Adding Accessories

About Accessories

Accessory items are ancillary items that add to the effectiveness of the primary item.  For any household, these accessories are common; vacuum cleaner hoses and attachments, earphones to that new MP3 player, or any number of things that add to the value of the primary item.  CES allows you to identify these accessory parts and map them to their primary parts in an effort to reduce design time and make this information more readily available to the organization.

When Adding Accessories

  • The Header information of an item is fixed upon creation, and cannot be modified.
  • All property editable fields that are displayed in the Edit Item window are not displayed in the Properties window once modified.  Since the editable fields are a combination of both properties and internal specifications, the changes may not appear in the Properties view.
  • The Edit Item functionality can only be performed by users that have Enovia Administrative privileges.
  • Due to the nature of Accessories, they can only be added to Supplier Items.

Accessing the Edit Item: Accessories Window

Within CES, there are many methods of accessing the Edit Item: Alternates window. To complete the scenario below, select one of the following methods:

 
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Search Results Window

  1. In the Main Access Area, click the Advanced Access link

  2. In the Advanced Access window, click the Standard Search or Simple Search tab to access the search window.

  3. Complete the search criteria, and click the Search button to execute the search.

  4. In the Search Results window, select the item for which you want to edit the properties, right-click, and select Edit Item from the shortcut menu.

  5. Click the Accessories tab.

Properties Window
  1. In the Properties window, click the Edit Item button to open the Edit Items window.

  2. Click the Accessories tab.

How To Add/Remove Accessories

For the following scenario, the Accessing the Edit Item Window: Search Results Window method is used to access the Search Results window.  This task explains how to edit item information in the Edit Items: Accessories window:
  1. From the Search Results window, select the internal item for which you want to add an accessory.  Right-click, and select Edit Items from the shortcut menu.  The Edit Items window appears.

     

  2. Click the Accessories tab to view the Edit Items: Accessories window.  The Edit Items: Accessories window appears.

  3. To add an accessory item, click the Add button.  The Add Details window appears.

  4. Select the accessory part that you want from the list of items displayed.  Click the OK button to add the accessory to your supplier item.  The item is added as an accessory to the item in the Accessories window.

  5. To remove an accessory item, select the item from the list and click the Remove button.  This removes the item as an accessory to the supplier item, but does not delete the item from the database.

The Edit Items: Accessories Window

This table describes the fields displayed in the Edit Items: Accessories window.

Fields Description
Supplier Item Number A unique identifier number for the supplier of the item.
Supplier Item Description A unique description of the supplier item.
List Price The fixed price associated with the selected item
UOM Name The medium of exchange that is being used to calculate the displayed price.
UOM Display Symbol The Foreign Exchange symbol of the selected UOM.
List Price UOM The Unit of Measure being used in the price calculation of the item.


This table describes the buttons displayed in the Edit Items: Accessories window:

Button Menu Name Select this option to:
Open in New Window Open the selected item in a separate Properties window.
Properties Opens the Properties window of the selected Accessory item.
Add to Navigator Add the selected item to the Relationship Navigator window.
Edit Item Opens the Edit Item window of the selected part and allows for modifications.
Find Similar Open the Find Similar window, and allows you to select attributes for a search of similar items.
Export Results Opens the ExportFileSetup window and allows you to export your data to an ASCII or CSV file format for use in other applications.
Manufacturer Item Properties Displays the Manufacturer Item Properties window.
Internal Item Properties Displays the Internal Item Properties window.
Manufacturer Properties Displays the Manufacturer Properties window.
Suppliers Properties Displays the Supplier Properties window.
Consumer Properties Displays the Consumer Properties window.
Check Prices Opens the Check Prices window so that you can query against the prices associated with the selected item.
Bookmark Adds the item as a link in the Favorites Pane.
Add Opens the Add Details window and allows you to select an accessory part for the item.
Remove Deletes the selected item from the Accessories tab of the part.  However, it does not delete the item from the database.