Knowledge Base

To configure a product, the Configuration Engine cannot access master data directly that is created and maintained in my SAP ERP. For this reason, the data (such as characteristics and object dependencies) must be grouped together in knowledge-base objects and made available in the form of runtime versions that can be replicated wherever the Configuration Engine is used.

Knowledge-Base Object

The knowledge-base object groups together all the master data that the Configuration Engine needs to configure a product:

  • Configurable materials

  • Classes

  • Characteristics and related values

  • Object dependencies

  • One configuration profile for each configurable material

  • BOMs and BOM components of configurable materials

  • Variant tables

  • Interface definitions and calls for user-defined variant functions – without their ABAP or Java source code (see also User-Defined Variant Functions )

    Caution Caution

    Task lists are not included in the knowledge-base object.

    End of the caution.

  • Interface designs

Structure

A knowledge-base object is characterized by:

  • Basic data, such as a name, description, and status

  • Language-dependent descriptions

  • An optional group membership, which makes it easier to search for knowledge-base objects

  • An optional maintenance authorization

  • One or more knowledge-base profiles (see Knowledge-Base Profile ).

See also:

Creating or Changing Knowledge-Base Objects

Creation of a Runtime Version

Regeneration of a Runtime Version