Function documentationStructured Products

 

Structured products consist of a header product and any number of component products. They are used to represent a group of products as a distinct unit in certain logistics processes.

Structured products can be created in SAP CRM on the Product page in the same manner as other products. In addition, structured articles (sets, displays, and prepacks) can be downloaded from Retail systems and represented in SAP CRM as structured products.

Features

Creating structured products involves creating a product in the normal manner and then assigning components to it. Technically you are creating a relationship (relationship type Component) between the header product and other products. You should not create configurable or financing products as they cannot be used as the header or component of a structured product. Note the following points:

  • All products required, that is the header product and its component products, should already have been created. The product you are working with serves as the header product.

  • You select the component products in the Components assignment block. You also specify the type of component you want to create, this being either a set, display, or prepack, and the product quantity. The unit of measure is derived from the base unit of measure specified for the product.

Note Note

If a product has already been uploaded to a Retail system, components can only be assigned if the material category allows this. If this is the case, the appropriate relationship type is defaulted by the system.

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Constraints

A number of restrictions apply when working with structured products:

  • Component lists cannot be created in SAP CRM for header products downloaded from an ERP system. This restriction was implemented for data consistency reasons and is handled as follows:

    • If the header product originated in the ERP system, the component list cannot be changed in SAP CRM, but merely displayed.

    • If the header product originated in SAP CRM, component lists can be created and changed in SAP CRM. Data can also be maintained in the ERP system, but the SAP CRM system is regarded as the master system and the changes ignored.

  • Bills of material (for example, sales BOMs) cannot be downloaded from a standard ERP system as they are generally plant-specific and therefore cannot be represented in SAP CRM due to the fact that structured products currently apply to the whole company.

  • Structured products are not supported in certain logistic processes in SAP CRM, such as the product catalog, where component information is not displayed.

  • Multilevel structured products are not allowed. If the header product is already the component of another structured product, no components can be assigned to it.