Related Objects

A related object is an object related to the main object in a functional flow and defined in ODM along with the main object.

A main object is an ERP entity that is defined in ODM. The main object can have relations with other objects in the ERP, according to the business flow.

The linked document revisions of all related objects and main objects can be displayed in the Objects Links (dmcom8110m000) session.

To view the documents of related objects along with the documents of main objects the attribute in the Common ODM Parameters (dmsys0100m000) session must be set to Yes. The attribute is ATT-000007, as illustrated in the following figure:
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If this parameter is set to Yes, the functionality of related objects is enabled. This implies that the document revisions linked to the related object also appear along with the document revisions of main objects if you select the paper clip icon from the main object session, which you can do as long as the related object is defined for the main object.

You must also perform one additional step before the set up is ready to implement this functionality: you must define related objects for the functionality to work.

You can perform this step in the Related Objects (dmsys1113m000) session, which you can start from the appropriate menu of the Objects session.

You can also start this session in the Menu Browser: Object Data Management menu, double-click ODM Configuration > Objects > Related Objects.

The following figure shows the Related Objects (dmsys1113m000) session:
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You must adhere to the following guidelines, with respect to related objects:

  • You can be add, modify, or delete the records, depending on the user authorizations and according to the requirements.
  • You must maintain authorizations to include or exclude related objects for a main object.
  • The object name for related object is RELATED_OBJECTS and the respective actions are RO_NEW, RO_MODIFY, and RO_DELETE to create, update, and delete the related objects respectively. This object and the object’ s actions are defined as system objects and system actions.
  • The Main Object and Related Object fields are the objects defined in the Objects sessions.
  • The Reference Field is the field in the table of the main object and must have a table level reference to the field of the Related Object table.
  • The Label Description is the valid description to be displayed when the respective document revisions are linked.

For example, consider the marked record shown in the previous figure. BOM is the main object and MAIN ITEM is the object’ s related object and tibom010.mitm is the field in the table of the BOM and has a table level reference to the respective field of the MAIN ITEM table. If these conditions are not met, the user cannot save the record.

The exception is if the main object and related object are the same. In this case, the table level reference is not checked.

  • In the Objects Links (dmcom8110m000) session, the Main Link check box is cleared for the related objects records. For the main object records, this check box is selected.