Data Used to Identify a BOM
This data is used, for example, to access a BOM. As this data uniquely identifies a BOM in the R/3 System, it is displayed on each header detail screen.
Number of the material for which you create, change, or display a BOM.
When you create a new BOM, the system also checks whether the material type is allowed for the BOM usage.
Key which identifies the plant in which the BOM is valid.
If you create the BOM without reference to a plant, you create a group BOM. Under certain conditions, you can allocate the BOM to several plants.
Identifies the change status of a material.
The revision level can be uniquely assigned to changes made using a change number.
Counter which is assigned internally by the system from within a defined number range. The combination of BOM category and this number is unique and identifies the BOM or BOM group.
Identifies a BOM within a BOM group (variant BOM, multiple BOM).
For example, several alternatives represent different processing methods for one product, which may result from different lot-size ranges (technical type: multiple BOM).
Key which represents a specific area of the company (such as production or costing) in which the BOM is used.
The technical type distinguishes BOMs according to whether they represent product variants or production alternatives.
The system defines the BOM for a material as a:
There is also a special function for defining the technical type manually when you create the first alternative (technical type " ").
Collective name for all BOMs in a group of BOMs, which allows you to describe one product or several similar products. The value in the BOM group field uniquely identifies the BOM group. You can use the BOM group as an alternative way of accessing the BOM.
A BOM group comprises either all the alternatives of a multiple BOM or all the variants of a variant BOM.
When you create a BOM group, the system checks the special characters you use. Apart from the usual alphanumeric characters, you can use the following special characters: "
- ", " / ", " _ ". You cannot use blanks.