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Background documentationConditions for Characteristics

 

Conditions for characteristics are used to make characteristics required, not allowed, read only, or hidden under certain circumstances.

Conditions for characteristics are listed in a conditions area (screen areas Condition and If) and an entry area (screen area Then), in which you indicate that, under certain defined conditions, a characteristic that is assigned to a class or product is Invisible, Required, Read Only, or Not Allowed.

Features

Invisible

A characteristic that you define as invisible is only visible in the configuration if the condition that was entered is not met.

Required

A characteristic that you define as required must have an assigned value in the configuration if the condition entered in the conditions area is met.

Read Only

A characteristic that you define as read only appears in the configuration only if the condition that was entered is met.

Not Allowed

A characteristic that you define as not allowed may only be considered in the configuration if the condition that was entered is not met.

You can make it easier to enter the syntax by using the Suggest button and then test the syntax that was entered by using the Check Syntax button.

Activities

  1. In screen area Dependencies, enter a new Condition for a product or class.

  2. Enter an ID, a Description, and an Explanation (optional) for the condition for the characteristic.

  3. Define a condition in the If field.

  4. Check the syntax.

  5. In screen area Then, you see the characteristics that you have assigned to the current class or the current product in a table.

  6. For each characteristic, set the following indicators according to your needs: Invisible, Required, Read Only, and Not Allowed.

  7. To use the dependency in the interactive configuration, set the status Released.

  8. Save your entries.

Configuration Test

To check the functions of the conditions for the characteristics, choose Simulation.

Note Note

In the configuration test, all released dependencies are taken into consideration.

End of the note.

If the condition for the characteristic from the dependency is fulfilled, the following applies:

  • Characteristics defined as required must have values assigned to them, otherwise the configuration is incomplete.

  • Characteristics defined as allowed or visible are only not allowed or hidden if the related condition is valued and false.

  • Characteristics defined as allowed or visible are only allowed or visible if the related condition is valued and true.