Item Relationships Training

Revised 08/30/2000

Application: Inventory

Process: Item Relationships Definition

Objectives: This document explains the setup of related items. Once you define items as related
or substitute, you can use this as a reference to look up related and substitute items.
Substitute item relationships must also be defined if you wish to allow receipts of
substitute items.
Prerequisites: Items must be defined and enabled in the Organizations before you can define item
relationships.

Defining Item Relationships

You can define relationships between items. This allows you to search for items through these
relationships.

Navigate to: Item > Item Relationship

In the Find Item Relationships window, click on the New button to define a new relationship. You can
also enter search criteria and click on the Find button to display existing item relationships.
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The Item Relationship screen will appear.

In the Item Relationships screen, enter the following:

From Item: Enter an item that represents the “From” part of the relationship.
From Description: Defaults to the item’s description.
To Item: Enter an item that represents the “To” part of the relationship.
To Description: Defaults to the item’s description.
Type: Select the type of relationship between the items:
Related-The items are related in a non-specific way. (This is the
default.)
Substitute-One item is a substitute for another.
Reciprocal: Indicate whether the relationship is Reciprocal. A substitute relationship
is reciprocal if you can use the “From” item as a substitute for the “To”
item, and vice versa.

Save your work.

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