Specification Manager is shipped with one large commodity table (the PIP Standard commodity table). The table contains an extensive list of services and commodities you can apply to your specification. You can also create as many new and unique commodity tables as you require for your specification.
There are two steps to creating a commodity table. In the first step, you create and name the table. In the second step you add commodities to the table.
You can do the following:
§ add commodities to new or existing tables
§ remove commodities from the current specification
§ remove commodities from new or existing tables
Ø Important: You cannot alter the PIP Standard commodity table (add or delete commodities).
1. Do one of the following:
From the Wizards menu, select Create spec (when creating a new spec). The Create spec wizard page opens. Click Next to access the Service/Commodity page.
Double-click on a specification name in the Explorer pane (when editing an existing spec). The Spec properties dialog box opens. Click the Service/Commodity tab.
2. From the Commodity table drop-down list select the commodity table to which you want to add items. You can also create a new table (see Creating a Commodity Table).
3. Right-click in the commodity list area.
The right-click menu appears.
4. From the menu, select Add.
The Create commodity dialog box appears.
Ø Note: To create a commodity based on an existing one, right-click the commodity you want to copy, then select Create like from the menu.
5. Type a unique name and code for the new commodity, if required.
6. Select a category and type for the new commodity.
7. Click Apply to add the commodity to the table.
8. Click OK to close the Create commodity dialog box and return to the Service/Commodity tab or wizard page.
The new commodity description appears in the list.
9. Click the check boxes beside the commodities you want to include in the current specification.
Before you can remove a commodity from a table, you must first remove if from the specification as described below.
1. Double-click on a specification in the Explorer.
The Spec properties dialog box opens.
2. Click the Service/Commodity tab.
3. From the drop-down list of commodity tables select the commodity table from which you want to delete items.
4. Click the All commodities option.
This displays all commodities in the current table. Commodities with check marks are included in the current specification.
5. Do one of the following:
To remove a commodity from the specification, clear the check mark in the adjacent checkbox and then click Apply.
To remove a commodity from the table, clear the check mark (if present), then click Apply. Right-click the commodity and from the menu, select Remove.
6. Click OK to close the Spec properties dialog box.
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