Combination Table/Combination Values

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Usage

Use this tab to define and maintain the values to be used in the configuration combination table. Each factor defined on the earlier tab represents one piece of data to be considered when evaluating the combination table values. By placing factors into a sequence, the headings for the combination table values are created for data entry on this tab. An example of a simple combination table with factors Characteristic Value COLOR and Characteristic Value HEIGHT is shown below.

Once the factors are defined, combination values can now be entered as shown below. Here values are defined for various combinations of COLOR and HEIGHT.  When combination tables are evaluated, the first row where the combination of values and operator conditions meet the conditions is considered a match, thus the Return Value specified is returned.  For example, if the configuration evaluated had a COLOR = RED and a HEIGHT = 10, in the example below the value 500 would be returned for use in the back office configuration rules.  This value could be used, for example, as a numeric value for configuration structure component's Qty per Assembly.

Sequence COLOR Operator COLOR HEIGHT Operator HEIGHT Return Value
1 = RED = 10 500
2 = RED = 20 600
3 = BLUE = 10 700
4 = BLUE = 20 800
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