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Variant configuration KT Doc Prepared by Ganesh Sundaramoorthy Variant configuration is used when complex products are manufactured in many variants. All variants are defined as one variant product. The different objects involved in the settings are: Config profile links matl To class- has procedures and constraints Material Class BOM Reference Components (selection condition) Characteristics Standard Characteristic Values (Preconditions) Values can be passed on to the reference characteristics from a std SAP table. The configurable product has a super BOM, containing all the components that can be used in the product, and a super task list, containing all the operations that can be used to manufacture the product. By assigning the variant product to a class, you assign characteristics to the configurable product. You use these characteristics to describe an individual variant. Object dependencies ensure that the correct components are selected from the super BOM and the correct operations are selected from the super task list. The mutual interdependencies between objects is established through the object dependencies. Object dependencies can be defined between characteristics and characteristic values. They can also be defined to ensure that the correct BOM items and operations are selected when an object is configured. They can be described in a dependency editor using a special syntax. The Dependencies can be of many types. Action (subsequent to selection of values) Procedure (used for internal calculation which can be used in constraints) Preconditions (before values are presented to the user) Selection conditions (linked to the BOM components) Constraints (to give exceptions) Material Master setup to be done for variant configuration In MM01 txn, Basic View – Client specific configuration subscreen, the “Material is Configurable” checkbox should be checked. This is a one time setting