Creating a Sub Product Line

You can create a Sub Product Line for the selected Product Line. This feature enables you to create a Brand Hierarchy and further categorize the Product Line into Sub-brand, Segment, Commercial Variant and Product.

With this hierarchical arrangement you can not only define the features specific to a level but also reuse the parent level features at its child level.

Before you begin: View the Product Hierarchy page. For more information, see Product Hierarchy of a Product Line.

  1. Select Product Line check box.

  2. In the tab toolbar, select Product Actions > Create Product Line.

    The Create Product Line page appears.

  3. Enter the following details about the Sub Product Line.

    Fields in red and italics are mandatory attributes.

    1. Select a Type from the list. By default, Sub-brand Type is selected. You can select Sub-brand, Commercial Variant and Segment from the list.

      Note: You can also select the Sub Product Line to create a Sub Product Line. The options available for the Sub Product Line creation depend on the selection and are listed as follows:

      Brand: Sub-brand, Segment, Commercial Variant

      Sub-brand: Sub-brand, Segment, Commercial Variant

      Commercial Variant: Commercial Variant, Segment

      For example, if you select Sub-brand Product Line, then you will have options for creating Sub Brand, Commercial Variant and Segment type Product Line.

    2. In the Name box, type the Name of the new Sub Product Line.

      You can also select Autoname check box to assign a name automatically to this Sub Product Line. The autonames are of the format PL-nnn, where nnn represents a sequential number.

    3. The Marketing Name attribute is automatically populated with the same value as the Name field.

      You can accept the default or specify a different name. This name appears during product configuration or when displaying all the Sub Product Lines for a specific company.

      Note: Type the Marketing Name, if the Autoname is selected for Name attribute.

    4. The Description is automatically populated with the same value as Marketing Name.

      If you change the Marketing Name, the system will change the Description as Marketing Name. This will happen only if you have not changed the Description manually.

    5. Click corresponding to the Company, to assign a Company or business unit to the new Sub Product Line.

      By default, the Company Name is set as your company.

    6. Click corresponding to the Responsible Organization, to assign an organization or project that has design responsibility for the Sub Product Line.
    7. Click Browse to select an Image for the Sub Product Line.

  4. Click Done.

The Sub Product Line gets created.