Defining a Material as Configurable (SAP Library - Variant Configuration (LO-VC))

Defining a Material as Configurable

Use

If a material is configurable, you can:

Select one or more alternatives, even though they are represented by only one configurable material

Configure the BOM and routing of the material Maintain dependencies for BOM items and operations, so that they are only selected for certain variants

Maintain a Configuration Profile with a class assignment for the material, where you define central settings for the configurable object

Prerequisites

Before you can configure a material, the material master record must have the Material is configurable indicator selected in its Basic data.

You can create a material using a material type that has the configurable indicator defined in Customizing. This means that all materials created with this material type are configurable. In the standard system, material type KMAT is defined for this purpose.
You can define individual materials of other material types as configurable. To do this, set the Material is configurable indicator in the Basic data of the material master record.

Note

If you want to configure a material, you must create it with a material type that has the Classification view defined as allowed in Customizing. Otherwise, the assignment of a material to a class cannot be processed correctly.

For information on how to create a material master record for a configurable material, see the SAP Library LO Managing Material Master Data.