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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Integration Manufacturing and Document Management</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>ODM</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Document Management</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>paperclip</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>document</Level1>
			<Level2>link</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>In <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef>, you can link a document to an object using <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/doc" role="module">Document Management</GUIRef> ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm" role="package">Data Management</GUIRef> ). To the document, you can attach files of any format. For example, you can link a document to BOM lines, production items, or production order headers. The files attached to the document can provide important information such as instructions for shop floor operators about how to work with the object.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>To link documents</SectionTitle>
			<ProcedureList><ListIntro>To link a document to an object, take the following steps:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Save the file(s) in your work area. Your work area and its path is defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/doc/dmdoc5120m000" role="session">Areas (dmdoc5120m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Select the object to which you want to link a document. For example, if you want to link a document to a BOM line, select a BOM line in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom1110m000" role="session">Bill of Material (tibom1110m000)</GUIRef> session. If you want to link a document to a production item, select an item in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/ipd/tiipd0101m000" role="session">Items - Production (tiipd0101m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Click the paperclip in the toolbar.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/domains/com.headrev#elfile" role="enum">Easy File Linking</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/doc/dmdoc4540m002" role="session">Easy File Linking (dmdoc4540m002)</GUIRef> session to link the document to the object.</ListItem>
			</ProcedureList>
			<Paragraph>If you linked a document to an object, you can view, edit, print, or e-mail the files linked to the document. Carry out the following steps:</Paragraph>
			<ProcedureList><ListItem>Select the object, for example, the BOM line, (production) item, or production order.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Click the paperclip in the toolbar.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/domains/com.headrev#launch" role="enum">Launch Main File(s)</GUIRef> to open the file.</ListItem>
			</ProcedureList>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>To inherite document links</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>If you link a document to an object, you can view, edit, and print the files attached to the document throughout the object's lifecylce. For example, if you link a document to a production item, you can still access the document when the item is used in a bill of material because the BOM has inherited the production item's document.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys1113m000" role="session">Related Objects (dmsys1113m000)</GUIRef> session is registered when a document is inherited from an object. Those related objects are provided in a demo company when you install SSA ERP. For <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef>, the following related objects are defined:</Paragraph>
		<TABLE border="1"><TBODY><TR><TH>When a document is linked to:</TH>
					<TH>The document is inherited by:</TH>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD>General item data ('derived from' item)</TD>
					<TD>General item data</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD>General item data</TD>
					<TD>Item production data</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD>Item production data</TD>
					<TD>Production order header</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD>Item production data (child)</TD>
					<TD>Generic BOM lines</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD>Item production data (parent)</TD>
					<TD>Generic BOM lines</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD>General item data (child)</TD>
					<TD>BOM lines</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD>Item production data (parent)</TD>
					<TD>BOM lines</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD>General item data (child)</TD>
					<TD>Estimated material line</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD>Engineering item (parent)</TD>
					<TD>Engineering BOM line</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD>Engineering BOM</TD>
					<TD>Engineering item revision</TD>
				</TR>
			</TBODY>
		</TABLE>
		<Paragraph>Also in other SSA ERP packages, documents or document links are copied during an ERP business flow. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys1113m000" role="session">Related Objects (dmsys1113m000)</GUIRef> session a great number of related objects are listed. You can also define new related objects in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys1113m000" role="session">Related Objects (dmsys1113m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If you linked a document to an object, for example, to an item in the general data, and you want to view or edit the document when the item is used in a BOM, carry out the following steps:</Paragraph>
		<ProcedureList><ListItem>Select the object, in this case the BOM line where the item is used.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Click the paperclip in the toolbar.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/domains/com.headrev#revision" role="enum">Document Rev</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Select the document (revision) concerned, and go to the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu. You can now choose what to do with the document: <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/com/dmcom8110m000#edit" role="formcommand">Edit File</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/com/dmcom8110m000#view" role="formcommand">View File</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/com/dmcom8110m000#prin" role="formcommand">Print File</GUIRef>, or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/com/dmcom8110m000#email" role="formcommand">E-mail</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
		</ProcedureList>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/dm/onlinemanual/000020" role="manual">Documents</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/dm/onlinemanual/dmdoc" role="manual">Document Management (DOC)</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
