Copying Materials, Material Suppliers, and Material Colors within a Materials Tracker Dashboard
Using the Copy Material action, you can copy materials (creating a new material) within the existing dashboard or to another dashboard. This action also allows you to copy into the material library. By copying materials within a dashboard, you can group materials to track the progress of material development. The dashboards must be at the same level or higher.
To copy materials, material suppliers, and material colors within a material tracker, do the following:
1. Access the Materials Tracker Dashboard page.
2. In the row of the object you want to copy, select > > .
3. Complete the information on the Copy Material page.
◦ Required fields are indicated by an asterisk.
◦ To copy all material suppliers in the materials tracker, select the Copy Suppliers checkbox.
◦ To copy all material colors in the materials tracker, select the Copy Colors and Copy Suppliers checkboxes.
4. Click Save. The system copies the selected items. The system creates the Material to Collection, Material Supplier to Collection, and Material Color to Collection links as needed.