Definition

A mini-template that brings together differentiation key-independent mini-templates with their appropriate differentiation keys.

Use

You can create data only for differentiation key-independent mini-templates, but not for differentiation key-dependent mini-templates. However, it is not possible to assign a differentiation key-independent mini-template to the relevant product set type in which you want its data to appear. Only differentiation key-dependent mini-templates can be assigned (via product categories) to set types.

In cases where more than one mini-template exists for a product set type, differentiation keys determine which mini-template’s data is read at runtime. The information about which mini-template corresponds to which differentiation key is stored in a differentiation key-dependent mini-template. Therefore you need to assign differentiation key-independent mini-templates to a differentiation key-dependent mini-template, which in turn is assigned to a product set type. In this way, the correct data is read for a product, depending on the differentiation key you enter.

Example

For the set type 'Sales', you define two differentiation key-independent mini-templates with the relevant data:

You also create the differentiation key-dependent mini-template D1, which does not contain any data. Instead, it contains the information that the differentiation key for mini-template T1 is distribution chain 1000/10, and for mini-template T2 it is distribution chain 1000/20.

The mini-templates T1 and T2 are grouped together and assigned to the mini-template D1, which is then in turn assigned to the set type 'Sales'.

When you enter distribution chain 1000/10 for a product during product maintenance, the data from mini-template T1, which is linked to the differentiation key 1000/10 in mini-template D1, is then read into the attributes of the set type 'Sales'. The data in mini-template T2 is not read in this case, because T2 is linked to another differentiation key.