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Creating a Service Product Hierarchy
You can create a service product hierarchy from the Actions menu of the Folder Contents toolbar.
Follow these steps to create a service product hierarchy:
1. Select a product and navigate to the Folders page.
2. In the Folder Contents toolbar click Actions > New > New Service Product Hierarchy.
3. The New Service Product Hierarchy window that opens lets you create a service product hierarchy object under the Set Attributes step.
In the first section, the following fields appear:
◦ Product— Displays the name of the product.
◦ Type— Lets you select the type of service product hierarchy object.
◦ CAGE code— Displays the organization ID to which the product belongs.
In the second section, the following fields appear under Attributes:
◦ Name— Lets you specify a name for the product hierarchy object that you are creating.
◦ Number— Displays an auto-generated number for the service product hierarchy object if autonumbering is configured in your system. Otherwise, you can enter a number that is unique to the product hierarchy.
◦ View— Displays the type of view for the product hierarchy object.
◦ Life Cycle Template— Displays an auto-generated life cycle template value for the service product hierarchy object if life cycle templates are configured in your system. Otherwise, you can enter a value for the life cycle template.
◦ Team Template— Displays an auto-generated team template value for the service product hierarchy object if team templates are configured in your system. Otherwise, you can enter a value for the team template.
◦ Location— Lets you select one of the following items for specifying folder location:
▪ Autoselect Folder— Allows the system to assign a folder location.
▪ Select Folder— Allows you to select the folder location of the product base from a drop-down list by clicking . The list contains the name of the folder and subfolders in which the new product base was launched.
◦ Authoring Language— Allows you to select an authoring language for a product hierarchy.
4. Click Finish to create the service product hierarchy object.
You can view the new service product hierarchy in the Folders page.