Summary
Customers often need to be able to create and assign unique values in the form of numbers and/or identifiable characteristics for a product's attributes in STEP, so these values can be used as identifiers when working in tandem with other systems. The newly created Value Generators will allow administrators, when granted the required privilege 'Maintain Value Generator,' the ability to generate and assign unique values to attributes. Depending on the specific Value Generator, administrators can:
- Create and assign unique IDs as values for an attribute
- Determine how values are structured
- Determine which attributes the values should be assigned to
- Configure how values are assigned to attributes
- Receive notifications when a configured threshold is exceeded
Details
List Value Generator
The List Value Generator allows users to import values from a specified list (e.g., a list of GTIN numbers) and assign those values to an attribute of a product. Additionally, if a user decides that they do not want to retain a value that has been assigned to an attribute, the value can be returned to the list for later use.
Sequence Value Generator
The Sequence Value Generator allows users to assign unique values (in the form of sequential numbers) to attributes. The Sequence Value Generator accomplishes this by incrementing the value by '1' each time a value is generated, thereby ensuring that only unique values are assigned to attributes.
Algorithm Value Generator
The Algorithm Value Generator uses business logic to generate a value based on product characteristics or product categorization (e.g., concatenating two or more attribute values to create a new value). Additionally, the Algorithm Value Generator can create unique values produced by List Value Generators and/or Number Sequence Value Generators.
To access value generators, the 'value-generator' add-on component must be installed on your system. Instructions for installing components can be found in the SPOT Program topic in the System Administration Guide found in Downloadable Documentation.
For more information regarding value generators, refer to the Value Generators documentation here.