Configuration Data 

Definition

It may be necessary to enter configuration data for a piece of equipment. The piece of equipment may have the same configuration a piece of material that has already been configured, and that you are managing as a variant. It can, however, also be an individual configuration purely for this piece of equipment.

Configurable Material

A configurable material is a material whose material type allows configuration. It can also be described as a standard product.

The bill of material of the configurable material contains components that can be selected, in addition to the components that are contained in all variants.

The components can be selected by assigning and evaluating configuration parameters (characteristics of an assigned class) and through defined relationships (for example, for the selected items of a BOM). The valuation is checked for consistency and completeness at the time of configuration.

Configured Material

A configured material is one that is assigned to a standard product, in other words, to a configurable material. It can also be described as a variant. It represents a particular product variant, through the configuration valuation.

Structure

Maintaining Configuration Data

There are several options available for maintaining configuration data for a piece of equipment:

A You configure the piece of equipment in the same way as existing stock material.

To do this, refer to a configured material using a configurable material, also known as a variant.

For more information, see Configuring a Piece of Equipment as a Variant.

B You define an individual configuration for the piece of equipment.

There are two possibilities for doing this.

For information on how to proceed in this case, see Copying and Changing the Existing Configuration.

For information on how to proceed in this case, see Creating a New Configuration.

Configuring a Piece of Equipment Individually

If you want to enter an individual configuration for a piece of equipment, you must first choose one of the following procedures:

A Copy the configuration of a configured material and then make any individual changes.

If you choose this option, see Copying and Changing an Existing Configuration.

B Refer to a configurable material and create an individual configuration from its components.

If you choose this option, see Creating a New Configuration.