Subsets or Hierarchy lists?

CeciliaRen

I have 2 master data (size category and size) to design.

I think both Subsets and Hierarchy can meet the needs. But which one is better? 

Please tell if there are differences or impact in later use I haven't been aware of.

I'll greatly appreciate your help!

 

<data example>

We have size of S, M, L which belong to size category 1

and 22.5 cm, 23.0 cm, 23.5 cm which belong to size category 2.

 

IF use Subsets, there will be

list 1: size (with 2 subsets)

[name]     [category 1]     [category 2]

S              checked           not checked

M              checked           not checked

L              checked           not checked

22.5         not checked      checked

23.0         not checked      checked

23.5         not checked      checked

 

IF use Hierarchy, there will be

List 1:size category

[name]

category 1

category 2

 

List 2 :size   

[name]     [parent]

S              size category 1

M              size category 1

L              size category 1

22.5         size category 2

23.0         size category 2

23.5         size category 2

M

L

 

best wishes

ArunManickam

@CeciliaRen 

 

This is a great design question.

 

Subset	Hierarchy
You can create a module with subset elements only. For eg, you have a requirement which applies to only Category 1. This point should be a driver for you to choose between Subset or Not to subset.	Your module will contain all the size elements, Category 1 & Category 2
Subset will occupy its own list space	No redundancy in list space

 

Thanks

Arun