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Characteristics: Value Hierarchy

Description

As of Release 3.0, you can set up a value hierarchy for characteristic values. As a result, you can structure the characteristic values and the search for a certain characteristic value is made easier. For example, different countries were entered as values for the characteristic 'Country of origin' of a certain product. You can structure these countries by organizing the countries according to geographical regions or continents. For example, you can group Asian countries together in the value group 'Asia'. If you want to choose a certain country in Asia as a value, you can search specifically using the value group 'Asia'.

• You create a value hierarchy via the function Edit -> Value hierarchy on the allowed values screen of the characteristic.

• You can enter subordinate values for a value via the function Edit -> Value hierarchy -> Subordinate values.

• You can also group values together to a value group, as follows:

• You can set up as many hierarchy levels as required for values.
  If you want to group subordinate values together further, select the values and choose the function Summarize values . On each hierarchy level, you can delete, include, move or copy characteristic values.

• Within one value hierarchy, each value can occur only once.

• A value hierarchy can only be set up for characteristics with format CHAR.

• For values with a value hierarchy, the indicator S is selected for subordinate values.

• Only the values on the lowest level of a value hierarchy can be used in object dependencies. A statement like country of origin = 'Asia' is, for example, not possible. I would have to be something like country of origin = 'Thailand'. You cannot create subordinate values for a value once it has been used in object dependencies.

In Releases 3.0A and 3.0B, you cannot yet choose the nodes of a value hierarchy.

As of Release 3.0B, value hierarchies are available for operative use.