Welcome to the video tutorial on EcoStruxure Power Build – Rapsody, Product selection.
Schneider Electric has been creating various ways to select products in EcoStruxure Power Build – Rapsody,
for our customers to have an easy approach of working.
In this demonstration, you will learn how to: Select a product from the Schneider Electric catalogue,
Look for products in Favourites,
Add products using Quick Reference,
Choose products from Personal catalogue,
and Copy and modify products.
Let’s proceed to learn about the various product selection methods.
In EcoStruxure Power Build – Rapsody,
you can choose devices for the switchboards by accessing the Product choice tab.
Here are the basic approaches for selecting products.
Search for a product by browsing or searching the catalogue.
Access your favourites list and use your own tailored catalogue.
Access Quick Reference and add products to Bill of Materials (BOM).
Personal catalogue is where you can describe products that you would not find in Schneider Electric catalogue.
You can also choose a productive way of product selection and management,
to duplicate and modify product characteristics.
Product selection using Schneider Electric catalogue.
The Product choice tab gives you direct access to the contents of Schneider Electric catalogue.
Note that these offers vary from country to country.
Search for a product by browsing in the offer.
The product details, such as product description and product image are available for few products as a
progressive enhancement to make your experience better.
Let us perform a product search.
Enter the product name, in Keyword Search field and click the Search icon.
A list of products appear in the Search Results window.
Next, select a product and choose the characteristics to complete the configuration.
Here are the products that have been added.
Product selection by accessing Favourites.
EcoStruxure Power Build- Rapsody offers a quick and the most preferred
choice of adding products to your favourites lists.
First, select a product from the Bill of Materials (BOM), and then click Add Selection to Favourites icon.
The Favourites category window appears.
You can add the selected product to an existing category or create a new category,
by selecting the Create Category option.
Define the category name.
Once the category is created, click Add to add the selected product to it.
Access the Favourites option to view the added product.
Here is the product, which we have added from the Bill of Materials (BOM).
In favourites, you can store the products and categories you frequently use.
Select the product and then click Open.
You can even modify the product characteristics.
The Favourites products list contains what the user will add, so that it is tailored to your needs.
Therefore, each time when you select a device,
you can fill in your favouritesaccording to your needs.
Note that for some versions and countries,
there are specific references, which are pre-downloaded in the favourites.
Adding products by accessing Quick Reference.
If you know the part number, then there is an easy way to add products to your Bill of Materials (BOM),
by using Quick Reference.
To do so, first select the Quick Reference option.
Enter the reference number of the product to be added
and click Add.
Here is the product added to the Bill of Materials (BOM).
Product selection by accessing Personal catalogue.
You can create your own catalogue and also save in it products,
not referenced in the catalogues delivered with the software.
Note that the catalogues are country dependent and country customized.
This catalogue is your personal catalogue.
It will not be a part of the catalogues available in the software.
Initially, the catalogue will be empty and as you start adding, it will get filled up.
You can create your personal catalogue by adding product category and its details.
You can add the products as per your needs.
Applying product selection and management approach.
Once the product is selected, you can modify its characteristics in the left panel.
To copy an existing product, select the product and choose the Copy icon.
The product is now copied.
Next, click the Paste icon.
Here you can see that the product has been added.
To modify the product characteristics, click the Modify icon.
This opens up a window, where you can do the required modifications.
You can modify the characteristics of products included in the product list,
except for products chosen in the personal catalogue and products displayed in red.
The products in red are generated automatically during the calculation.
You have now viewed the main product selection features.
EcoStruxure Power Build – Rapsody brings a tailored experience for all its users to choose
their own way of selecting products.
Here are the key takeaways from this video.
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