1. Click on "Data" in top menu
2. Click on "Data Maintenance" in second level menu
3. The "Item" data maintenance group is the default view

Please note that the process is reverse of how finished goods linking is managed. For finished goods it is new to old.

1. Select the old component you would like to link to a new component
2. Click on "Link" to open the linking pop-up. Please make certain your pop-up blocker is off.
3. Click on "Delete Links" to remove previously created links on more than one item at a time.

1. Search for the new component that will be linked to the old component or simply scroll through the list. You can link only one component at a time.
2. Once the item is identified, click on the plus icon to apply to the old component.
3. The items to be linked are applied to the view.
4. You may remove a selected item by clicking on the x icon.

1. For transition linking, SELECT OLD ITEM first to transition to the new item
2. Select Transition as the Linking Mode
3. Select the transition type:
   1. Soft (Stock Out): NOT APPLICABLE TO COMPONENTS
   2. Hard (Fixed Start): Regardless of the level of the inventory of the prior component at the time of the link, the transition will occur at the specified date.
   3. Temporary (Fixed Period): If a component is being used for a short period of time (i.e. holiday packaging), the transition to the new component will start and end at the specified dates. At the end date, the old component will be planned once again.
4. Select the Parent to apply the link. All the finished goods where the old component is part of will be visible. Select one or many finished goods where the transition will be applied in a location specific manner. The same parent and component linking combination can be executed with different dates by location.