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   <Header>
      <Title>Procedure for linking reference designators in the EBOM</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2098115">
         <Level1>reference designator</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2098118">
         <Level1>engineering BOM</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2098121">
         <Level1>EBOM</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>In LN,
		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="command" Update="No">Reference Designators by (E)BOM</GUIRef> in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu. The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm1110m000#tiedm2110m000" role="command">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="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="manual">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="manual">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="manual">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="manual">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>
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