Exact Synergy Enterprise

Overview of Item Relation Types

Relation types define the relationship between two items

Introduction

Relation types define the relationship between two items. A part item is an item that has a relation type with another item. For example, a finished product (parent item) needs to be shipped with the product manual (child item). Thus the finished product is linked to the product manual by a relationship which is classified as mandatory.

This overview allows you to view a list of relation types available for your items and the respective relation type information such as the relation type status, the security level needed to use the relation type, whether alternative items will be suggested in case the related item is unavailable (shopping suggestion status), and whether the relation type requires validation under any contract (contract validation status).

Menu path

Logistics/Setup/General/Item: Relation types

Roles & rights

To maintain relation types, function right 24 – Maintain Item relation types is required. Users with the Item management role have this function right.

For more details on what you can do with function rights or levels, go to System/Setup/Security/Function rights, select the required module, and then click on the relevant ID. To find out the functions you can perform with a particular role, go to System/Setup/Security/Roles, type in the description, click Refresh, and then click the required link under the Role column.

Button

Refresh

Click this to refresh the list of relation types.

New

Click this to create a new relation type.

Delete

Click this to delete the selected relation type. You will see a message "Confirm: Delete?" Click OK to delete or Cancel to cancel the deletion.

Close

Click this to exit.

Description

You can create a new relation type, modify the relation type information, and delete the selected relation types. To create a new relation type, click New. To modify the relation type information, click the relation type description in the Description column. To delete the selected relation types, click the check box of the corresponding relation types, and then click Delete.