Use
You use this procedure if you want to create a sub-item, irrespective of whether you work with or without group maintenance.
Note, however, that the subitem that you create for a specific item with group maintenance is created in all BOM alternatives or variants to which this item is assigned.
Group maintenance is activated in Customizing the Engineering Workbench under Editing working areas. Other information for checking whether you work with or without group maintenance can be found under
Prerequisites
You have already created the item for which you want to create a subitem.
Procedure
If a subitem already exists for the item the symbol you choose is: .
You goto the EWB: Subitems overview screen.
The system provides input lines beneath the objects that are displayed in the overview. The system proposes default values in certain columns.
The system creates the subitem in the worklist and locks the superior item for other users. You can see this by the lock indicator when you go back to the EWB: Items overview screen.
In the line for the locked item, the symbol changes its color to , to show that at least one subitem exists for the relevant item.
Result
The system creates a subitem in the database.