Unique Name and Display Name

Each specification type must have a Unique Name. Note the unique name is mainly used to here on the spec types screen, for uniquely identifying the different spec types. Everywhere else (when creating a specification for a project, and on reports) the display name is used.

Code Prefix

The Code Prefix is used to generate a new unique code when creating a new specification for a project. The specification code is used to uniquely identify a specification within a project, and the prefix serves as an acronym for the type of spec. Note when creating or modifying a specification for a project, you can change the Code (including these prefix letters) to whatever you like, as long as it's unique within the project. The Code Prefix here is a way of providing a default Code that will be automatically populated (and the number automatically incremented for each new specification) when creating a new specification for a project.

Furnished / Installed By Default

Choose the Default Furnished/Installed by option that will be selected by default when creating a new specification of this type.

Attributes

You can customize the attributes for a specification, including adding or hiding attributes, changing the sort order, making them required, or changing the display name of the attribute. Select an attribute from the Master List on the right to add it to the current specification type. You cannot remove attributes from a specification types once the changes have been saved, but you can make them Hidden so they no longer show up when editing specification or when generating reports. This prevents the possible accidental loss of valuable information from your specifications, as you can always change the attribute from hidden back to visible.

Reorder the attributes using the up and down arrows .
This determines the order in which the attributes are displayed on certain reports (such as the Full Page Spec report) and when editing a specification.

Marking a specification as required ensures that when creating or modifying a specification of this type, there must be a value entered for this attribute before saving the specification.

Click the Manage Master List button on the right to create or modify attributes. Just as with specification types, attributes have a Unique Name that cannot be changed once it's saved and in use, and a Display Name which is shown on reports and when editing specifications for a project.

Attribute Types

Specification Links allow you to define the relationships between specification types. For example, if this were a Seating spec type, then you may define a link with the Name "Seat Fabric" and select "Fabric" from the list of available types. This would allow you to link fabric specifications to seating specifications.

See Linked Specifications for more information.

Select the designer approval options that you want to be available when creating a specification of this type. Check the box beside a selected designer approval to have that item checked off by default when creating a new specification of this type.

See Customization - Designer Approval for managing the list of available designer approval items.