Key Figures for Variant Configuration 
Key Figures for Variant Configuration
In the standard system, the key figures for the variant configuration analysis sometimes have a different setup to those with the same names in the other standard analyses. The reason for this is due to a different view of the data. In variant configuration, the key figures for incoming orders, for instance, are to be viewed from the perspective of delivery.
Incoming Orders
In variant configuration, updating of the total order value takes place on the delivery date requested by the customer from the schedule line.
Due to the fact that values are only available at item level, and not at schedule line level, formulas are used to distribute the item values across the schedule lines.
The total order quantity is determined in two different ways and appears as two different key figures:
Open Orders
The quantity and value of the open orders are determined in two different ways and appear as two different key figures.
Updating takes place first on the confirmation date of the schedule line and second on the requested delivery date of the schedule line.
Delivery Quantity
Updating of the delivery quantity takes place on the date of goods issue and only when a goods issue has been posted.
Key figures that represent values and quantities are only available at material level. They are therefore expressed in terms of totals. The contents of these key figures correspond to the information that is also available in the sales and distribution documents.
Selection Frequencies
In the Copy Management method where characteristics and characteristic values from the configuration are added to the data, quantity/value correlation is not available. For this reason, it is not possible to supply quantity or value key figures with data at individual record level. The information on quantities can, however, be copied from the totals record to the individual record and can there be interpreted as a frequency. These frequencies are expressed in separate key figures and should only be displayed as individual information.