Copying Multiple Products

PTC FlexPLM allows you to copy multiple products from one season to another season. You copy multiple products from the line sheet of the target season.

You can copy multiple products of a single product type; however, you cannot copy multiple products of multiple product types. You must select each product type separately.

From the side navigation bar, click My Seasons, then click the name of the season where you want to copy the products to. After you have selected a season, click Development > Line Sheet to view the line sheet. Then, from the main Actions menu, select Mass Copy / Link Products.

1. In the Mass Copy / Link Products: Select Season window, from the Season menu, select the season that you want to copy multiple products from.

2. Select a product type from the Product Type menu. Only those product types that exist on the season are available for selection.

The system displays all products in that season that are the product type you selected. Both the product’s name and type are displayed. Clicking the name of the product opens that product’s Details page in a new window.

3. Select the corresponding checkboxes for those products you want to copy. You can also select the All checkbox to select all products for copy.

4. When you have selected all of the products you want to copy, click Select. The Mass Copy / Link Products page appears.

5. Select a product type from the Copied Product Type menu, which includes the top-level product types for the season that you are copying the products to, as well as any lower-level product types.

For example, if the season allows the Product/Apparel type, then the Product/Apparel/Woman, Product/Apparel/Missy, and Product/Apparel/Petite types would also be available, because they are at a lower level. All copied products become the selected product type.

The Original Product Type field is an inactive field that displays the type of the original products. This is displayed for reference only.

As with individual products, the product type you select for copied products controls which relationship types are available from the Relationship Type list. Relationship types are defined by your administrator, and can define a specific set of product options for copy. For more information on relationship types and product options, see the Selecting and Clearing Product Options section in Product Options on the Copy / Link Product Page.

The system automatically enters a product name in the Copied Product Name field. The default name for copied products is the original product name preceded by “Copy of.” For example, if you were copying the product Pleated Pants, the system would automatically enter the product name as Copy of Pleated Pants in the Copied Product Name field.

Unlike copying individual products, copying multiple products only allows you to select generic product options, such as colorways, specifications, samples, and so on.

Selecting a product option copies all of that option for all products copied. For example, if you select colorways, the system copies all colorways for all copied products. You cannot select individual product options when copying multiple products.

Click the expand icon

to the left of the product option category to toggle between expanding and collapsing that product option category and showing or hiding its options that are available. You can also expand and collapse generic product options by clicking their names. You can also click Select All to select all product options, or Clear All to clear all product options.

If you selected a relationship type in the previous page, you can select certain product options. The ability to add or remove these predefined selections when copying multiple products is the same as when copying individual products. If you select a relationship type, the system allows you to do one of three edit options, depending on how the relationship type has been configured using property settings:

10. When you have selected all the product options you want to copy, click Save. The system returns you to the season that you copied the products to. This is the same season you selected originally.