Filter for Replacement Types 

 

 

Use

You can use this function to exclude replacement types from the substitution by defining a filter for the following criteria:

●     Replacement Type

●     Counter for replacement type

The system only takes account of the substitutions from the determined supersession chain whose replacement type and counter is not defined in the filter.

Prerequisites

●     You have defined a filter for replacement types and, if necessary, also for counters of replacement types in integrated rule maintenance.

You have entered the filter in the rule control in integrated rule maintenance.

●     You have made all the settings for substitutions from the interchangeability master data. For more information, see Substitutions from Master Data (with Condition Technique).

Example

The following settings are defined in the interchangeability master data:

Predecessor Product	Successor Product	Replacement Type
P1	P2	One-to-one substitution
P2	P3 and P4	Multilevel substitution

P1 is substituted by P2 and P2 is substituted by P3 and P4. When P1 is substituted by P2, this is the replacement type One-to-One Substitution. When P2 is substituted by P3 and P4, this is the replacement type Multilevel Substitution.

Filter defined for replacement type Multilevel Substitution

If you have defined a filter for the replacement type Multilevel substitution, the system determines the supersession chain P1 -> P2 (P1 is substituted by P2).

No filter defined

If you have not defined a filter, the system determines the following supersession chain:

P1 -> P2 -> P3 and P4

P1 can be substituted by P2 as well as by P3 and P4.