Configurable Material
Definition
Material that has several variants. These variants have characteristics (for example color) that can have different values( in this example red, green, blue etc.). Their bill of materials contain components that are only chosen for a particular variant.
Use
You can assign a configurable material to a standard network or a network. To uniquely specify the material, you have to assign characteristic values. The system passes this characteristic value assignment via the reservation for the material to MRP.
Characteristic Value Assignment
If you assign a configurable material to a network, the system requires you to assign characteristic values for the material, as soon as you create a
MRP relevant reservation or when you save the network (if the characteristic values cannot be copied from the network, as described below).You can assign and display characteristic values in the component overview by choosing Extras
® Configuration.Using the Network Characteristic Value Assignment
If you assign a configurable material to a configurable standard network or to a network that has been created using configuration, you can use the network characteristic value assignment for the material.
To do this, the variant class for which the characteristic values were assigned in the network must agree with the variant class of the material. In this case, you cannot assign the characteristic values for the network and the material separately.
See also:
For more information on configuration, see the Variant Configuration (LO-VC) component.