Hierarchies

A Hierarchy is a multi-level tree structure with Nodes and Links. In LS Nav Hierarchies there are four types of Nodes:

  1. Parent. Parent has Child node and possibly Siblings. Parent is not a Child.
  2. Sibling. Sibling and its Siblings have the same Parent node.
  3. Child. Child has a Parent node and possibly Siblings and one or more Child nodes.
  4. Leaf. Leaf has no Child node.

A Hierarchy can have two types of Links;

1) Item/Deal. For this type Items and Deals can be linked to Nodes in the Hierarchy.

2) Store/Warehouse Loc./Customer. For this type, Stores, Warehouse Locations and Customers can be linked to Nodes in the Hierarchy.

Example:

In this example MEAT and CLOTHING are Parents. MEAT, SOUP, and CLOTHING are Siblings. CHICKEN, SOUP, and BELTS are Leaves. 43010 is a Link of type Item/Deal representing Item 43010.

It is configurable on a Hierarchy level how Links can be linked to Nodes. It can be configured that a Link can only be placed once in a Hierarchy. It can also be configured that Links can only be linked to Leaf Nodes.

See Also

How to: Create a Hierarchy.

How to: Bulk Insert Items and Deals to Hierarchy Nodes

How to: Bulk Insert Stores, Warehouses, and Customers to a Hierarchy Node