Maintaining Action Relationships for a Material

An action is a test, inspection, certification, or other action performed to or for a construction material or item. Your agency can create as many action types as needed for the way you work.

The Action Relationships tab on the Material Summary component contains all of the action relationships associated with the reference material in two lists:

Inherited Action Relationships -- This list is located in the upper part of the tab and contains all the action relationships that the material inherited automatically through the action relationships recorded for its material category. You can view but not change or delete information in this list. Any changes or deletions for inherited action relationships must be performed at the material category level. See Maintaining Action Relationships for a Material Category.
Additional Action Relationships -- Located in the lower part of the component, this list contains additional action relationships that have been added specifically for this material. You can add new action relationships for the material through this list.

In both lists, each row contains an Actions button and current values for the Action Type, Act Relationship Stat Type, and Act Documentation Type fields.

To maintain an action relationship, expand the row to display all the available information. Different fields are displayed depending on the value selected for the Action Documentation Type. When a documentation type is not selected, each row includes the following fields:

Maintaining Inherited Action Relationships

To delete or change information in an inherited action relationship, go to the Action Relationships tab on the Material Category Summary for this material. See Maintaining Action Relationships for a Material Category for more information.

To view or maintain the specifications associated with an inherited action relationship, click the Action Relationships tab on the Material Summary, and select Open Reference Specifications in the Actions menu on the action relationship row. The system takes you to the Reference Specifications Overview. See Managing Reference Specifications for more information.

Maintaining Additional Action Relationships

To change information for a non-inherited action relationship, locate the appropriate row in the Additional Action Relationships section of the Action Relationships tab. Click in a field and add, change, or delete information as required.

To delete a non-inherited action relationship, select Delete from the Actions menu on the action relationship row. To reverse the delete action, click the Undo button.

To add a new action relationship for this material, click the New button. The system adds a new blank row. Enter information as needed. When you select a value in the Action Documentation Type field, the system hides fields that are not relevant for the selected documentation type.

When you are finished making changes, click the Save button. The system displays a message to confirm that your changes were saved in the database.

To view or maintain the specifications associated with an action relationship, select Open Reference Specifications in the Actions menu on the action relationship row. The system takes you to the Reference Specifications Overview. See Managing Reference Specifications for more information.

To add a new reference specification to an action relationship, select Create New Reference Specification in the Actions menu on the action relationship row. The system takes you to the Add Reference Specification Summary. See Adding a Reference Specification for more information.