Catalogs are created on the AS.10.04 Catalogs screen.
To create a catalog, enter the following information:
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Catalog Name - User given name for the catalog.
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Rev Date - This is the date of revision of the catalog. By default, the system date is filled in, but you can change it if required.
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Short Desc – Catalog short description.
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Description – Catalog long description.
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Extra Price - Select this check box when you are creating an extra price catalog. Do not select this check box if it is a normal catalog.
You cannot change the following information as this data is set by the software:
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Rev - Revision of the catalog. For a new catalog it is set to 0 (zero).
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Rev Status - Status of the catalog revision. The default value is OPEN.
You can use the Display Options on top of the screen to restrict the displayed catalogs. Select All to query all catalogs that are available. When you select Highest Rev, only the highest revision of each catalog will be displayed.
The following three buttons are available on this screen:
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Freeze Catalog Revision - Freezes the selected catalog. If you click the button, the Rev Status of this catalog changes to APPROVED. This button is available only for the catalogs with WORKING Rev Status. After freezing the catalog revision, the corresponding catalog data cannot be modified.
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New Revision - Creates a new revision of the selected catalog. Rev Status of the generated catalog revision will be OPEN. This button is available only for the catalogs with APPROVED Rev Status.
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Check Catalog Consistency - Checks a set of criteria (mentioned below) to decide whether a catalog is consistent. If a catalog is consistent, its Rev Status changes to WORKING. Otherwise, the Rev Status is set to INVALID. This button is not available for the Catalogs with APPROVED Rev Status.
The following criteria are checked to decide if a catalog is consistent:
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The selected catalog must have at least one catalog section associated to it on screen AS.10.04 Catalogs: Window 1.
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Every catalog section of the selected catalog should have at least one price name associated to it on screen AS.10.04 Catalogs: Window 2 tab Price Names.
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Every price name should have one numeric attribute declared for Price on screen AS.10.04 Catalogs: Window 5.
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Every catalog section of the selected catalog should be associated to a geometric table depending on the following conditions.
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If project default ZX_MANGEOM is set to Y (this is the default), the geometric becomes mandatory in creating catalog Items. Hence, it must be entered either in Catalog Layouts in Window 1 or in Item Geometrics in Window 2 on the Item Layouts tab.
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If project default ZX_MANGEOM is set to N, the geometric is not mandatory in creating catalog Items.
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The above check is not performed in case of extra price catalogs. Hence, in this project, the default check is performed only for normal catalogs.
If any of the above conditions fail, then it implies that the catalog is inconsistent. Otherwise, the catalog is consistent.