Product Hierarchy

· A Product Hierarchy is a method of classifying the products of company in a logical structure.

· For Example, Consider the cars of 2 Brands and each brand has 3 different models. This case of car can be represented as follow.

· In the example below, Product Hierarchy is created based on the type of car model.

· Go to Menu Bar --> Forecast --> Masters --> Product Hierarchy to see Product Hierarchy Master.

· The Forecast Product Hierarchy screen represents the Master Data for creating the product hierarchy definition.

Product Hierarchy Id	Identifier for the hierarchy. Multiple hierarchies can be created.
Description	Description of the hierarchy. This will be displayed on all the screens.
Default Hierarchy	Whether this hierarchy should be shown as default in the forecast screen

· Only one row should be True for the Default Hierarchy. The user can create many hierarchies for view purposes and all products should be present in the Default Hierarchy while the user is generating the forecast.

Relation Between Product Hierarchy and Product Master

· The relation between Product Hierarchy and Product Master is like a Parent and Child.

LineID in Product Hierarchy

· The value of Line ID is important when the same product comes more than once in Product Hierarchy.