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Bob
Need a way of posting warranty information on a piece of equipment
I am trying to figure out the best way to handle posting warranty information on a piece of equipment. An example is I have a piece of equipment; call it a 525AT. That piece of equipment may have serveral different warranties Commercial, Consumer, Entry Commercial. I need those warranties to be displayed on each peice of equipment with maybe visualforce page on the equipment page. I've tried a couple differnt things with no luck. Currently this objects are not related.
If anyone could point me to a possible solution that would be helpful.
The object names:
Unit__c
Warranty__c
Equipment:
525AT
Warranty Info:
Commercial
part 1
labor 1
frame 1
Consumer:
parts 3
Labor 3
Frame 5
Entry Commercial:
Parts 2
Labor 1
Frame 1
If anyone could point me to a possible solution that would be helpful.
The object names:
Unit__c
Warranty__c
Equipment:
525AT
Warranty Info:
Commercial
part 1
labor 1
frame 1
Consumer:
parts 3
Labor 3
Frame 5
Entry Commercial:
Parts 2
Labor 1
Frame 1
1. Add a custom picklist field warranty__c on the equipment object and add three values - Commercial, Consumer, Entry Commercial
2. Also add three formula fields - Parts warranty, Labor warranty and Frame warranty to the equipment object.
3. Set the parts warranty formula field to return "1 year" if warranty__c picklist value is "Commercial", "3 year" if "Consumer" and "2 year" if Entry Commercial. Similarly set formula fields for labor warranty and frame warranty.
You could make it fancier by using custom settings for each of the warranty types and the corresponding parts/labor/frame warranties if you choose.
Hope this helps.
I must not have understood your initial problem description. I was thinking you will have a single field Warranty__c as a picklist where you can choose the type of warranty for the equipment. Once you select the type of warranty for the equipment record, the parts, labor and frame warranty fields will be populated using the formula.
If you can explain the problem a little more, I can try to answer it.
The warranty object could have five fields: master-detail field to link the warranty object to the equipment, type picklist (commercial, consumer, entry commercial, etc.) and 3 picklist fields (labor/parts/frame) where user can select the number of years/months. You can then create as many warranties related to equipment object as you need. If you want, you could use record type for the warranty object instead of the type picklist.
I am thinking using triggers may be a unnecessary. However, I am not sure I understand the use case completely.