Mass creating styles

  1. On the Style Overview panel, click Mass Create.
  2. Specify info cluster details:
    Template Item
    Select Yes or No.
    Note: A template item only serves as a basis for creating styles. It cannot be used and treated as an actual style.
    Number Prefix
    Specify a prefix.
    Style Name
    Specify a name.
    Description
    Specify a brief description.
    No. of Item

    Specify the number of items to be created.

    Optionally, you can specify a limit to the number of items that can be created.

    See Configuring mass create and mass update settings .

    Single Source
    Select Yes or No.
    Note: A source record supplies the data in an info cluster. A source record can pertain to an actual style, material, or trim in Infor Fashion PLM or to a style, material, or trim template.
  3. To specify info clusters that will be updated using information from the source record, select Yes or No in these fields:
    • Overview
      Setting the Overview info cluster with different source configurations gives various output information when you execute the Mass Create action:

      • Selecting the Overview info cluster only

        The Style number and Style Name of the source file you have selected will be displayed in the Copied From field of your mass created style record (Style No. - Style Name).

      • Selecting the Overview and other info clusters using a single source

        The Style number and Style Name of the source file you have selected will be displayed in the Copied From field of your mass created style record (Style No. - Style Name).

      • Not selecting the Overview and adding a single source to other info clusters

        The Copied From value of the mass created record will show Created in Mass Create.

      • Not selecting the Overview and adding multiple sources to other info clusters

        The Copied From value of the mass created record will show Copied from multiple style numbers.

      • Selecting the Overview cluster and other info clusters using multiple sources

        The Copied From value of the mass created record will show Copied from multiple style numbers.

    • Overview 2
    • Colorways
    • BOM
      Note: You can specify the specific item in a BOM version that should be added to the info cluster.
    • BOO
    • Sizes
      Note: You can specify the specific size range that should be added to the info cluster.
    • Measurements
      Note: Style measurements are dependent on sizes. To update measurements, you must select Yes in the Size field.
    • Patterns
    • Markers
    • Images
      Note: You can specify the image types that should be added to the info cluster.
    • Care & Content
    • Characteristics
    • Sourcing
    • Costing
    • Compliance
    • Follow up
  4. To identify the source record for each info cluster, drag and drop a style from the Style panel to the Source column.
  5. Optionally, for the BOM info cluster, click Select BOM Version to specify the specific item in a BOM version that should be added to the info cluster.
  6. Optionally, for the Images info cluster, click Select Image to select the image types that should be added to the info cluster.
    Note: Colorways is enabled only if these conditions are met:
    • Colorways info cluster is set to Yes
    • Colorways source contains colors
    • Colorways and Images sources are the same

      Style images are copied from the Style's Images tab.

  7. Optionally, set info clusters as favorites.

    Setting favorites enables you to save your custom settings and use them repeatedly.

    To save info cluster settings, click Set as Favorite.
  8. Click Execute to create the records.
  9. Select Run Now to execute the action immediately.
    You can also select Schedule for Later and specify a date.
  10. Click OK.
  11. To verify if the action is successful, select Action > Task Monitor from the main menu.
    See Monitoring Tasks in PAH Online Help.
  12. To view the logs of the created action, from the Task Monitor pane, click Show mass create/update log.
    The action type and action details are displayed in the Mass Create/Update Logs dialog box.
    • Action Type

      Name of the action type executed by the user.

    • Module

      Name of the module where the cluster of action type is included.

    • Info Cluster

      Name of the cluster or sub-module where the action type is included.

    • Source

      Source identification of the created action.

    • Destination

      Destination identification of the created action.

    • Result

      Result of the executed action.

    • Message

      Message displayed based on the result.

    • Initiated By

      Name of the user who executed the action.

    Note: In the event that mass create is unsuccessful, Mass Create/Update Logs shows the details of the executed action and the sources of the errors that you may have encountered.