<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000381" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Procedure for linking reference designators in the EBOM</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>reference designator</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>engineering BOM</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>EBOM</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>In SSA ERP, reference designators are linked to material on the EBOM 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, a name or code that indicate the location where a component must be inserted on an item.</Paragraph>
				</Step>
				<Step><StepTitle>Link reference designators to an engineering item revision</StepTitle>
					<Paragraph>If desired, you can link reference designators to an engineering item revision in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm0120m000" role="session">Reference Designators by Engineering Item (tiedm0120m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
					<Paragraph>Linking reference designators to an engineering item revision manually is not mandatory, but can be useful when one or more reference designators are only applicable to a specific engineering item revision. If you do not manually link reference designators to an engineering item revision in this step, reference designators are linked automatically to the engineering item in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm0120m000" role="session">Reference Designators by Engineering Item (tiedm0120m000)</GUIRef> session after you carry out Step 3.</Paragraph>
				</Step>
				<Step><StepTitle>Link reference designators to material on an EBOM line</StepTitle>
					<Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm1110m000" role="session">Engineering BOM (tiedm1110m000)</GUIRef> session, you can link reference designators to a specific EBOM line. Therefore, select the EBOM line, and click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom1110m000#tibom0120m000" role="formcommand" Update="No">Reference Designators by (E)BOM</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu. The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm1110m000#tiedm2110m000" role="commandhelp">Reference Designators by Engineering Bom</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/edm/tiedm2110m000" role="session">Reference Designators by Engineering Bom (tiedm2110m000)</GUIRef> session, to link reference designators. You can zoom to the following sessions to select reference designators:</Paragraph>
					<List><ListItem>If you defined reference designators by engineering item revision (Step 2), you can zoom in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm0120m000#tiedm020.lcid" role="formfield">Reference Designator</GUIRef> field to the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm0120m000" role="session">Reference Designators by Engineering Item (tiedm0120m000)</Link> to select reference designators.</ListItem>
						<ListItem>If you did not define reference designators by engineering item revision, you can zoom in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm0120m000#tiedm020.lcid" role="formfield">Reference Designator</GUIRef> field 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 EBOM line. You must use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm2110m000#tiedm210.qana" role="formfield">Quantity</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm2110m000" role="session">Reference Designators by Engineering Bom (tiedm2110m000)</GUIRef> session to indicate the number of items on the EBOM line to which the reference designator applies.</Paragraph>
					<List><ListTitle>Example</ListTitle>
						<ListIntro>Suppose, the item quantity on an EBOM line is six:</ListIntro>
						<ListItem>If you enter <GUIRef href="" role="manual">1</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm2110m000#tiedm210.qana" role="formfield">Quantity</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm2110m000" role="session">Reference Designators by Engineering Bom (tiedm2110m000)</GUIRef> session, the reference designator applies to only one item of the quantity on the EBOM line.</ListItem>
						<ListItem>If you enter <GUIRef href="" role="manual">5</GUIRef>, the reference designator applies to five out of six items of the EBOM 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 EBOM line must be mounted on the same location.</ListItem>
						<ListItem>If the item quantity on a EBOM 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 EBOM line is related to two reference designators.</ListItem>
					</List>
				</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/000383" role="manual">Reference designators and MBCs</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
