The Anchor Record 

When you open the Relationships pop-up window, the single selected record in the Records grid when you first open the window becomes the anchor record. This is the single record for which the Relationships pop-up window shows – and allows you to edit – related records even after you change the selected record in the Recordsgrid.

The anchor record is identified in the grid within the tab for each relationship with an anchor icon in the row header.

The anchor record is also identified in the title bar of the Relationships pop-up window, which indicates the name and value of the display field (for example, the SKU) of the anchor record.

Having a record remain anchored in the Relationships pop-up window allows you to navigate the records in the repository so that you can relate additional records to the anchor record for each product-level relationship. You do this by: (1) changing the selected records in the Records grid (if necessary by changing the search selections and the corresponding search results and even the current table itself); and then (2) adding the new related records.

The anchor record can also be used to navigate the related records themselves for each product-level relationship, from sibling to sibling, parent to child, and child to parent. For example, for an “assembly and components” relationship within the main table of products, you can use the anchor to navigate from an assembly parent record to its component child records. If a component is itself an assembly, you can then change the anchor to further navigate from the component record (which is now the parent) to its sub-component child records.

Finally, you can change the anchor record to an entirely unrelated record by double-clicking on a record in the Records grid outside the Relationships pop-up window to make it the new anchor record.

For more information about how to add new related records, see Adding Related Records. For more information about how to change the anchor record and also how to navigate the levels of a parent/child relationship, see Changing the Anchor Record.