Special Features of Multi-Level Configurable Materials 

In sales order processing, it is possible to configure materials with more than one level, i.e. one component in a configuration is, in turn, a configurable material (please refer to the WinHelp document LO - Variant Configuration). These multi-level configurations are not taken into account in the methods described above.

In the sales order processes of SD, it is also possible to divide multi-level configurable materials up into additional order items. This results in new order items containing configurable materials that are subordinate in the configuration, in addition to the actual order item with the configurable material.

These new order items can now be updated in exactly the same way.

Updating of these additional order items containing the dependent materials takes place in the same way as for the normal items containing the basic material. Since the quantity correlation is taken into account when during sales order explosion, the system also writes a corresponding totals record here. The statistics then behave as if the dependent material has been included in the order independently of the basic material.

This leads to problems for those key figures that convey a value. Due to the fact that the values of the dependent materials are already included in the value of the basic material, the values are only correct on the drilldown level of the materials in this case.

For further information, please refer to Variant Configuration: Information Structures