Master Data Management

Variant Import Staging

Use this page to Import a Variant View for a Category.

To access this page:

  1. Select Master Data Management >Configuration > Category Import View Configuration in the Navigation pane.
  2. Click the Variant Import Required Columns icon.

Field

Description

Import

Click to import the variant view.

NOTE: Import only adds or removes variants. Existing variants in the WebApp are not deleted.

Activate

Click to enable the ACTIVE check box for selected variants.

NOTE: Enabling the ACTIVE check box for a variant enables all of the associated column settings for the variant.

Deactivate

Click to disable the ACTIVE check box for selected variants.

NOTE: Disabling the ACTIVE check box for a variant disables all of the associated column settings for the variant.

ACTION

Displays the action that takes place when the variant is imported.

NOTE: The variant records in the view are compared to the variants in the WebApp. If the Action field is Change the variant exists in the WebApp for the scenario>role>task combination and it is updated with the values in the view when imported. If the Action field is New Task the variant is not in the WebApp.

CATEGORY ID

Displays the category into which the variant view is being imported.

SCENARIO ROLE TASK ID

Displays the scenario > role > task combination to which the variant view is applied.

NAME

Displays the variant name in the view.

CONDITIONAL COLUMN

Displays the column in which the variant logic looks for the value of the variant.

OPERATOR

Displays the logical operator for the variant condition. Default is “=”.

VALUE

Displays the value for which the variant logic looks.

ACTIVE

If enabled, the variant is imported. If disabled, the variant is not imported.

Columns

Click to open the Variant Column Import Staging page to view the column settings for the variant.