To complete the component definition with the geometric properties, you must build the idents.
Open the S.80.01 Ident Management screen and query for the new created commodity code.
The first (Commodity Codes) block looks similar to the first block of S.30.01, displaying the commodity codes with descriptions and layouts. Under this block you can see several tabs.
The Commodity Geometric Relations tab shows all available relations for the selected commodity code, similar to the S.40.22 screen. You can use the Show Reasons button to see the reasons why a geometric detail record cannot be used for building idents.
The object parameter assigned to the selected commodity code is displayed on the Object Parameter tab. If no object parameter was assigned to the commodity code, you can do it here on this screen by selecting an object parameter from the LOV in the Object field in the first block.
The Only New Idents tab shows all records that are available for building idents for the selected commodity code. These records are displayed based on the existing commodity geometric relations for the commodity code.
If you want to create all idents for the selected commodity code, click the Build all Idents button. This will build idents for all sizes displayed on the Only New Idents tab. After completion, a message appears, informing you of the number of idents created.
If you want to create only a subset of idents, query the records on the Only New Idents tab to restrict the number of displayed records. For example, click the Enter Query button, enter ‘S-STD’ in the In2 field, and click the Run Query button to show only records with a size2 of S-STD. Then click the Build queried Idents button to build only those idents as selected and displayed. After completion, a message appears, informing you of the number of idents created.
To build idents without having commodity geometric relations defined, you can use the Build manual Idents button. This will build the idents entered manually on this tab. After you click the button, a message appears asking you to choose whether you want the software to also create geometric records for the idents. If generation with geometric is selected, an additional dialog box will be displayed asking you to select or define the geometric to which the details are added. If only one geometric is linked to the commodity code, the geometric details will be added to this geometric. After completion, a message appears, informing you of the number of idents created.
The picture below shows the records queried for size2 = S-STD.
After clicking the Build queried Idents button, you must acknowledge a message that queried idents will be generated for the selected commodity code. When done, the software notifies you of the number of idents that were created.
The data on the Only new Idents tab is required, and the remaining records that are available for new idents are displayed.
On the Existing Idents folder, you can verify the idents that were built for the selected commodity code.
These idents are now available in downstream processes like specification management, BOMs, requisitions, and so forth.