Configuration rules (form)

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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Click Inventory management > Common > Bills of materials. Click Configuration rules

Use this form to define rules for selecting configurations that determine correlations between individual configuration groups and item numbers in a bill of materials (BOM).

The following tables provide descriptions for the controls in this form.

Tabs

Tab

Description

Overview tab

If you open this form from:

  • Bills of materials form

    The form will show all BOM lines attached to the BOM version. In this case, you specify the whole relation between different items with different configuration groups. The following example specifies how the items from the two configuration groups must go together:

    Configuration group

    Item number

    Method

    Derived group

    Derived item number

    Cartridges

    Blue cartridge

    Select

    Barrels

    Blue barrel

    Cartridges

    Red cartridge

    Select

    Barrels

    Red barrel

    Cartridges

    Black cartridge

    Select

    Barrels

    Black barrel

  • Lines form

    The form is opened from a specific line with a specific configuration group attached to it. In this case, you only specify the configuration selections that can be made relative to this line.

    For example, when you open the Configuration rules form from the BOM line for Blue cartridge, you specify only the configurations that are enabled with Blue cartridge. To create a rule that configures Blue cartridge with Blue barrel, you have to select the derived group Barrels and select Blue barrel.

General tab

View information about the selected configuration rule.

Fields

Field

Description

Configuration group

Find the rules that are activated for a specific item number and configuration group. The field is related to the content of the Item number field.

Item number

Find the rules that are activated for a specific item number and configuration group. The field is related to the contents of the Configuration group field.

Method

The following methods are available:

  • Deselect – The derived configuration group, item number, and configuration cannot be selected if the combination specified in the Configuration group and Item number fields is selected when you set the configuration.

  • Select – The derived configuration group, item number, and configuration will automatically be selected if the combination specified in the Configuration group and Item number fields is selected when you set the configuration.

Derived group

The configuration group to be selected or cleared, depending on the method selected in the Method field. The field content is related to the content of the Derived item number and Derived configuration fields.

Derived item number

The item number to be selected or cleared, depending on the method selected in the Method field. The field content is related to the content of the Derived group and Derived configuration fields.

Derived configuration

The configuration to be selected or cleared, depending on the method selected in the Method field. The field content is related to the content in the Derived group and Derived item number fields.

BOM

The number of the bill of materials that the rules pertain to.

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