Maintain Formula Input Attributes

This activity enables you to associate attributes to input items of formulae. You can specify all the attributes defined in Inventory for the Input Items required. This activity enables you to specify a range of quantitative attributes and standard value for each item. The details of the attribute values are used during material allocation and for scaling the quantity required for allocation.

Attributes are certain characteristics of an item, which are useful in analyzing the quality of an item. Items are defined in the inventory through different processes in the organization. To keep track of them, each item can be associated with an attribute. Attributes can be classified into two types: “Qualitative” and “Quantitative”. For example, some of the attributes like the color of the oil have qualitative values such as red and black. Items like tyre can have quantitative values such as taper angle, which are measurable within the minimum value of 3 degrees and the maximum value of 5 degrees.

Select the “Maintain Formula Input Attributes” link under the “Formula Model” business component.

The “Maintain Formula Input Attributes” page appears.

Enter the following:

Formula	The code identifying the formula, whose Output Item Attribute information is to be defined (Alphanumeric, 12). Mandatory
Version	The code identifying the version number of the formula (Alphanumeric, 10).

The system displays the following:

Description	The textual description of the formula.
Item Code	The code identifying the Header item of Formula.
Variant	The variant of the item.
IO Type	The type of the item, which could be “Primary Input” or “Primary Product”.

Enter the following in the “Input Attribute Detail” multiline:

Item Code	The code identifying the Formula’s input item for which the attribute information is to be defined (Alphanumeric, 32).
	Help facility available
Variant	The variant of the item (Alphanumeric, 08).

The system displays the following:

Description

The textual description of the item variant.

Enter the following:

Attribute	The code identifying the attribute of the input item, which is used in the formula (Alphanumeric, 06).
	Help facility available

The system displays the following:

Description	The textual description of the attribute.
Type	The attribute type, which could be “Quantitative” or “Qualitative”.

Enter the following:

Standard Qualitative Value	The standard Qualitative value of the attribute (Alphanumeric, 20).
	Help facility available
Maximum Quantitative Value	The maximum Quantitative value of the attribute (Integer). This value must be within the “Min Quantitative Value” and “Max Quantitative Value” defined in the Item Component for this Item-Attribute combination
Minimum Quantitative Value	The minimum Quantitative value of the attribute (Integer). This value must be within the “Min Quantitative Value” and “Max Quantitative Value” defined in the Item Component for this Item-Attribute combination.
Standard Quantitative Value	The standard Quantitative value of the attribute (Integer). This value must be within the “Min Quantitative Value” and “Max Quantitative Value” values defined in the screen

The system displays the following:

UOM

The unit of measurement of the Quantitative Attribute.

Enter the following:

Scaling Attribute

Use the drop-down list box to specify the scaling type for Attributes of Type Quantitative. The system lists the option “Yes” or “No”

Yes - indicates the quantity of the input item has to be scaled based on the attribute’s value during material allocation.
No – indicates the quantity of the input item need not be scaled based on the attribute’s value during material allocation.
Blank – indicate that scaling is not applicable for the attribute.

Note: An Input Item of a formula can have only one Attribute with scaling set to ‘Yes’.

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to select the item number for deletion.
Click the Delete icon in the toolbar above the multiline, to delete the item number selected in the multiline.
Click the “Maintain ” pushbutton to associate the attributes and their values to the input items that are used in the formula.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “View Item-Attribute Mapping” link at the bottom of the page to view the item attribute mapping details.
Select “Attach Notes” link at the bottom of the page to attach the notes.