You can define whether characteristic values are displayed on the value assignment screen.

• In the standard system, the settings defined in characteristics maintenance apply.
• You can define that no characteristic values are displayed on the value assignment screen, regardless of the settings in characteristics maintenance.
• You can define that values for all characteristics are displayed on the value assignment screen, regardless of the settings in characteristics maintenance.

You can hide and show characteristics on the interface.

• You can display required characteristics only or optional characteristics only.
• You can display characteristics with assigned values only, or characteristics without assigned values only.

• In the standard system, characteristics and values that are not allowed due to dependencies are hidden. To show these characteristics and values, select With excluded chars. You cannot assign values to these characteristics or select these values.

You can define these settings in the configuration profile and on the characteristic value assignment screen.

1. In the configuration profile, choose Settings, and on the characteristic value assignment screen choose View ® Settings.

You see a dialog box.

2. Choose the Display options or Scope tab.
3. If you do not use the default values, you can save user-specific settings.



If you do not define user-specific settings, or if you delete the user-specific settings, the settings in the configuration profile apply.

For Settings on the Characteristic Value Assignment Screen Only:

4. If the user-specific settings are different to the configuration profile settings and the current settings, you can display the settings next to each other by choosing Comparison.