ERP/2.50/Developers Guide/Database Model/org.openbravo.model.common.plm/M Product Category
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M_Product_Category
The Product Category defines unique groupings of products. Product categories can be used in building price lists.
- Name:ProductCategory
- Classname:ProductCategory
This table contains the following columns:
| Name | Nullable | Data Type | Description |
| M_Product_Category_ID | N | VARCHAR2(32) | A classification of items based on similar characteristics or attributes. |
| AD_Client_ID | N | VARCHAR2(32) | Client for this installation. |
| AD_Org_ID | N | VARCHAR2(32) | Organizational entity within client |
| IsActive | N | CHAR(1) | A flag indicating whether this record is available for use or de-activated. |
| Created | N | DATE | The date that this record is completed. |
| CreatedBy | N | VARCHAR2(32) | User who created this records |
| Updated | N | DATE | x not implemented |
| UpdatedBy | N | VARCHAR2(32) | User who updated this records |
| Value | N | NVARCHAR2(40) | A fast method for finding a particular record. |
| Name | N | NVARCHAR2(60) | A non-unique identifier for a record/document often used as a search tool. |
| Description | Y | NVARCHAR2(255) | A space to write additional related information. |
| IsDefault | N | CHAR(1) | A value that is shown whenever a record is created. |
| PlannedMargin | N | NUMBER | Project's planned margin as a percentage |
| A_Asset_Group_ID | Y | VARCHAR2(32) | A classification of assets based on similar characteristics. |
Other Info
Check constraints
These are the check constraints for this table:
- M_PRODUCT_CATEG_ISACTIVE_CHECK: ISACTIVE IN ('Y', 'N')
Indexes
These are the indexes for this table (for each index there is a list of all the columns included within it):
Unique
- M_PRODUCT_CATEGORY_KEY
- M_PRODUCT_CATEGORY_VALUE
Columns
Product Category
Identifies the category which this product belongs to. Product categories are used for pricing.
- Physical column name: M_Product_Category_ID
- Property Name: id
- Reference: ID
Client
- Physical column name: AD_Client_ID
- Property Name: client
- Reference: TableDir
- Default value: @AD_CLIENT_ID@
Foreign key column to AD_Client table, (column: AD_Client_ID)
Organization
- Physical column name: AD_Org_ID
- Property Name: organization
- Reference: TableDir
- Default value: @AD_Org_ID@
Foreign key column to AD_Org table, (column: AD_Org_ID)
Active
There are two methods of making records unavailable in the system: One is to delete the record, the other is to de-activate the record. A de-activated record is not available for selection, but available for reporting. There are two reasons for de-activating and not deleting records:
(1) The system requires the record for auditing purposes.
(2) The record is referenced by other records. E.g., you cannot delete a Business Partner, if there are existing invoices for it. By de-activating the Business Partner you prevent it from being used in future transactions.
- Physical column name: IsActive
- Property Name: active
- Reference: YesNo
- Default value: Y
Creation Date
The Created field indicates the date that this record was created.
- Physical column name: Created
- Property Name: creationDate
- Reference: DateTime
Created By
- Physical column name: CreatedBy
- Property Name: createdBy
- Reference: Search
Foreign key column to AD_User table, (column: AD_User_ID)
Updated
The Updated field indicates the date that this record was updated.
- Physical column name: Updated
- Property Name: updated
- Reference: DateTime
Updated By
- Physical column name: UpdatedBy
- Property Name: updatedBy
- Reference: Search
Foreign key column to AD_User table, (column: AD_User_ID)
Search Key
A search key allows for a fast method of finding a particular record. If you leave the search key empty, the system automatically creates a numeric number originating from a document sequence defined in the "Document Sequence" window. The sequence naming convention follows a rule "DocumentNo_TableName", where TableName is the actual name of the database table (e.g. C_Order).
Usually, company's internal identifiers for various records (products, customers, etc) are stored here.
- Physical column name: Value
- Property Name: searchKey
- Reference: String
Name
A more descriptive identifier (that does need to be unique) of a record/document that is used as a default search option along with the search key (that is unique and mostly shorter). It is up to 60 characters in length.
- Physical column name: Name
- Property Name: name
- Reference: String
- This column is part of the table's identifier
Description
A description is limited to 255 characters.
- Physical column name: Description
- Property Name: description
- Reference: String
Default
The Default Checkbox indicates if this record will be used as a default value.
- Physical column name: IsDefault
- Property Name: default
- Reference: YesNo
Planned Margin %
The Planned Margin Percentage indicates the anticipated margin percentage for this project or project line
- Physical column name: PlannedMargin
- Property Name: plannedMargin
- Reference: Number
Asset Category
- Physical column name: A_Asset_Group_ID
- Property Name: assetCategory
- Reference: TableDir
Foreign key column to A_Asset_Group table, (column: A_Asset_Group_ID)
Related tables
Tables that link this table:
- DataImportBudgetLine.Product Category
- DataImportProduct.Product Category
- ExpenseType.Product Category
- ExternalPOSCategory.Product Category
- FinancialMgmtBudgetLine.Product Category
- InvoiceCustomerProdQtr.Product Category
- InvoiceLineV2.Product Category
- InvoiceProdMonth.Product Category
- InvoiceProdWeek.Product Category
- MRPProductionRun.Product Category
- MRPPurchasingRun.Product Category
- PerpetualInv.Product Category
- PricingAdjustmentProductCategory.Product Category
- PricingPriceListSchemeLine.Product Category
- PricingVolumeDiscountProductCategory.Product Category
- Product.Product Category
- ProductCategoryAccounts.Product Category
- ProjectDetailsV.Product Category
- ProjectLine.Product Category
- ResourceType.Product Category
- SalesCommissionLine.Product Category
- TransactionV.Product Category