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How can I find the DimensionAttributeValue for a chosen inventTable record

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Posted on 26 Mar 2025 14:05:52 by Superbunny 259
I am creating logic to copy a product. For this I also want to copy some underlying data of a product.
 
One thing which I want to copy, is the value of the ItemGroup financial dimension
(shown on the financial dimensions Tab of the released products form)
 
I can find relevant values in the database in the table DimensionAttributeValue,
but I cannot find the link between a certain InventTable record and its DimensionAttributeValue
 
I checked the DimensionEntryControl, which is the formcontrol presented on the Tab of the released products form.
I can see a lot of logic on this form, but I cannot seem to find out where the relation to the inventtable comes into play when building this form and filling it with data.
 
Does anyone know how I can query the relevant dimensionAttributeValue for a given ItemId? (or a EcoResProductRecId, in case the relation is setup via that table)
 
 
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  • Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 232,262 Most Valuable Professional on 28 Mar 2025 at 16:21:09
    How can I find the DimensionAttributeValue for a chosen inventTable record
    That's surprising, because addItem() calls logic that is supposed to update the value if there already is one for the same attribute.
     
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    Superbunny 259 on 28 Mar 2025 at 09:50:44
    How can I find the DimensionAttributeValue for a chosen inventTable record
    @Martin Drab:
     
    Ah, I interpreted the way to use the DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage class completely wrong.
     
    I got it working with: 
            DimensionAttribute dimAttr = DimensionAttribute::findByName('ItemGroup');

        DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage sourceDimStorage = DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage::find(_templateItemDefaultDimension);
        DimensionAttributeValue attrValueSource = DimensionAttributeValue::find(sourceDimStorage.getValueByDimensionAttribute(dimAttr.RecId));

        DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage targetDimStorage = DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage::find(_newItemDefaultDimension);
        DimensionAttributeValue attrValueTarget = DimensionAttributeValue::find(targetDimStorage.getValueByDimensionAttribute(dimAttr.RecId));
        targetDimStorage.removeDimensionAttributeValue(attrValueTarget.RecId);
        targetDimStorage.addItem(attrValueSource);
        DimensionDefault result = targetDimStorage.save();
     
    I had to remove the dimensionvalue first, since it a value for the itemgroup was already assigned.
     
    Thanks a lot for the help, I will mark your reploy as the suggested answer!
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    Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 232,262 Most Valuable Professional on 27 Mar 2025 at 10:20:12
    How can I find the DimensionAttributeValue for a chosen inventTable record
    Your code doesn't make a good sense to me; I think you want something like this:
    DimensionAttribute dimAttr = DimensionAttribute::find('ItemGroup');

DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage sourceDimStorage = DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage::find(_templateItemDefaultDimension);
DimensionAttributeValue attrValue = DimensionAttributeValue::find(sourceDimStorage.getValueByDimensionAttribute(dimAttr.RecId));

DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage targetDimStorage = DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage::find(_newItemDefaultDimension);
targetDimStorage.addItem(attrValue);
targetDimStorage.save(); // Returns the new default dimension ID
    Note that just calling save() doesn't update InventTable. You need to take its return value, assign it to InventTable.DefaultDimension and save the InventTable record.
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    Superbunny 259 on 27 Mar 2025 at 08:55:10
    How can I find the DimensionAttributeValue for a chosen inventTable record
    @Martin Drab:
     
    Thank you for your response Martin.
     
    I tried to get it working in the way you said, with the following code:
    DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage   valueSetStorage = new DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage();
DimensionAttributeValueSet dimAttrValueSetTemplateItem = DimensionAttributeValueSet::find(_templateItemDefaultDimension);
DimensionAttributeValueSetItem  dimAttrValueSetItemTemplateItem;

//Loop through the templateItem's dimensions
while select  DimensionAttributeValue from dimAttrValueSetItemTemplateItem
    where dimAttrValueSetItemTemplateItem.DimensionAttributeValueSet ==  dimAttrValueSetTemplateItem.RecId
{
    DimensionAttributeValue dimAttrValueTemplateItem = DimensionAttributeValue::find(dimAttrValueSetItemTemplateItem.DimensionAttributeValue);
    DimensionAttribute dimAttrTemplateItem = DimensionAttribute::find(dimAttrValueTemplateItem.DimensionAttribute);

    //Only the itemGroup dimension value should be copied to the new product
    if(dimAttrTemplateItem.Name == "ItemGroup")
    {  
        DimensionAttributeValueSet dimAttrValueSetNewItem = DimensionAttributeValueSet::find(_newItemDefaultDimension);
        DimensionAttributeValueSetItem  dimAttrValueSetItemNewItem;

        //Loop through the new item's dimensions
        while select DimensionAttributeValue from dimAttrValueSetItemNewItem
            where dimAttrValueSetItemNewItem.DimensionAttributeValueSet ==  dimAttrValueSetNewItem.RecId
        {
            DimensionAttributeValue dimAttrValueNewItem = DimensionAttributeValue::find(dimAttrValueSetItemNewItem.DimensionAttributeValue);
            DimensionAttribute dimAttrNewItem = DimensionAttribute::find(dimAttrValueNewItem.DimensionAttribute);
            
            if(dimAttrNewItem.Name == "ItemGroup")
            {
                //Copy template items dimension value to the new items dimension value
                dimAttrValueNewItem.DisplayValue = dimAttrValueTemplateItem.DisplayValue;
                valueSetStorage.addItem(dimAttrValueNewItem);
            }
        }
    }
}
     
    As you can see I loop through the original item (template Item) to find the itemGroup-dimensions value which I want to add to the itemGroup-dimension of my new item.
     
    I debugged this code and I can see the correct records are being found. 
    I can also see that the line 'dimAttrValueNewItem.DisplayValue = dimAttrValueTemplateItem.DisplayValue;'
    truly assigns the templateItems' dimensionvalue to the newItems dimensionvalue. 
     
    However, in the client I still see the old dimensionvalue showing up for the new item.
    So the valueSetStorage.AddItem method does not really seem to persist my data change. Should I call some other update method or what am I doing wrong here?
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    Martin Dráb 232,262 Most Valuable Professional on 26 Mar 2025 at 14:31:04
    How can I find the DimensionAttributeValue for a chosen inventTable record
    InventTable has DefaultDimension field, which stores a reference to the combination of all its dimensions.
     
    Rather then digging to details of the data model, you can use DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage class to work on a higher level of abstraction. 

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