Tables in Selection Conditions (SAP Library - Variant Configuration (LO-VC))

Tables in Selection Conditions

Purpose

You can use tables in selection conditions to define the combinations of values for selecting specific BOM items.

You have the following options for using table calls in selection conditions for BOM items:

You can define a separate table with allowed value combinations for each BOM item. In the selection condition, you enter the table for the BOM item.
You can define one table for all the BOM items. If you do this, you must enter the BOM item referred to in each line of the table. To do this, define a separate characteristic to include in the table.

Note

Value assignment alternatives are not relevant to selection conditions, because selection conditions are not used to infer values.

Prerequisites

You have created an additional characteristic that identifies the BOM item. The characteristic need not be entered in the classes involved.

Process Flow

Configurable material BIKE has characteristics SADDLE_SUPPORT and SUPPORT_MATERIAL. These characteristics are required to select saddle supports S1001, S1002, S1003, and S1004.

To identify the BOM items in the table, you have created single-value characteristic COUNTER especially for the table.

Choose Tools ® Table structure ® Create.

Create table T_SEL_SADDLE_SUPPORT and assign your 3 characteristics to it.

Note

All characteristics are single-value, so you use the same characteristics in the table and in the class.

Choose Tools ® Table entries and enter the following combinations of values:

COUNTER	SADDLE_SUPPORT	SUPPORT_MATERIAL
10	Patent support	Steel
20	Standard support	Steel
30	Standard support	Aluminum
40	Special patent support	Aluminum

You create 4 selection conditions for the individual materials:

SEL_ITEM10

TABLE T_SEL_SADDLE_SUPPORT
(COUNTER = '10', SADDLE_SUPPORT = SADDLE_SUPPORT,
SUPPORT_MATERIAL = SUPPORT_MATERIAL)

SEL_ITEM20

TABLE T_SEL_SADDLE_SUPPORT
(COUNTER = '20', SADDLE_SUPPORT = SADDLE_SUPPORT,
SUPPORT_MATERIAL = SUPPORT_MATERIAL)

SEL_ITEM30

TABLE T_SEL_SADDLE_SUPPORT
(COUNTER = '30', SADDLE_SUPPORT = SADDLE_SUPPORT,
SUPPORT_MATERIAL = SUPPORT_MATERIAL)

SEL_ITEM40

TABLE T_SEL_SADDLE_SUPPORT
(COUNTER = '40', SADDLE_SUPPORT = SADDLE_SUPPORT,
SUPPORT_MATERIAL = SUPPORT_MATERIAL)

Assign the selection conditions to the individual BOM items.

Result

A BOM item is selected as soon as the values assigned to the characteristics in the table lines matches the values for a counter in the selection condition.