How Automatic Work Definitions Are Created
Automatic work definitions can be created using either the user interface or a scheduled process. You can access the user interface from the Product Information Management work area. You can access the scheduled process from the Create Automatic Work Definitions task in the Work Definition work area.
How Automatic Work Definitions Are Created in the User Interface
The product manager must follow these steps to create an automatic work definition:
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Navigate to the Product Information Management work area and select the Manage Items task.
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Search for the item and navigate to the Edit Item page.
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On the Structures tab of the Edit Items page, click the Actions menu.
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Select the option Create Automatic Work Definition.
Note:The option is enabled only if the organization is set up as a manufacturing plant.
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Save the changes.
The product manager can create an automatic work definition for only the primary item structure of an approved standard item.
The following table lists all the values for the attributes you can find on the automatic work definition header.:
Attribute |
Value |
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Automatic |
Yes |
Item |
Item Name |
Structure Name |
Primary |
Structure Item Type |
Standard |
Preassign Lots | Selected if the item is a lot-controlled item. Note: For
automatic work definitions, the Preassign Lots attribute is selected and
can’t be changed. Prior to reporting product completion transactions, you
must preassign lot numbers in work orders that are based on the automatic
work definition.
|
Serial Tracked |
Selected if the item serial generation is set to Predefined. Note: For automatic work definitions, the Serial Tracked attribute is
selected and can’t be changed. Prior to reporting product completion
transactions, you must generate serial numbers in work orders that are
based on the automatic work definition.
|
Completion Subinventory |
From plant parameters |
Completion Locator |
From plant parameters, otherwise not defined |
Work Definition Name |
Main (internal name ORA_MAIN) |
Version |
1 |
Start Date |
SYSDATE |
End Date |
Not defined |
Production Priority |
1 |
Costing Priority |
Not specified |
Costing Batch Output Size |
From item master, otherwise not defined |
The action to create an automatic work definition must be performed once for each item. Changes to the item structure are synchronized automatically to the work definition.
How Automatic Work Definitions Are Created Using a Scheduled Process
You can create an automatic work definition for a set of items using Create Automatic Work Definitions scheduled process. The parameters of the scheduled process are Organization, User Item Type, Item Category, From Item, and To Item.
You can use a scheduled process to create a large number of automatic work definitions for a given user item type, or item category, or both. You can also schedule the process to run periodically so that as new items are created, automatic work definitions are subsequently created.