You can use the configuration simulation to check your configuration model. In the configuration simulation, you can test whether you have created the objects correctly and whether your dependencies work.

The BOM for the configuration result is selected according to the BOM application in the configuration profile.

The configuration parameters in the configuration profile apply. However, you can define whether the configuration is simulated from the sales point of view or the engineering point of view:

• If you select Sales & distribution, you simulate the configuration in a sales document (sales order or quotation), so the BOM explosion depends on the settings in the configuration profile (see Configurable Materials in Sales Documents).
• If you select Engineering, you simulate the configuration in order BOM processing. The configuration and BOM explosion depend on the configuration parameters in the same way as when you maintain an order BOM. For example, you cannot configure the header material, because the configuration is copied from the sales order.

This is especially relevant to assemblies whose BOMs are exploded in MRP, not in Sales & distribution (for example, assemblies with the BOM explosion setting None in their configuration profile).

• To improve system performance when exploding a BOM on the result screen, you can restrict the level of detail.
• You can copy existing configurations from material variants, sales orders, or production orders.
• You can define whether the BOM or task list is exploded on the configuration result screen.

The Characteristic Value Assignment Screen

The Configuration Result