Link items to an item category

An item is a material that is produced or consumed in MES. An item can belong to multiple categories.

It is recommended that you use a given category to only link items or to only link cause groups to characteristics.

Link items to a category

1. Select the category to which you want to assign the items.

2. In the bottom pane, go to the Items tab.

3. Do one of the following:

   • Right-click in the tab and on the context menu click Add Link.

   • On the ribbon, go to the Current View tab and in the Items group click Add Link.

   The Select Item dialog box appears.

   

4. Optionally enter filter criteria to filter the list of items from which you want to choose or leave the criteria blank to list all available items.

5. Click Apply filters.

   The items that match the filter criteria are listed.

   

6. Select the items to assign to the category and click OK.

   The selected items are added to the Items tab.

7. Save the changes.