Associating parts to a part / service group

This page allows you to associate parts to a part / service group. Tell me more.

Select the “Associate Parts” link in the “Create Part / Service Groups” page.

The “Associate Parts” page appears.

Enter the following in the “Group Information” group box:

Group Code

Use the drop-down list box to select the part / service group to which you wish to associate the parts. The system lists all the group codes in “Active” status with the “Associate Parts” or "Associate Groups" field set to “Yes” in the “Create Part / Service Groups” page.

The system displays the following field:

Group Description

The textual description of the part / service group.

The system displays the following details as defined in the “Create Part / Service Groups” page.

Controlled Group	Indicates whether the part / service group is controlled. The value ”Yes” means the part / service group is controlled and “No” indicates the part / service group is not controlled.
Purpose	The applicable purposes of the part / service group, which can be one of the following: "Pricing", "Taxes and Charges", "Product Line", "Capability Definition", "Reliability Analysis", "VAT, HSN Code and SAC Code".

Note: Controlled Group and Purpose attributes bear implications when you associate a part to a part / service group. If a part is associated to a Controlled Part Group with a specific purpose, then it cannot be associated to another “Controlled” part / service group with the same purpose. However it can be associated to any other “non-controlled” Part Group with different / same purpose.

If part / service group selected in the header is defined as Primary part / service group for the part, then the part cannot be deleted from the multiline

Click the “Get Details” pushbutton to retrieve the part association details for the part / service group selected in the “Group Code” field.

The system displays the details of the parts that are already associated to the part / service group in the multiline.

Enter the following fields in the “Part / Service Information” multiline:

Part / Service #

The number identifying the part / service that you wish to associate to the part / service group (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory. The part number must be already defined in the “Create Parts Main Information” activity. Ensure that the part number is in “Active” status and is unique in the multiline.

Help facility available.

The system displays the following fields:

Description	The textual description of the part.
Type	The type of the part

Check the box in the multiline to select the part number for deletion.

Click the Delete icon in the tool bar above the multiline to delete the part number.

Click the “Help on Service” to open the Help screen to search and find the service you need to include in the services

Click the “Associate Parts / Services” pushbutton to associate parts to the part / service group.

Note: If any attributes are mapped to a group code, then these attributes get associated to all the parts associated with the group.

To proceed, carry out the following:

Select the “View Part Main Information” link at the bottom of the page to view the part details.
Select the “View Service Information” link at the bottom of the page

Prerequisites

“Create Parts Main Information” activity.

Associating parts to a part / service group – An overview

You can associate parts to the part / service group in this page. You can select the part / service group code and associate the parts. You can enter the part number and associate it to the part / service group code.

If any attributes are mapped to a part / service group, then these attributes get associated to all the parts associated with the group.