Finding Product Attributes

You can find specific information for each product in Plant Applications. You can find attributes for one or more products and choose the attributes that you want to include on your worksheet.

Make sure you have already imported products into your worksheet before you find the product attributes. For information about finding products, see Searching for Products.

This function is controlled by the site parameter, ProdCodeIsNum, which is set in Plant Applications Administrator. For more information on this site parameter, please see ProdCodeIsNum Site Parameter.

To find product attributes and ProdCodeIsNum is set to 0 (zero)

  1. From the Plant Applications menu, point to Attributes and then click Products.

  2. The Plant Applications Product Attributes dialog box opens.

  3. optional: Under Server, click the drop-down arrow to select a different server. If you need to add a new server or if you need to connect to the selected server, click the Browse  button.

  4. Under Product(s), click the Collapse Dialog  button.

  5. On your worksheet, select the Product ID or Product Code of the products for which you want to find attributes and click the Expand Dialog  button.

You can select products by Product ID or by Product Code. You can not use Product Descriptions.

  1. Under Attribute(s), select one or more of the available attributes.

  2. Under Output Cell, select the cell on your worksheet where you want to begin your output by doing one of the following:

  3. Click the Output Cell field and select the output cell on your worksheet.

  4. Click the Collapse Dialog  button and select the output cell on your worksheet.

  1. If you selected only one Product ID or Product Code, you can click either the Columns or Rows option. For more information, please see Output Orientation.

If you select more than one Product ID or Product Code, these options are not available.

  1. Click the OK button.

To search for product attributes and ProdCodeIsNum is set to 1

  1. From the Plant Applications menu, point to Attributes and then click Products.

  2. The Plant Applications Product Info dialog box opens.

  3. optional: Under Server, click the drop-down arrow to select a different server. If you need to add a new server or connect to the selected server, click the Browse  button.

  4. Do one of the following:

  5. To use your Product Codes, under Product Code(s), click the Collapse Dialog  button, select the Product Codes on your worksheet, and click the Expand Dialog  button.

  6. To use Product IDs, select the Force ID option. Then, under Product IDs, click the Collapse Dialog  button, select the Primary Event Numbers on your worksheet, and click the Expand Dialog  button.

You can select products by Product ID or by Product Code. You can not use Product Descriptions.

  1. Under Attribute(s), select one or more of the available attributes.

  2. Under Output Cell, select the cell on your worksheet where you want to begin your output by doing one of the following:

  3. Click the Output Cell field and select the output cell on your worksheet.

  4. Click the Collapse Dialog  button and select the output cell on your worksheet.

  1. If you selected only one Product ID or Product Code, you can click either the Columns or Rows option. For more information, please see Output Orientation.

If you select more than one Product ID or Product Code, these options are not available.

  1. Click the OK button.