Solutions behave differently from other package types in SI when added to a project.
When you add more than one quantity of a solution to a project for the first time, the solutions will all be "linked."
Changes made to an instance of a linked solution will update all the same solutions in the project with the changes. This includes changes directly to solution fields (Name, Description, options, etc.) and any items in the solution.
Linked solutions will display the following message when open for editing.
Items in the linked solutions will display the following message informing you that changes made to the item will update for all the same items in the other linked Solutions, e.g., description, pricing, adding or removing accessories, etc.
Once a solution is in the project with other linked solutions, the best practice is to clone an existing solution to add more of them to the project.
You will get the following prompt if you attempt to add more quantities of the same solution to the project from your catalog.
If you choose to clone the items, exact copies of the linked solutions will be added to the project and linked to the existing solutions.
If you choose to Add From the Catalog, the solution(s) will be added to the project, but they will not be linked to the existing solutions in the project with the same name. Not only that, if adding more than one solution to the project, these instances of the solution will not be linked to each other, i.e., changes made to any of these instances of the solution will not update any other solutions in the project.
Once solutions are added to a project "unlinked" from other solutions, you can never manually link these solutions to other solutions.
The image below shows four linked solutions added to the "First Floor" location in a project and two unlinked solutions (with the same name, "Large Conference Room") added to the "Second Floor" location. Unlinked solutions display with a different icon than linked solutions.
You can manually unlink any solution from others by clicking the Unlink link on a single solution when it is open for editing.
You can also select multiple solutions in the project by right-clicking and selecting Unlink Solutions.
You will get a prompt like the one below when you choose to unlink a solution.