Standard Microsoft D365 product allows you to add additional product information without modifying the standard application.

Until now the lack of search functionality on categories and attributes has prevented this functionality to become fully unleashed. The Product Attribute Search functionality allows users to select the right products when needed.

Extend a product with unlimited number of attributes and search products by category and attributes across the system.

Easy to use. The add-on works out-of-the-box once installed with no additional parameter setup required. Hierarchy categories and attributes instantly available for searching on the form.
Quick search. The products are filtered on the form instantly, using the original form query.
Enhanced search capabilities. Attribute filters support multi-value lookup, wildcards, multiple filters with And\Or logic, cross-hierarchy and cross-category search, attribute translation.
Easy to find and analyze. The add-on is embedded on standard forms.
All in one filter. The add-on filters by all sort of attributes: Product attributes (inherited attributes, attributes group, inherited attributes group), Category attributes.
Easy to extend. The Product Attribute Search can be added to any standard or custom form via UI setup (for more details review the video below).

The Product Attribute Search implements:

Product attribute values form. User can review products, hierarchies, categories, attributes, attribute values on a grid. For example, User can filter out products with missed attribute value.
Product attribute analysis workspace. User can slice sales data (sales, profit, quantities) by hierarchies, categories, attributes.
The following standard forms can be filtered by product hierarchies, categories and attributes

Product information management:

Products
Products by category
Released products
Released products by category

Sales and marketing

Customers
Sales orders, Sales lines
Sales order confirmations, Picking list, Packing slip journal, Invoice journal
Sales quotations, Sales agreements, Sales return orders

Procurement and sourcing

Vendors
Purchase orders, Backorder purchase lines
Purchase order confirmations, Receipts list, Product receipt
Delayed receipts, Purchase requisitions, Requests for quotations, Purchase agreements

Inventory management

Inventory on-hand
Inventory transactions
Inventory journals (Movement, Inventory adjustment, Transfer, Bills of materials, Inventory ownership change journal, Item arrival, Production input, Counting, Tag counting)
Shipments, Picking list registration, Transfer orders, Output orders
Batches

Warehouse management

Physical on-hand inventory
Loads, Shipments, Works
Containers
Locations
License plates

Production control

Production orders

Master planning

Planned orders

When adding new lines user can quickly find products by category and attributes on the following forms:

Sales order, Sales quotation, Purchase order, Purchase requisitions
Modes of delivery, Trade agreement journals, Rebate agreements, Item requirements, Funds, Trade allowance agreements, Royalty agreements
Counting, Transfer orders
Retail and Commerce module: Buyer's push, Mass update worksheet, Product packages, Print product labels, Product kit, Assortments, Commerce product hierarchy, View product recommendations, All discounts

Use case examples:

Find all customers which buy Volvo XC60, XC90 Hybrid (where Brand, Model, Engine are product attributes)
Check on-hand for all XXXL Sleeveless T-shirts (where Size, Model are product attributes)
Find all Cotton, Casual, Open neck dresses available in the Company to propose a Customer while entering a sales order (where Fabric, Collection, Neck are product attributes)
Analyze sales of headphones for previous month with silicone ear cushions and earbuds headphone type (where Ear cushions and Headphone type are product attributes), etc.

The Product Attribute Search functionality requires no additional parameter setup to work. All functionality is built on existing standard setup options using product attributes. This ensures that even in existing applications using hierarchies and attribute the add-on will work out-of-the-box once installed with no additional parameter setup required.

Product attribute search

por DynamicsAxTraining