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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Procedure for linking reference designators in the BOM</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>reference designator</Level1>
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		<Keyword><Level1>BOM</Level1>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>In SSA ERP, reference designators are linked to material on the BOM lines. You must carry out the following steps:</Paragraph>
		<ProcedureSection><Steps><Step><StepTitle>Define reference designators</StepTitle>
					<Paragraph>Define reference designators in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0190m000" role="session">Reference Designators (tcmcs0190m000)</Link> session. The reference designators can have, for example, names or codes that indicate the locations where a component must be inserted on an item.</Paragraph>
				</Step>
				<Step><StepTitle>Link reference designators to an item.</StepTitle>
					<Paragraph>If desired, you can link reference designators to an item in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0120m000" role="session">Reference Designators by Item (tcibd0120m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
					<Paragraph>Linking reference designators to an item manually is not mandatory, but can be useful when one or more reference designators are only applicable to a specific item. If you do not manually link reference designators to an item in this step, reference designators are linked automatically to the item in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0120m000" role="session">Reference Designators by Item (tcibd0120m000)</GUIRef> session after you carry out Step 3.</Paragraph>
				</Step>
				<Step><StepTitle>Link reference designators to material on an BOM line</StepTitle>
					<Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom1110m000" role="session">Bill of Material (tibom1110m000)</GUIRef> session, you can link reference designators to a specific BOM line. Therefore, select the BOM line, and click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom1110m000#tibom0120m000" role="formcommand" Update="No">Reference Designators by BOM</GUIRef> on the menu. The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom0120m000" role="session">Reference Designators by BOM (tibom0120m000)</Link> session now starts.</Paragraph>
				</Step>
				<Step><StepTitle>Select reference designators</StepTitle>
					<Paragraph>You must click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/stcommands/stcommands#stp_add.set" role="standard command">New</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom0120m000" role="session">Reference Designators by BOM (tibom0120m000)</GUIRef> session, to link reference designators. You can zoom in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom0120m000#tibom020.lcid" role="formfield">Reference Designator</GUIRef> field to the following sessions to select reference designators:</Paragraph>
					<List><ListItem>If you defined reference designators by item (Step 2), you can zoom to the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0120m000" role="session">Reference Designators by Item (tcibd0120m000)</Link> session to select reference designators.</ListItem>
						<ListItem>If you did not define reference designators by item, you can zoom to the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0190m000" role="session">Reference Designators (tcmcs0190m000)</Link> session to select reference designators.</ListItem>
					</List>
					<Paragraph>A reference designator can apply to one or more items on the BOM line. You must use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom0120m000#tibom020.qana" role="formfield">Quantity</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom0120m000" role="session">Reference Designators by BOM (tibom0120m000)</GUIRef> session to indicate the number of items on the BOM line to which the reference designator applies.</Paragraph>
					<List><ListTitle>Example</ListTitle>
						<ListIntro>Suppose, the item quantity on an BOM line is six:</ListIntro>
						<ListItem>If you enter <GUIRef href="" role="manual">1</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom0120m000#tibom020.qana" role="formfield">Quantity</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom0120m000" role="session">Reference Designators by BOM (tibom0120m000)</GUIRef> session, the reference designator applies to only one item of the quantity on the BOM line.</ListItem>
						<ListItem>If you enter <GUIRef href="" role="manual">5</GUIRef>, the reference designator applies to five out of six items of the BOM line quantity.</ListItem>
						<ListItem>You can also enter a quantity of, for example, <GUIRef href="" role="manual">2</GUIRef> for one reference designator, and <GUIRef href="" role="manual">3</GUIRef> for another reference designator.</ListItem>
						<ListItem>You can enter a quantity of <GUIRef href="" role="manual">6</GUIRef> for a reference designator, which can mean that all items on the BOM line must be mounted on the same location.</ListItem>
						<ListItem>If the item quantity on a BOM line is six, you can even enter <GUIRef href="" role="manual">4</GUIRef> as the quantity for one reference designator, and <GUIRef href="" role="manual">3</GUIRef> as the quantity for another reference designator. This signifies that one of the items on the BOM line is related to two reference designators.</ListItem>
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				</Step>
			</Steps>
		</ProcedureSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000380" role="manual">Overview of reference designators</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000381" role="manual">Procedure for linking reference designators in the EBOM</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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