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   <Header>
      <Title>To define a cluster</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2431890">
         <Level1>Define cluster</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>You can define a cluster, and the cluster's structure, manually,
	  or you can generate the clusters from the following:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItem>Service BOMs</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Purchase orders</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Sales orders</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Project work breakdown structure</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Element structures</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>You can define a cluster as a location for a group of serialized
	  items. The key data include the location details and service center details of
	  a cluster. The other details serve only as defaults for the lower-level
	  serialized items.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Clusters can be created in the following ways:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Manually, in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Clusters (tsbsc1100m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Automatically generated by LN</ListItem>
      </List>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>To create a cluster manually</SectionTitle>
      </GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Use the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Clusters (tsbsc1100m000)</GUIRef> session to
	  create a cluster.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Note the following points:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>Ownership</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>You must indicate who owns the cluster. If the cluster belongs
		to a business partner, select the business partner in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Sold-to BP</GUIRef> field. If your company owns the cluster, leave the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Sold-to BP</GUIRef> field empty and in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Department</GUIRef> field, select
		the department that owns the cluster. For example, this can be the work center
		that uses the production machine.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>LN derives the sold-to business partner or the department that owns the cluster
		from the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Sold-to Business Partners (tccom4510m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>If the <GUIRef href="" role="manual" Update="No">Use Service Area</GUIRef> check box
		is selected in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">General Service Parameters (tsmdm0100m000)</GUIRef> session, you must enter the service area.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To create a cluster line</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>For a list of serialized items that belong to cluster , you must
	  define a cluster line.</Paragraph>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To create cluster lines for the cluster, take the following
		steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>On the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu of the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Clusters (tsbsc1100m000)</GUIRef> session, click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Lines</GUIRef>. The <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Cluster - Lines</GUIRef> session starts.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Cluster - Lines</GUIRef> session, click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New</GUIRef>. The <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Cluster - Lines</GUIRef> session
		starts.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Enter the cluster line details.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>Cluster layout example.</RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>Clusters</RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>