The Part Master is your Supplyframe part repository. This repository provides the ability to upload and manage your Internal Part Numbers (IPNs) as a library of parts to reference within the platform. This data can then be configured to validate and populate your demand lists, depending on availability.
Validating from Part Master
You can use your Part Master in Demand Management to validate the data being uploaded into your demand lists through demand templates. When the data in your demand you're uploading does not match to the data in Part Master, then your demand will display an error.
Data validation is configured by an admin at the system level, or by any member for individual templates. Part Categories and their respective columns must be configured by admins in order to be used for Part Master validation.
System Validation
As an admin, in System Settings you can configure individual Template Columns to validate data against its comparative information in Part Master. Any validation configurations set for a column in the System Settings, will impact all of your templates containing that column.
This can configured by clicking on System Settings from your profile dropdown and going to the System Columns section. Here you can view all of your Template Columns. Within the system's Template Columns, you can edit a column's validation settings.
For the Template Column you want to be validated against Part Master, click on the pencil icon for the specific column in the far right.
Within the settings for a template column, you'll use the Validation tab. For the Data Source, choose the radio option of "Lookup Table", and then select "Part Master". Click on Save Column to finish.
Now, any templates with that column will automatically be validated against Part Master. When the data does not match between your demand and Part Master, it will display an error within your list.
Template-Specific Column Validation
You can configure validation for a column from within an individual template. This validation will be only for the column within this specific template, and will not impact any other templates containing the same column.
From within an individual template, click on the pencil icon for the specific column in the far right.
Within the Validation tab, for the Data Source use the radial option of "Lookup Table", and then select "Part Master". Click on Save Column to finish.
Now, when you upload a list and select this specific template, that column will automatically be validated against Part Master. When the data does not match between your list and Part Master, it will display an error within your list.
Populating from Part Master
Part Master data in Demand Management can be automatically populated* into your list by using demand templates. The data can be pulled from Part Master through a column’s Populating settings in specific templates. To use this function for a template’s column, click on the pencil icon to the far right for that column.
For the column's settings in your template, select within the Populating section the Data Source of Lookup Table. Choose "Part Master" as the lookup table.
Click on Save Column to finish your populating configuration within this template.
Then when selecting this template to validate a demand being uploaded, Demand Management will import this specified information from Part Master to populate that column within your demand.
Part Categories and their respective columns must be configured by admins in order to be used for Part Master populating. For more details, as an admin you can read this article about Part Categories.