Mass updating styles

In Infor Fashion PLM, you can change and update information on multiple styles simultaneously to speed up process around changes.

Note: These info clusters are not included when mass-updating a style if the style has existing SKUs:
  • Colorways
  • Sizes
  • Measurements
  • Images
  • Costing
  • Compliance
  • Characteristics
  • Sourcing
  1. On the Style panel, right-click a record and select Mass Update.
  2. To specify the number of source records, select Yes or No from the Single Source list.
    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. Selecting No enables you to use multiple styles as source records.
  3. To update records simultaneously, drag and drop styles from the Style panel to the Item Basket in the Style - Mass Update pane.

    Optionally, you can specify a limit to the number of items that you can drag and drop in this field.

    See Configuring mass create and mass update settings .

  4. To customize your info cluster settings, specify the info clusters that will be updated by selecting Yes or No.
    • Overview
    • 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
    • Images
      Note: You can specify the image types that should be added to the info cluster.
    • Care & Content
    • Characteristics
    • Sourcing
    • Costing
    • Compliance
    • Follow up
  5. To identify the source record for each info cluster, drag and drop a style from the Style panel to the Source column.
    Note: To clean up the data on a specific info cluster, select Yes on the Select field and leave the Source field blank.
  6. Optionally, for the BOM info cluster, click the Select BOM Version button to specify the specific item in a BOM version that should be added to the info cluster.
  7. 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.

  8. Select Add to combine information from the source record with existing data in the style.

    You can also select Replace to substitute existing data in the style with information from the source record.

    Additional option of Replace Individually can be selected for Size and Measurement info clusters. You can select this option to update a specific size range of a destination style.

    Note: See Using the Replace Individually option in Size and Measurement info clusters.
  9. 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.
    Note: To clear all information on the Mass Update pane, click Clear.
  10. Click Execute to create the records.
  11. Select Run Now to execute the action immediately.
    You can also select Schedule for Later and specify a date.
  12. Click OK.
  13. To verify if the action is successful, select Action > Task Monitor from the main menu.
    See Monitoring Tasks in PAH Online Help.
  14. 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.