Features

Form ID: (AM203500)

Features are steps on the Configuration Entry (AM306000) form where you have to select from a list of available options or enter a value. For example:

  • Color Selection
  • Rough Opening in Meters

The options can be a list of values that are used in other feature steps to determine which components are added to the configuration or to restrict the list of options available for another feature. For example, selecting option A for feature 1 restricts the list of options that can be selected for feature 2 as follows:

  • Size Large restricts the Color feature to only the red and black options.
  • Safety glass must be selected when the opening size is greater than 2 meters wide.

Features can be used on multiple configuration definitions; for example, color or size options that can be used in multiple product configuration definitions. You must define the features before you can build a configuration on the Configuration Maintenance (AM207500) form.

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Summary Area

Element Description
Feature ID Unique ID representing the feature.
Description Description of the feature.
Active Control the selector on features to limit the selector list to only active features. Configurations that currently contain the feature will continue to function.
Allow Non-Inventory Options Indicates the feature allows for non-inventory options to be entered on a configuration when the feature has this check box selected. If cleared, the entry will require the inventory ID on the Configuration Maintenance (AM207500) form. When cleared a user can optionally enter the inventory ID.

Options Tab

List of default options to auto fill into the selected features options tab on configuration maintenance. Note that not all boxes will be available as defaults such as Oper Nbr.

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Column Description
Label Labels are what users select during configuration entry. Labels are required and allow non-inventory options within a feature. Label values must be unique within a feature for a configuration. If the Inventory ID value is entered first, the Inventory ID will be the default for this field. The label length is 30 characters.
Inventory ID For non-stock or stock options select an active inventory item. If the Allow Non-Inventory check box is selected, this box is optional, otherwise it is required.
Subitem When the Inventory Subitem feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form, a user can enter a subitem ID for stock items when the inventory ID box is entered. The box is optionally required when inventory ID contains a stock item. Otherwise this box is not required.
Important: The Inventory Subitems check box has been removed from the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form because the functionality associated with the Inventory Subitems feature will be phased out. If you have this feature enabled in your system, the associated functionality remains available. To disable the feature, contact your MYOB support provider.
Description Option description. The default will be the entered label value (for non-inventory) until an item is entered then the default will be the entered item description. A user can override the description default to any designed value included empty.
Fixed Include If checked this option is automatically included during configuration entry and cannot be cleared. This is best for fixed materials that require dynamic qty. If a feature is visible the required options are auto selected to start a configuration. You must enter a formula for the Qty Required; the default formula is =1.
Qty Enabled Indicates if during configuration time the Qty Required field for the option is enabled. This is useful for selected material with fixed or formula based quantity required.
Qty Required Quantity required of the component inventory item needed to produce one parent item when the batch size is one (1).
Tip: Enter the by-products of the operation as a negative quantity. When you generate materials transactions for a production order, the by-product items will be received into inventory by using an inventory receipt.
Batch Size The quantity required per batch. A batch is will be sales order or production order quantity.
  • If zero (0) the Qty Required is fixed per order.
  • If one (1), the Qty Required is per unit of the parent item,
  • If greater than one (1), the Qty Required is divided by the Batch Size.
Qty Round Up If selected, the Total Required is rounded up to the next integer. This defaults from the Manufacturing tab of the Stock Items (IN202500) form but can be overridden.
UOM Option UOM for reference only. Unit of measure values are not editable or configurable. When the Inventory IDbox is entered this value is the inventory item's base UOM.
Min Qty Indicates the options minimum qty required. A blank value indicates no minimum. A value of zero can be used to force a positive qty.
Max Qty Indicates the options maximum qty required allowed. A blank value indicates no maximum.
Lot Qty Option lot quantity. When a user or formula calculates the quantity required field and the quantity required field is not a value that is a multiple of the lot quantity, then the value is rounded up to the next lot quantity automatically. A blank value indicates no lot quantity defined. A value of 1 can be used to force whole numbers.
Scrap Factor Material scrap factor.
Backflush When checked, this defaults to the corresponding column when you add the feature to a configuration,
Material Type The following options are available:
  • Regular: is the default and is the correct selection for purchased component parts.
  • Phantom: indicates that the item's component and, optionally, the routing will be included in the production order when created as a phantom. This means that the components and possibly the routing will appear on the production order while the phantom item disappears. Only manufactured items can be phantoms.
  • Supplemental: This item will be a separate line on opportunities, quotes, and sales orders and is not issued to the production order. For more information, see Product Configurator: Supplemental Items.
Phantom Routing A box that indicates whether the routing of the phantom component will be added to the production order (Before or After) or ignored (Exclude). Before is the default.
  • Before: The operations of the phantom component will be included on the production order and positioned in the production order before the parent operation. The time it takes to make the phantom is not included.
  • After: The operations of the phantom component will be included on the production order and positioned in the production order after the parent operation.
  • Exclude: If excluded, none of the phantom operations will appear, only the material components contained in the phantom will appear on the production order.
Price Factor Price factor applied to the base price of the option. This does not apply for non-inventory items. Setting this value to zero will exclude the price from the rollup of the total configured price. The default value for this field is 1.
Results Copy Indicates if the feature (and any selected options) are to be included (selected) during a configuration key copy. Features or options that are not included (cleared) are typically optional order special selections. This check box is selected by default.

Attributes Tab

List all defaulting attributes related to a feature. When selecting a Feature ID in configuration maintenance the screen will prompt for defaulting values. When the user answers yes to the defaulting values the values from the feature attributes grid will fill in on the configuration attribute grid including the value field which would be a default value. If the attribute label already exists, the default will be ignored. Attribute IDs can repeat.

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Column Description
Attribute ID The attribute ID.
Label A label is used to display the attribute on configuration entry. The user does not see the attribute ID. The label is displayed in place of the attribute ID. This allows for more unique label to be assigned to the attribute for this configuration different from other configurations as attribute id are global to the organization. The default value is the entered attribute ID.
Variable Used as the ID for formulas.
Description A user-friendly attribute description to go along with the label. The default value will come from the entered Attribute description, but a user can change it for a configuration level unique description.
Enabled Check box indicating if the attribute allows for user updates during configuration entry.
Formula Check box indicating if the formula value contains a formula value. When this check box is selected the Enabled check box is unavailable.
Required Check box indicating if the attribute is required to have a value during configuration entry.
Visible Check box indicating if the attribute is visible to the user during configuration entry. An attribute that is not visible should have a value entered by a user which could drive features or formulas during configuration entry.
Default Value The value of the attribute. On this page it represents a fixed value (enabled = false) or a default value that a user can decide during configuration time to edit. Also allowed are formulas when the Formula check box is selected. Allowing formulas will help in simplifying the formulas for material and to display for reporting and results window.