Similar Items
If a Supplier User or Retailer User without Approval Permissions submits a new item that matches the conditions defined to be a Similar Item, the newly created item will have a conflict that needs to be resolved before being approved. Out of the box, Items Management includes a rule for the case that the new Item uses the same barcode as an existing item. Additional Similar Item rules may be added using Custom created Views. Details on how to set them up can be found in the Oracle Retail Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud Service Implementation Guide.
A user with approve permissions is able to view the Similar Items dialog in two different ways:
- When opening the existing item.
- When opening the new item.
Regardless of when the dialog is opened, the user has two options:
- Approve the Item Merge. This action will:
- Copy from the new item into the existing item:
- Any Supplier/Country combination that does not exist on the existing item.
- Any SKU and corresponding barcodes (from Diff combinations) that do not exist on the existing item.
- Delete the new item.
- Copy from the new item into the existing item:
- Close the dialog to address the issues manually.
Note:
This feature is disabled by default and needs to be enabled. See the Oracle Retail Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud Service Implementation Guide for information on how to enable it.