Comparing Multiple Material Suppliers
To compare multiple material suppliers, do the following:
1. Under Library, click Material.
2. On the Find: Material page, enter your material search criteria.
3. Select the Include Supplier checkbox.
4. Use the checkboxes to select the materials you want to compare. You must select at least two materials from the list of search results.
5. From the Actions menu, select Compare.
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If you selected the Include Color or Include Sample checkbox, the Compare action is not available.
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The material supplier comparison results table appears. The first column displays the attributes of the first material supplier. Following columns display the attributes for the other selected material suppliers. Differences from the material supplier in the first column are highlighted.
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Attributes that do not exist across types (or are not available for a type) are grayed out in the comparison table.
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To change the material supplier that appears in the first column, you can select one of the other selected material suppliers from the menu at the top of the column. The attributes for the newly selected material supplier display in the first column, and the prior material supplier shifts to the right.
If your administrator has enabled attributes with multiple components to display in the comparison tables in expanded form, you can view those attributes. These attributes are informative, not comparative. If they are collapsed, you can see them by expanding the view.
When you have completed your review of comparison results, you can close the results table by clicking the close window icon
in the upper right corner.
