Product tab

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

Functions in the overview of Product tab

Element/icon	Description
*Selected Scope: Default*	Select available scopes and see selected scope.
*Edit*	Edit production area.
*Delete*	On the left: Deletes selected production area. On the right: Deletes product family, product and variant.
*Export*	Automatic export options for selected production area.
*Add*	Add product family under selected production area.
*Add*	Add products and variants under selected product family.
*Expand/Collapse*	Expand product family and product.

Element/icon

Description

Selected Scope: Default

Select available scopes and see selected scope.

edit Edit

Edit production area.

delete Delete

On the left: Deletes selected production area.
On the right: Deletes product family, product and variant.

export Export

Automatic export options for selected production area.

add Add

Add product family under selected production area.

add Add

Add products and variants under selected product family.

down Expand/Collapse

Expand product family and product.

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 is created and a success message is shown.

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 is created and a success message is shown.

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 is created and a success message is shown.

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 is created and a success message is shown.

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 is 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 is 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