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Adding Generic
Option Categories at
Variant Level
6. Introduction
Generic option categories can be set up so that vehicle options can be put into 8option groups9 to help to search
for vehicles with a specific option or options. To set up the Generic Option Categories refer to process 03.002.01
– Creating Generic Option Categories.
Alloy wheels are a good example of how this generic option grouping works. There are many types of alloy
wheels available on most cars. A customer requirement can be that the vehicle they are looking for has to have
alloy wheels. To search through each stock record looking to see if each vehicle has alloy wheels can be time
consuming. To overcome this problem each alloy wheel option (and there are usually many available) can be
linked to a Generic Option Category called (say) ALLOYS. To find all the vehicles with alloy wheels a generic
options search can be done using the criteria of ALLOYS and all the stock records with the matching criteria will
be identified.
The vehicle records identified by the search can be looked at in more detail to find which alloy wheels have been
fitted and the vehicle can be checked to see if it fits any further requirements of the customer.
The search using generic option categories can be done for more than one category thus if alloy wheels and
metallic paint are required, provided generic categories exist for both of these options, they can both be used in
the search.
This type of search does not identify the exact type of alloy wheels (in this example) but it can identify all the
vehicles with a type of alloy wheel fitted.
Generic options can be attached to the vehicle stock records in two ways:
•
The variant record can be updated to show the generic categories – as shown in this process.
•
The options record (factory and dealer options) can be attached to the generic categories - refer to
process 03.005.02 - Adding an Option.
Adding Generic option Categories at Variant Level
03.002.02 L1 – gpl 01/09/08
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