Set Up Batch Attributes and Quality Tracking for Chemical Batches in Dynamics 365 SCM

MB-335 By islever Editorial Last updated Sep 27, 2026

Implement advanced product information features

Short answer

CDE Set up batch attributes, assign the attributes to the appropriate test on the test group, and assign the attributes to the chemicals.

Question

You are the production supervisor at a chemical processing plant. You must track attributes for each batch of chemicals. Automated quality orders must be generated when a batch order for these chemicals is reported as finished. You need to ensure that the values of attributes are updated and tracked. What three actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Create attribute types.
Create a test instrument for each attribute.
Set up batch attributes. Correct Answer
Assign the attributes to the appropriate test on the test group. Correct Answer
Assign the attributes to the chemicals. Correct Answer

Key Takeaways

Batch attributes are configured (not created as free-form types), then wired to quality testing through the test group and assigned to the item so values are captured and tracked at report-as-finished.

To track batch attributes and auto-generate quality orders when a batch order is reported as finished, set up batch attributes, assign the attributes to the appropriate test on the test group, and assign the attributes to the chemicals.

Common mistake: Do not try to create attribute types (they are predefined) or create a test instrument for each attribute - instruments are not required for attribute tracking. The required actions are setting up the batch attributes, mapping them to the test group test, and assigning them to the item.

Expert Analysis

Why the Answer Is Correct

The plant must track attributes per batch of chemicals and have quality orders generated automatically when the batch order is reported as finished. In Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, you first set up batch attributes (Option C), which define the characteristics to capture. You then assign the attributes to the appropriate test on the test group (Option D) so that the quality order test records their values. Finally, you assign the attributes to the chemicals (the released product) (Option E) so the system tracks them on each batch. Together these steps enable automated quality-order generation and attribute tracking.

Why the Other Options Are Wrong

Option A (create attribute types) is incorrect because attribute types are predefined in the system; you do not create them. You configure attribute values and assignments instead.
Option B (create a test instrument for each attribute) is unnecessary; quality testing uses test groups and tests, not a dedicated instrument per attribute.

Community Comment Notes

Contributors noted that attribute types cannot be created (they are fixed) and that instruments are not needed; the consensus answer is C, D, E.

Official Reference

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/production-control/batch-attributes

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Community Votes

CDE

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100% of anonymous learners picked answer CDE. Votes are pick records left by other test-takers — they are not the verified answer.

Discussion 3 contributions

Compiled from public community threads and reader submissions, lightly edited for clarity. Handles and vote tallies are shown as recorded, and comments reflect the views of individual contributors.

From public community threads 3

CCexamn 👍 1

Looks like it should be C, D, E. Instruments are not needed. But attributes must be setup on the test in the testgroup.
d3908c8 👍 1

ok cannot create attribute types - its fixed
griffin1212 👍 1

Agree is C D E, instruments are not needed

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