

1. Get the name of the class.

2. Modify the class.

3. Verify your setup.

Get the Name of the Class

1. In the Product Information Management work area, click Tasks > Manage Items.

2. On the Manage Items page, search for CTO_474000, then open it for editing.

   This topic assumes you already created the CTO_474000. For details, see Create Configuration Models.

3. On the Edit Item page, note the value in the Item Class attribute.

   Assume the class for the CTO_474000 is named My Laptop.

Modify the Class

1. Go to the Setup and Maintenance work area, then go to the Manage Item Classes task.

2. On the Manage Item Classes page, in the search results list, search for, then open the My Laptop class for editing.

3. On the Edit Item Class page, click Item Management, then set the values:

   Attribute	Value
   Item Number Generation Method	User Defined This means you, the administrator, defines numbering. Not the end-user who creates the sales order.
   Configured Item Number Generation Method	Sequence

4. In the Details area, set the values:

   Attribute	Value
   Starting Number	100
   Prefix Type	Model Item Number Specify what displays before the starting number.
   Increment By	1
   Suffix Type	None Specify what displays after the starting number.
   Delimiter	Hyphen Specify the character that separates the starting number from the prefix or the suffix.

5. Click Save and Close.

Verify Your Setup

1. Go to the Order Management work area and create a sales order.

2. Add the CTO_474000 item to order line 1.

3. Add the CTO_474000 item again, but this time add it to order line 2. Set the options for CTO_474000 on order line 2 different that the options you set for it on line 1.

4. Click Submit.

5. Notice that the value of the order line's Configuration Item attribute is CTO_474000-100.

6. Notice that the value of the Configuration Item attribute on the next order line is CTO_474000-101.

You can see the number throughout the configure-to-order flow:

• On order lines in the Order Management work area.

• In the Item column of the Supply Lines section of the Supply Order Details page in the Supply Orchestration work area.

• In the Item column of the Review Dispatch List in the Inventory Management work area.