Calculating formula parameters from items

Parameters define a formula’s characteristics. These parameters are calculated from the items that compose the formula.

An item can be an intermediate formula. In this case, the parameters of the intermediate formula are first calculated from the items of that formula. Then the intermediate formula’s parameter values are used to determine the parameter values of the container formula. This process is referred to as a rollup as the calculations move up the hierarchy.

• Rollup occurs from intermediate items’ formulas and sub-formulas.

• Parameters of components (constituents) of raw materials do not roll up by default.

  • Higher level formulas use the parameters entered at the raw material level.
  • The system administrator can create a PostSave script or workflow for the formula that contains the constituentrollup method for the ObjMethod function. Then, the parameter values from the constituent formula can be copied to the item and rolled up to the parent formula.

  See the Infor CloudSuite PLM for Process Scripting Administration Guide for more information about rolling up from parameters of constituent formulas.