Merge into another part
For a duplicate: two rows that are the same real thing, usually because an import did not recognise an existing part. This part is retired; the part you name survives, keeping its id and number.
What moves to the survivor:
| From this part | What happens |
|---|---|
| Stock on hand | Moved by ledger rows: an adjustment out of this part and one into the survivor at each location, noted with the merge. This part's history stays on this part; the ledger is never rewritten |
| Purchase order lines | Repointed, open or not |
| Sourcing | Repointed, unless the survivor already has that supplier — then the survivor's row wins and this one is archived |
| BOM lines where this part is a component | Repointed, unless the parent already lists the survivor — then dropped rather than doubled |
| Work orders, demand, planned orders | Repointed |
| Listings | Repointed, unless the survivor is already on that channel |
| Images | Moved, as many as fit under the survivor's limit |
| Custom data | Copied to the survivor only if it had none |
Then this part is archived and marked superseded by the survivor, with a dated note on each part, and an audit row is written.
Refused when this part has a bill of materials or a routing of its own (merging two assemblies is a design decision, not a button), when the units of measure differ, or when the survivor is archived. Move or remove those first.
Not undoable. The confirmation box is there for a reason.