Enter Part Data
Explanation
This activity is used when you want to create a part with no site, i.e., start to enter a part that, later on,
will be registered as an inventory, purchase, or sales part. This is also a way to reserve a part number for a part
that will be used in the future.
Depending on how the part will be used, you might have to perform one or more of the optional steps as mentioned
below. You can perform most of these steps later , e.g., when the part is entered as an inventory part, but they
should be performed before the part is used.
Optional steps:
- Enable the Configurable option if the part should be a configurable part, i.e., a part that is allowed
to have configurations. This must be performed before the inventory part (or purchase part, or sales part) is
created.
- Connect the part to a part main group either manually or by using the List of Values.
- Enter any informational text for the part in the Info Text field.
- Use the Translatable Information Text field to enter additional descriptive information about the
part. The field accommodates up to 4000 characters. As the Translatable Information Text field has Basic Data
Translation support, users can view the entered information in their session language when corresponding
translations are available.
- Enter a translated description in a specific language in the Language Description, to be used in all part
types when a site is set to use part catalog description as description for sales/purchase/inventory part. If the
centralized part description is enabled and a language description exists for the session language code selected
by the user, language description will be selected automatically to be printed for the enabled site and part
type.
Prerequisites
- The code for the unit of measure must have been defined in IFS Cloud Base Setup, Unit Of Measure.
- If you are going to assign the part to a part main group, the group must have been entered as basic data on
the Part Main Group page.
System Effects
- A part with no site will be created and can be used for design purposes and for entering inventory, purchase,
and sales parts at different sites.
- If the part is a configurable part, it will be possible to connect a configuration family to the part.
- If a site is set to use part catalog description as description for sales/purchase/inventory part, this part
description will be displayed for the specified site and part type.
- The net weight and the net volume will be saved under the part catalog and will be displayed under the
inventory part. If the UoM of the inventory part is different to that of the part catalog, the appropriate
conversion will be done before displaying the values under the inventory part.
- When calculating the freight charge, weight or the volume will always be multiplied by the entered freight
factor.
- The information entered in the Translatable Information Text field is displayed on both the Inventory Part
page and the Purchase Part page.
- The information entered in the Translatable Information Text field is displayed in the List of Values table
for the Part in the Work Task Material Line and in the related Maintenance Material Requisition Line. Users can
hover over the field to view the information. If the text is lengthy, only a portion of it will be displayed due
to design limitations.