Product tab

Use the Product tab to manage production areas and the product hierarchy, which consist of product families, products and variants.

Create production area

Procedure

Open the Product & Quality > Setup Specs menu entry.
Click on the Product tab.
In the detail view on the right, click on .
The dialog window opens.
Enter data in the Create Production Area window.
Click on Create.

The production area was created and a success message is shown.

Delete production area

Prerequisite

Production area exists.

Procedure

Open the Product & Quality > Setup Specs menu entry.
Click on the Product tab.
Click on a production area.
Click on in the row of the production area.
Confirm with Delete.

The production area was deleted and a success message is shown.

Deleting the production area is not allowed if the production area has a released variant.

Add product family

Prerequisite

Production area exists.

Procedure

Open the Product & Quality > Setup Specs menu entry.
Click on the Product tab.
Click on a production area.
In the detail view on the right, click on .
The dialog window opens.
Enter data in the Create Product Family window.

The name of the product family must be unique within the production area.
Click on Create.

The product family was created and a success message is shown.

Delete product family

Prerequisites

Production area exists.
Product family exists.

Procedure

Open the Product & Quality > Setup Specs menu entry.
Click on the Product tab.
Click on a production area.
In the detail view on the right, click on a product family.
Click on in the row of the product family.
Confirm with Delete.

The product family was deleted and a success message is shown.

Deleting product family is not allowed if product family has a released variant.

Add product

Prerequisites

Production area exists.
Product family exists.

Procedure

Open the Product & Quality > Setup Specs menu entry.
Click on the Product tab.
Click on a production area.
In the detail view on the right, click on a product family.
Click on in the row of the product family.
The dialog window opens.
Enter data in the Create Product window.

The name of the product must be unique within the process.
Click on Create.

The product was created and a success message is shown.

Delete product

Prerequisites

Production area exists.
Product family exists.
Product exists.

Procedure

Open the Product & Quality > Setup Specs menu entry.
Click on the Product tab.
Click on a production area.
In the detail view on the right, click on in the row of a product family.
Click on in the row of the product.
Confirm with Delete.

The product was deleted and a success message is shown.

Deleting the product is not allowed if the product has a released variant.

Add variant

Prerequisites

Production area exists.
Product family exists.
Product exists.

Procedure

Open the Product & Quality > Setup Specs menu entry.
Click on the Product tab.
Click on a production area.
In the detail view on the right, click on in the row of a product family.
Click on in the row of a product.
The dialog window opens.
Enter data in the Create Variant window.

The name of the variant must be unique within a product.
Click on Create.

The variant was created and a success message is shown.

Delete variant

Prerequisites

Production area exists.
Product family exists.
Product exists.
Variant exists.

Procedure

Open the Product & Quality > Setup Specs menu entry.
Click on the Product tab.
Click on a production area.
In the detail view on the right, click on in the row of a product family.
Click on in the row of a product.
Click on a variant.
Click on in the row of the variant.
Confirm with Delete.

The variant was deleted and a success message is shown.

Deleting a released variant is not allowed.

Export production area

Prerequisites

Production area exists.
Product family exists.
Product exists.
Variant exists.
Dataset, structure element and parameters exist: Configurator tab

Procedure

Open the Product & Quality > Setup Specs menu entry.
Click on the Product tab.
Click on a production area.
Click on in the row of the production area.
The dialog window opens.
Open or save the file in the operating system.

The production area was exported and a success message is shown. The export includes the current product hierarchy.

Enable automatic export for production area

Prerequisites

Production area exists.
Product family exists.
Product exists.
Variant exists.
Dataset, structure element and parameters exists: Configurator tab

Procedure

Open the Product & Quality > Setup Specs menu entry.
Click on the Product tab.
Click on a production area.
Click on in the row of the production area.
The dialog window opens.
Activate the switch Enable Export.
Select an Export Format from the dropdown list.
Click on Edit.
Deactivate the toggle to deactivate the automatic export in given format.

The automatic export was enabled and a success message is shown. The export will take place after releasing a variant in the Editor tab.

To enable automatic export, switch on the Enable Export when adding the production area: Create Production Area