Editing Global Object Dependencies (SAP Library

Editing Global Object Dependencies

Use

You use this procedure in the master recipe to maintain global dependencies, that is, dependencies that are independent of a recipe and can be assigned to several recipe objects. You can carry out the following functions according to your requirements:

Assigning dependencies to recipe objects
Creating and changing dependencies when assigning them

Note, however, that changes affect all instances where the dependency is used.

Deleting assignments

Via the variant configuration menu, you can also create and change global dependencies independent of the recipe (see Global Object Dependencies).

Dependencies that you only want to assign to one object should be created as local dependencies directly for the corresponding object (see Maintaining Local Object Dependencies).

Prerequisites

A class of class type 300, Variants has been created in the system and contains characteristics for the product features and recipe fields to be taken into account in the configuration.

If some characteristics or characteristic values may only be combined with certain others, these restrictions should be defined in the characteristics as object dependencies.

The material you want to produce, that is, the header material of the master recipe, has been marked as a configurable material in its master record (Basic Data view).

Procedure

Depending on the object for which you want to maintain the dependency, go to one of the following screens:

Object	Screen
Operation or phase	Operation overview of the recipe
BOM item	Item overview of the bill of material
Secondary resource	Secondary resource overview for operation/phase

Select the object and choose Goto ® Object dependencies ® Assignments or, in the BOM, choose Extras ® Object dependencies ® Assignments.

The overview of assigned dependencies appears.

Carry out the required function:

Function	Procedure
Assign an existing dependency	If no lines are available, choose New entries. Enter the dependency name in the Dep. field.
Create and assign a new dependency	Choose Edit ® New dependency ® Global. The initial screen for dependency maintenance appears. Continue as described in Creating Global Dependencies.
Change assigned dependencies	Place the cursor on the dependency and choose Goto ® Dependency editor. Continue as described in Changing Global Dependencies.
Deleting assignments	Place the cursor on the dependency and choose Edit ® Delete.

If only one dependency is assigned to a recipe object, you can also go directly to the dependency editor after step 1. To do so, choose Goto ® Dependencies ® Editor or, in the BOM, Extras ® Dependencies ® Editor.

Depending on the initial situation, you can carry out the following activities:

Initial situation	Activity
No dependency has been assigned to the recipe object	You create a local dependency for the object.
Only one dependency has been assigned to the object	You change the assigned dependency.