Hierarchy questions

Question

I have 2 questions related to hierarchy :
1. How do I assign a record say individual product record to an hirarchy e.g.
All Product ->Electrical Products->Fan->4 blade fan , 230 V AC
                                                ->Motors-> 3 phase induction motor , 415 V AC
                 ->Mechanical Products->Compressor-> 1000 cc air compressor
2. Also how can i assign attribute to specific node of an hierarchy say Fan in this case .
Guess above can be achieved using taxonomy  but how to do it in the hierarchy
Can some one provide the steps , thanks

Answer 1

Hi Amit,
Replying to ur first query:
This u can do in the hierarchy mode of the data manager.
Note:Although you can view, add, edit and delete the records of a hierarchy table in <u>Record mode</u>, you should usually edit a hierarchy table in <u>Hierarchy mode</u> so that you can view and edit the hierarchical relationships in addition to the other fields of each record.
MDM supports inner node assignments indirectly , while preserving the rule that a hierarchy lookup field be assigned only to a leaf node in the hierarchy – using an internal leaf node .
You can then make inner node assignments to the parent by assigning records to the internal leaf – which acts as a proxy for the parent for assignment purposes – just as you would assign records to any other leaf node .
When you use the Create Internal Leaf command to create an internal
leaf for a parent node, MDM creates a duplicate of the parent node as
its first child
Steps:
To create an internal leaf node for a hierarchy tree item:
1. In the hierarchy tree, select the parent node for which you want to
create an internal leaf.
2. Right-click on the node and choose Create Internal Leaf from the
context menu, or choose Tree > Create Internal Leaf from the main
menu.
3. MDM adds an internal leaf node named “[parent]” as the first child of
the selected node.
NOTE &#9658;&#9658; The name of the internal leaf node is the name of the
parent node in square brackets ([]).
NOTE &#9658;&#9658; You cannot edit the node name nor any of the fields of the
internal leaf, which are auto-populated with the values of the parent
when the internal leaf record is first created. This means that if the
name of the parent changes, the internal leaf will continue to display
the old parent name in square brackets.
NOTE &#9658;&#9658; A normal leaf node cannot be converted into an internal
leaf node nor can an internal leaf node be converted into a normal leaf
node. Instead, you must create a second node, reassign records from
the first node to the second node, and then delete the first node.
Create Internal Leaf Constraints
Operation Constraints
Add
Internal Leaf
&#56256;&#56451; Must be in Hierarchy or Taxonomy mode
&#56256;&#56451; Tree must have focus
&#56256;&#56451; Exactly one node must be selected
&#56256;&#56451; Root node cannot have internal leaf node child
&#56256;&#56451; Node cannot be an alias
&#56256;&#56451; Node cannot have an alias
&#56256;&#56451; Node cannot have a matching set
&#56256;&#56451; Node already has internal leaf
&#56256;&#56451; Node is an internal leaf
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