You can define in this menu option whether changes can only be made with a history ( change master record) to BOMs of a particular BOM usage and BOM status.
If you do not make any settings, you can maintain BOMs either with or without a history.
Once a BOM has been changed with a history, you can only change it again with a history.
Exception:
There is a special authorization that lets you change BOMs without a history that have previously been changed with a history.
You want changes to active maintenance BOMs to be documented in the system. This means that you must activate the history requirement for BOM usage '4' and status '1' when you are working with the default settings.
If you want BOMs to be maintained with a history, the following conditions must be fulfilled:
Define the BOM usages and statuses for which BOM changes must occur with a history.