Creating a Table Structure 

Prerequisites

First, create the characteristics you want to enter in the table in the characteristics maintenance functions.

The characteristics must be single-value, so that the table can be processed correctly in dependencies.

Procedure

  1. From the variant configuration menu, choose Tools ® Table structure ® Create.

You can also create a table structure by copying from an existing table structure.

a) To do this, enter the name of the table you want to create and choose Table ® Copy from.

b) You see a dialog box in which you enter the name of the table structure you want to copy. You can change the copied data in the new table.
  1. You see the initial screen. Enter a name for your table.

Confirm your entries.

  1. Maintain the basic data of the table.

If you want the possible value combinations to be multiplied out when you display the table entries, select Decision table (see Defining a Decision Table).

You can change this setting for your user when you maintain table entries.
  1. Choose Goto ® Characteristics overview to assign characteristics to the table.
  2. Define the first value assignment alternative.

Select the characteristics you want to use as key fields.
  1. To enter more value assignment alternatives, choose Goto ® Val. assignment alt. All value assignment alternatives except the first are only relevant to constraints. Actions and procedures always use the first alternative.
  2. Save the table structure.