Use this subtask to assign values to the user-defined fields for each item within Costpoint Product Definition. The labels for these user-defined fields must have been established in the Item User-Defined Labels screen. You can also assign user-defined information to items in the User-Defined Info screen (located after the Maintain Project Item Cost screen on the Product Definition menu).
Set up this subtask when initializing part information, and after you have established the Item User-Defined Labels screen. Maintain this screen whenever you need to change or add data in the Values field.
The part identification chosen in the main screen and the related description are displayed here and cannot be changed.
This field displays the revision, if applicable, of the part selected in the main screen.
The data type created in the Item User-Defined Labels screen displays in this column. This field displays "D" (Date) to allow entry of only a date, "N" (Numeric) to allow entry of only a number, or "T" (Text) to allow entry of alphanumeric text for a selected line in the Values field.
The labels created in the Item User-Defined Labels screen are displayed in this column.
If a line's Data Type is "T" (text) and the Validated Text field is "Y" (Yes), enter, or use Lookup to select, a value that was created for the label in the Validated Text subtask in the Item User-Defined Labels screen. If a line's Data Type is "T" (text), the Validated Text field is "N" (No), and the Costpoint Validation Field is not populated, you can enter any alphanumeric text in the Values field. However, if the Costpoint Validation Field is populated with an existing data table name, enter, or use Lookup to select, a value in this field that corresponds to that particular data table. If a line's Data Type is "N" (Numeric), you can enter a numeric value in this field. If a line's Data Type is "D" (Date), you can enter a date in this field. If the Required field is "Y" (Yes) for any given line, you must populate the Values field in accordance with the selected line's Data Type.
If the line's Data Type is "T" (Text) and the Costpoint Validation Field was populated in the Item User-Defined Labels screen, this column will display the value from the Costpoint Validation Field, which is the Costpoint field that is the source for acceptable entries in the Values field for this row.
This column displays a "Y" (Yes) if special text items (i.e., if the Data Type field is "T") were created for this row in the Validated Text subtask of the Item User-Defined Labels screen. These items will be available in Lookup in the Values field. "N" (No) in this column indicates no special items were created for this row.
A "Y" (Yes) in this column means this field is required for each item. An "N" (No) means this field is not required for each item.