If your organization has numerous part numbers and you measure the same few characteristics of each, duplicating a batch of standards can save you time. Then you can modify the few specifications that differentiate one part number from another.
You can use the Standard Utility in the GainSeeker Utility module to duplicate one or more standards and then easily change the duplicates to fit your needs. To get started, see Duplicating standards
The Duplicate Standards dialog is used to indicate changes you want to be applied to the duplicated standards.
For the Example using the "Replace" option below, additional standards will be created using the same characteristics as those for D-34KW, but for new part number D-34JZ.
For the Example using the "Append" option below, new standards will be created by adding a new characteristic to a list of existing standards.
The standards featuring D-34KW are selected on the Pick Part Number dialog:
For this example, Replace (the GainSeeker default option) is selected in the Action field on the Duplicate Standards dialog since we want to replace just the part number in the selected standards with a new part number for the purpose of creating new standards. The original part number D-34KW is retained.
After you click OK, GainSeeker displays the number of standards that were inserted or updated and the number of standards that were skipped.
The Append option adds text to the end of each listed standard (or part number). This can be used as an efficient method for creating new standards that are based on existing standards.