Ordering Information

The Ordering Information table feeds the final Ordering Information table on the I/O module product page. It is not just a text field in Airtable.

What The Product Page Shows

The final product page table uses columns similar to:

• Item ID
• Product Name
• Components

How The Airtable Fields Map

• The relevant Common Specs record can become a row in the Ordering Information table.
• The Common Specs item or order ID is used for Item ID.
• The Common Specs display or product name is used for Product Name.
• The Ordering Information text field becomes the rendered Components content after placeholders are resolved.

Important Airtable Fields

Field	What it means
Ordering Information	Main text used for the Components column. It can contain regular text and placeholders.
Cable	Compatible cable records linked to this Common Specs record. Used by {{cable-link-token}}.
Terminal Boards	Compatible terminal board records linked to this Common Specs record. Used by {{terminal-board-link-token}}.
Documentation	Documentation records linked to this Common Specs record. Used by {{documentation-link-token}}.

Automatic Link Placeholders

Recommended placeholder keys:

• {{cable-link-token}}
• {{terminal-board-link-token}}
• {{documentation-link-token}}

How they work:

• The editor writes the token in the Ordering Information text.
• The same Common Specs record must be linked to the correct Cable, Terminal Board, or Documentation record.
• The compatible entity record must have a Page Slug.
• The system renders the token as a link using the Display Text from Placeholder Definitions.

Example

1 x IO112 I/O module {{cable-link-token}} {{terminal-board-link-token}}
Driver block library for Simulink® Real-Time™
{{documentation-link-token}} and Simulink® example models
Installation into the real-time target machine

After rendering, this becomes the Components cell in the Ordering Information table.

note

If a cable or terminal board is not linked to the correct Common Specs record, the automatic link token cannot resolve correctly.

Common Mistakes

• missing Page Slug on Cable, Terminal Board, or Documentation
• compatible entity not linked to the correct Common Specs record
• using old or manual placeholders instead of link tokens
• manually pasting URLs into Ordering Information
• typo in placeholder key
• missing Ordering Information text