Creating Material Tracking Records

The Material Tracking form is used to create and maintain individual Material Tracking records. Use this form to view or update a material tracking record.

In the Material tracking form, you can:

• Add general material tracking information and view supply chain status for the material.
• Add detailed material tracking information for each custom attribute specified for the material type.
• Link material checklists to the material tracking record.

To create a material tracking record

1. On the View menu, click Field Administration > Material Tracking > Materials, and then select a view.
2. Click .

The Material Tracking form appears.

3. In the Creating dialog box, select a material type, and then click Create.

For more information about material types, see "Creating Material Type Records".

4. Enter the following information:
• Material ID: The identifier for the Material Tracking record.
• Material Type: The selected material type. This field is read-only
• Description*: The description of the material tracking record.
• Material Status: The status of the material. The items listed on this drop-down list are managed from the Prolog Converge Lookup Groups Maintenance record.

*This field is required.

5. To save the changes and keep the form open, click > Save.

—Or—

To save the changes and close the form, click > Save and Exit.