Maintaining the "Display Material BOM" Initial Screen 

To display a material BOM, choose Material BOM ® Display from the Bills of Material menu. You see the Display Material BOM: Initial screen. On this screen, you maintain data that identifies the bill of material, as well as data concerning the validity period.

1. From the Bills of material menu, choose Bills of material ® Material BOM ® Display.

You see the Display Material BOM: Initial screen.

– If a parameter is defined in your user master record as a default value for the Usage field, the system enters this parameter or the last usage entered as a default value for display.

– In the standard R/3 System, the default valid-from date and valid-to date are today's date.

2. Enter the data that identifies the BOM on the initial screen:

– In the Material field, enter the material whose BOM you want to display.

– Enter the plant for which you want to display the BOM. If you want to display a group BOM, do not make an entry in the Plant field.

– If there is no value or an incorrect default value in the Usage field, enter the usage for which you want to display the BOM.

– You do not need to make an entry in the Alternative field for a simple material BOM.

3. Define the validity period.

To do this, you can use the following fields: Change number, Valid-from date, Valid-to date, Revision level.

See also:

Validity Period

4. In the Required quantity field, enter the quantity to which you want all the component quantities to refer. The component quantities are calculated to match the required quantity. Component quantities which are defined as fixed quantities stay the same.
5. Confirm your entries.