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   <Header>
      <Title>To maintain Action Groups (Relations)</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e250387">
         <Level1>Action groups</Level1>
         <Level2>maintain</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e250392">
         <Level1>Relations</Level1>
         <Level2>maintain</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>An action group consists of a parent action and one or more
		member actions. The action group is referenced by the name of the parent
		action.</Paragraph>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To set up an action group, take the following
		  steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>The LN super user can create a new action that will function as
		  the parent action.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Assign member actions to the action group, with the use of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/com/dmcom0131m000" role="session">Relations (dmcom0131m000)</GUIRef> session. An LN super user can assign these member
		  actions.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <Paragraph>The parent action is now created with the use of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/com/dmcom0530m000" role="session">Actions (dmcom0530m000)</GUIRef> session, which can otherwise be accessed directly, as
		explained previously, or from the following <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/com/dmcom0131m000" role="session">Relations (dmcom0131m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle> Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The actions in an action group do not have to be from the same
		  object type.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To view members of a parent action</SectionTitle>
      <Keyword type="section" order="d1e250428">
         <Level1>Parent action</Level1>
         <Level2>view members</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Paragraph>On the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Object Data Management</GUIRef> menu,
		double-click <GUIRef>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">ODM Configuration</GUIRef> &gt;   &gt; <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Authorizations</GUIRef> &gt;   &gt; <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Relations (dmcom0131m000)</GUIRef>
         </GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/com/dmcom0131m000" role="session">Relations (dmcom0131m000)</GUIRef> session starts, which
		includes a list of actions that are already members of the action group shown
		in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/com/dmcom0131m000#dmcom031.actn" role="manual">Action Group</GUIRef> field.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Alternatively, you can also choose the action for which you want
		to maintain members. To choose the action, on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu,
		click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Members by Action</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
         <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="392" width="572"
                   SRC="images/tr_screen_ad000330_1.png"
                   alt="[...]"/>
      </Figure>
      <Paragraph>For information on how to add an action to the displayed action
		group, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/dm/admin/ad000330#newactiongroup" role="manual">To create a new Action Group</Link> in the following section.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>To maintain a separate action group, click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Next Group</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Previous Group</GUIRef>, or click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Find</GUIRef>, to locate the required action group.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection ID="newactiongroup">
      <SectionTitle>To create a new Action Group</SectionTitle>
      <Keyword type="section" order="d1e250485">
         <Level1>Action groups</Level1>
         <Level2>create new</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To create a new action group, take the following
		  steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New Group</GUIRef> and use the browse arrow to
		  start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/com/dmcom0530m000" role="session">Actions (dmcom0530m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click the existing action that must be assigned as the parent
		  action for the group, or create a new action.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Add one or more member actions. For more information on how to
		  add an action, refer to the following section.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To add an action to a parent action</SectionTitle>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To add an action to a parent action, take the following
		  steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Make sure that the required parent action appears in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/com/dmcom0131m000#dmcom031.actn" role="manual">Action Group</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/com/dmcom0131m000" role="session">Relations (dmcom0131m000)</GUIRef> session, as shown in the following figure.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New</GUIRef> on the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">File</GUIRef> menu. A
		  new record appears. The <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New</GUIRef> button is available only to an LN super
		  user.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Use the browse arrow to open the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/com/dmcom0530m000" role="session">Actions (dmcom0530m000)</GUIRef> session, which initially displays all actions that are
			 defined for a specific object type.</Paragraph>
            <Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
               <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="257" width="539"
                         SRC="images/tr_screen_ad000330_2.png"
                         alt="[...]"/>
            </Figure>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>Select the action and click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">OK</GUIRef> to add an
		  action from the displayed object type. Conversely, to add an action that
		  belongs to a different object type, click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Find</GUIRef> to locate the
		  required object type, select the action, and click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">OK</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>