sburge

Is there a way to change the quantity of accessories while you are adding a new product to a project? Many times I need to add multiple models to a project, but need fewer of the accessories than the models themselves (e.g. rack kits, rigging frames). For these items, the accessory (attached to the product) is nothing more than a reminder to go back and add the accessory separately.

Steve

ekalpakoff

sburge,

Are you drag and dropping from the product explorer or clicking the add product button?

If you use the add product button, assuming the "prompt" box for the accessory is checked, It should allow you to change the quantity of the accessories, this is especially true for packages.

sburge

I’m using the add product button. I double checked, and still don’t see an option to change the quantities for the accessories. Just to clarify…I am talking about setting different quantities for the product and its accessories.

Example: Wireless microphone receivers have a rack kit as one of their accessories. They are ½ RU, so I only need one rack kit for two receivers. If I add two receivers to the project I will also get two rack kits, because I can’t select a quantity of one. So, I can either add 2 receivers/0 kits (and add the kit separately) - or - I can add 1 receiver/1 kit (and add 1 receiver/0 kits separately).

ekalpakoff

I see what you are talking about now and your right, once you have selected what you want for the first product, the following products and accessories follow suit. I guess it makes sense that D-Tools did this for the times you need to add 50 of a part, you would be adding accessories for days for each part. I agree there might be a more elegant way do do this in the future, you should write up a feature request.

fryeguy

Are we talking logic such as:

if (Item.qty % 2 == 1){

Item.accessory("Rack Kit) = ((Item.qty - 1) / 2) + 1;

} else
Item.accessory("Rack Kit") = Item.qty / 2;

The ability to incorporate logic scripting and associate this with items in the Data Matric is definitely an interesting concept. I like rule driven design.
It is impossible to remember every detail in these kind of scenarios like "if I add an odd number of mic receivers I need a rack kit for each pair plus one for the odd receiver".