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<Session ID="/baanerp/ti/grt/tigrt0193m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Family Structure (tigrt0193m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic><AimSection><Paragraph>Use this session to find, define, or list the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000089" role="glossary">family structure</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><Paragraph>A family structure is defined by attaching family groups and families to a main family group. This structure can be used to generate family codes.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>The top level can look like this:</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>Example 1</Paragraph>
			<TABLE border="1"><TBODY><TR><TD>Family group</TD>
						<TD>MAIN</TD>
						<TD>Main family group</TD>
					</TR>
					<TR><TD>Family</TD>
						<TD>Family code element</TD>
						<TD>Next lower family group</TD>
					</TR>
					<TR><TD>Raw Materials</TD>
						<TD colspan="2">ra</TD>
					</TR>
					<TR><TD>Parts</TD>
						<TD>pa</TD>
						<TD>PAR Parts</TD>
					</TR>
					<TR><TD>Chairs</TD>
						<TD>ch</TD>
						<TD>CHA Chairs</TD>
					</TR>
				</TBODY>
			</TABLE>
			<Paragraph>In Example 1, the main family group consists of three families. The Parts and Chairs families are in fact family groups, because next to the code element the families also have the codes PAR and CHA associated with them. This means that the families are themselves composed of family groups and/or families.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>The family group CHA (Chairs), one level down, can look like this:</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>Example 2</Paragraph>
			<TABLE border="1"><TBODY><TR><TD>Family group</TD>
						<TD>CHA</TD>
						<TD>Chairs</TD>
					</TR>
					<TR><TD>Family</TD>
						<TD>Family code element</TD>
						<TD>Next lower family group</TD>
					</TR>
					<TR><TD>Office Chairs</TD>
						<TD>raof</TD>
						<TD>OFF Office Chairs</TD>
					</TR>
					<TR><TD>Armchairs</TD>
						<TD colspan="2">ar</TD>
					</TR>
				</TBODY>
			</TABLE>
			<Paragraph>The family group CHA (Chairs) consists of the family group OFF (Office Chairs) and the family Armchairs. The family group OFF consists of yet other families or family groups at lower levels (not shown here).</Paragraph>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>You can define family groups in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/grt/tigrt0198m000" role="session">Family Groups (tigrt0198m000)</GUIRef> session. The main family group must be defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/grt/tigrt0199m000" role="session">Structure Levels (tigrt0199m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
			<Paragraph>You can generate actual families in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/grt/tigrt0103m000" role="session">Families (tigrt0103m000)</GUIRef> session on the basis of the code elements of the various underlying levels. Of all families from Examples 1 and 2, SSA ERP only generates family codes for Raw materials and Armchairs. The other families are actually family groups that are subdivided at a lower level.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000123" role="manual">Setting up a classification structure in GRT</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000122" role="manual">Classifying items in GRT</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="tigrt093.tabk"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Family Group</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">family</Link> group code.</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>Family groups must already have been defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/grt/tigrt0198m000" role="session">Family Groups (tigrt0198m000)</GUIRef> session. The main family group must be defined in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/grt/tigrt0199m000" role="session">Structure Levels (tigrt0199m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tigrt098.desc"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Family Group</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The description or name of the code.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tigrt093.prop"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Family</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The name for the family or subfamily.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tigrt093.code"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Family Cd Element</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The code element that is included in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">family</Link> code to be generated.</FuncDesc>
			<DefaultValue><SectionTitle>Default value</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>The default value depends on the length for that level, which is defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/grt/tigrt0199m000#tigrt099.lpar" role="formfield">1</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/grt/tigrt0199m000" role="session">Structure Levels (tigrt0199m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</DefaultValue>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>The length of the family-code element depends on the level of the family in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000089" role="glossary">family structure</Link>.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tigrt093.ntab"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Next Lower Family Group</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The next lower <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">family</Link> group in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000089" role="glossary">family</Link> structure.</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>Family groups must be defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/grt/tigrt0198m000" role="session">Family Groups (tigrt0198m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
</Session>
