Searching for Structured Products (SAP Library

Searching for Structured Products

Use

You use this procedure to search for a product that is a structured product or forms part of a structured product. A structured product consists of a header product and any number of component products.

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A bicycle is a structured product. The frame, handle bars, and pedals are components of the structured product bicycle.

Procedure

On the navigation bar, choose Products ® Structured Products Search.

The Products/Structured Products Search tile set appears.

Choose the Structured Products Search tile and enter the necessary data:

Field name	Description	Req./Opt./Dep.	User action and values	Comment
Product Number	Unique number that identifies the product	Opt.	Enter the product number.
Search for Header Product	Indicates that the search is for header products	Opt.	Choose the checkbox to search for all products that are header products.
Search for Component Product	Indicates that the search is for component products	Opt.	Choose the checkbox to search for all products that are component products of a structured product.

Choose Search.

A list of records appears on the Structured Products List tile.

Note

Choose Clear to clear the criteria that you have entered in the Product Number field.
You can just choose the Search pushbutton without entering a product number. A list of all the records, based on the whether you have searched for a header product or a component product, appears on the Structured Products List tile.

Structured Products List tile

Field name	Description	Req./Opt./Dep.	User action and values	Comment
Header Product	Specifies the main product of the structured product	Opt.	This field is not editable.	The product is displayed as a hyperlink.
Component Product	Specifies the product that forms part of the header product	Opt.	This field is not editable.

View the Details of the Selected Structured Product

Select a product in the Header Product field, by selecting the hyperlink.

The Products/Component Products tile set appears.

Header Product tile

This tile displays the details of the header product.

Field name	Description	Req./Opt./Dep.	User action and values	Comment
Product No	Specifies the unique number that identifies the product	Opt.	This field is not editable.	The header product is displayed as a hyperlink. On choosing the hyperlink, the Products/Details tile set appears. This tile set displays the details of the selected header product.
Var	Indicates that the product is a variant product	Opt.	This field is not editable.	Variant refers to changes to the basic model of a product. These changes occur when components are left out or added. If you are producing several similar products that have a lot of common parts, then you can describe the product as a variant.
Alt	Indicates that the product is an alternative product	Opt.	This field is not editable.	A product that has one or more of its components in various quantities is known as an alternative product. Therefore, one product can be manufactured from alternative combinations of materials depending on the quantity to be produced.
Alternative Str. Prod.	Specifies the alternative structured product	Opt.	This field is not editable.
Date from	Indicates the date from which the structured product is valid	Opt.	This field is not editable.

Component Products tile

This tile displays a list of all the component products that form part of the structured product.

Field name	Description	Req./Opt./Dep.	User action and values	Comment
Item No.	Specifies the unique number that identifies the component product within the structured product	Opt.	This field is not editable.
Component	Specifies the unique number that identifies the product	Opt.	This field is not editable.	The component product is displayed as a hyperlink. On choosing the hyperlink, the Products/Details tile set appears. This tile set displays the details of the selected component product.
Quantity	Specifies the available quantity of the product	Opt.	This field is not editable.
Unit of Measurement	Specifies the base unit of measure for the product	Opt.	This field is not editable.
Item Category	Specifies the category of the product	Opt.	This field is not editable.

See also:

Displaying Structured Products