Hi
I have a product model similar to the ProductSamplemodel that ships with MDS. i.e. Product Category, Product Sub Category entities. Both of these entities have been created to automatically generate a code - as a code does not exist in the business only a description.
The product entity has both the category and sub category attributes as domain-based attributes which results in storing the code physically and also displaying the description.
From a bulk insert scenario where the business has a number of new products that they want to add (due to a new range) I was suggesting that they use the Excel AddIn. This would allow them to cut and paste the data into the product entity. However as the category and sub category are domain-based Attributes they will need to know the ID – they will only know the name.
From a MDS functionality point of view is it possible to get it to look up the code from the name?
My current understanding on how to achieve this would mean I would need to have both code and name attributes on the Product entity for Category and Sub. The name attributes would be free text and the code attribute would be populated from a business rule. Downside to this approach is that you lose out on the nice dropdown pick list and the user does not know what a valid entry is as they can no longer select one.
How is this usually implemented or handled in MDS?
Cheers
Kevin
I have a product model similar to the ProductSamplemodel that ships with MDS. i.e. Product Category, Product Sub Category entities. Both of these entities have been created to automatically generate a code - as a code does not exist in the business only a description.
The product entity has both the category and sub category attributes as domain-based attributes which results in storing the code physically and also displaying the description.
From a bulk insert scenario where the business has a number of new products that they want to add (due to a new range) I was suggesting that they use the Excel AddIn. This would allow them to cut and paste the data into the product entity. However as the category and sub category are domain-based Attributes they will need to know the ID – they will only know the name.
From a MDS functionality point of view is it possible to get it to look up the code from the name?
My current understanding on how to achieve this would mean I would need to have both code and name attributes on the Product entity for Category and Sub. The name attributes would be free text and the code attribute would be populated from a business rule. Downside to this approach is that you lose out on the nice dropdown pick list and the user does not know what a valid entry is as they can no longer select one.
How is this usually implemented or handled in MDS?
Cheers
Kevin