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Defining Product Attributes in PO

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I am trying to figure out on how to add a product attribute while creating a Purchase Order. I have completed the following activities:

Created Attribute Type : 1 - ‘Brand – Mobile’ with Value Apple, Samsung, Nokia 2 - Model
Created Attribute : 1 - ‘Brands of Mobile’ mapped to attribute with following configurations, 2- Model

Assigned attribute to a Procurement Category as below:

Define Attribute Against a Product

Unable to view Brand in PO to view / change the Brand or the Model of the Product. Please assist in how to address this.

As I have Brands and Model defined in Attribute, I expect to create PO 1 with Huawei MediPad 5 with Color, Style, Configuration, Size and then create PO 2 with Apple iPAD Air with another Color, Style, Configuration & Size

Many Thanks,

Sarath

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Rahul Mohta 21,032 on at

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try to assign the attributes in PROCUREMENT CATEGORIES and then assign the category value to the item and then it would be seen

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Hi Rahul -

I just tried as you suggested. Still I couldn't view the attributes anywhere in the page. Could you please point out where exactly these attributes can be viewed / selected ? I might not be checking the correct section.

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Sarath

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Dear Champions,

I am trying to figure out on how to add a product attribute while creating a Purchase Order. I have completed the following activities:

Created Attribute Type : 1 - ‘Brand – Mobile’ with Value Apple, Samsung, Nokia 2 - Model

Created Attribute : 1 - ‘Brands of Mobile’ mapped to attribute with following configurations, 2- Model

Assigned attribute to a Procurement Category as below:

Define Attribute Against a Product

Unable to view Brand in PO to view / change the Brand or the Model of the Product. Please assist in how to address this.

As I have Brands and Model defined in Attribute, I expect to create PO 1 with Huawei MediPad 5 with Color, Style, Configuration, Size and then create PO 2 with Apple iPAD Air with another Color, Style, Configuration & Size

Many Thanks,

Sarath

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As I understand it attribute values are specified on the product itself. This means that for the attribute "MODEL" the product can only have one value.

Once you specify product a as a Huawei MediPad 5 it will always be a Huawei MediPad 5 for that item.

What you are attempting to do is define a new product dimension. For this you need to create a new item since you have nearly maxed out your dimensions. For stock purposes all you have left is batch and serial number

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Hi All -

Firstly, I need to validate if the Product Attributes can be pulled up in a 'Purchase Order'.

I was able to confirm that these attributes can be made to reflect in Retail Categories. However, I am skeptical if the same can be applied in a Purchase Order or a Purchase Requisition.

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Sarath Pillai

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Since D365FO claims to support unlimited attributes, the reality is that these attributes can be associated with Retail Category to be used there. I am skeptical if these attributes can be used in a Purchase Order unless, of course, you do some customization to pull these up during PO.

Many Thanks,

Sarath

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Hi Sarath Pillai,

Please don't post the same question in multiple forums.

I merged your questions.

Next time select the right forum and then post your question.

Best regards,

Ludwig

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qianwang 7,168 on at

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Hi Sarath,

As far as I know, product attributes cannot be extracted and modified from purchase orders.

Based on your needs, i recommend that you try to create a constraint-based configuration for the product. And then the product configuration model can then be configured from the purchase order.

Regards,

QianQW

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Can you shed some more light on this? If possible, attach the relevant reference links?

So, by using constraint based configuration technology, I can add brand name, power wattage, energy rating configured for 'Electronics' Procurement Category.

Many Thanks,

Sarath

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Rahul Mohta 21,032 on at

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the attributes belong to product and not PO line hence the relationship is PO line to item and then item to attributes

could consider an extension to show attributes in a grid

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