## Compare items and analyse their impact

The Impact Analysis option enables you to retrieve information on various items from SSA PDM, Baan IV and Baan ERP 5.0, in order to compare these item data. Items are entered for comparison by selecting or entering the item ID. You can choose to compare standard items or items that have been customized, and thereby belong to a PCS project.

To compare items

1. On any Items page, do one of the following:

- On the Tools menu, click Impact Analysis.
- Click on the toolbar.

The Impact Analysis window appears.

NOTE

You can use the Impact Analysis option with or without first selecting one or more items. Items that you select will appear in the Impact Analysis window.

2. In the Impact Analysis window, specify the following:

- Item
  Verify selected items, enter an item ID, or click the arrow to add one or more items form the Production Item Query.
  See also Using the Query options.
- Company
  Enter the company. If Impact Analysis is being used only to output PDM data, the company is irrelevant and can be ignored. The company may be different in order to compare ERP data between two companies.
- PCS Project
  Select the appropriate project from the list. This is used for customized projects. It is possible to compare a standard item to a customized item by entering the same data twice. On the second item, select the PCS Project.

3. Click (Start Analysis).

The Attributes page appears, listing the items' attributes in categories.

4. To view specific attributes, click the plus sign next to the appropriate category.
5. Select check boxes as required, then do one of the following:

- Click to view the results.
- Click to export the results to an Excel file.

If you clicked , the Results page appears.

6. To remove one or more items:

- Click Items in the navigation pane and select the appropriate items' check boxes on the items page.
- On the Actions menu, click Remove Item(s), or click .

7. To view specific attributes, click the plus sign next to the appropriate category.
8. To compare other attributes for the selected items, click Attributes in the navigation pane, change your selection of attributes as required, and then click again.

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