Profile Assignment 
Use
You can use this function to process assignments of markdown profiles to articles.
Prerequisites
In Customizing for Logistics – General, you have defined the color that the system uses to highlight selected variants.
For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Logistics - General under Season ® Markdown Profile Assignment ® Edit Markdown Profile Assignment.
Features
· The system displays the articles that you have selected for assignment of markdown profiles. Depending on the level you selected, the following are displayed:
¡ Single article
¡ Generic article
¡ Variants of generic articles
The system highlights in color generic articles from which you have selected one or more variants in the article selection and sets a variant indicator.
In article selection, you choose the variant 4711001 (trousers, black, size 48) for article 4711 (trousers).
If you choose to assign markdown profiles on generic/single article level, the system displays generic article 4711 for variant 4711001. However, the generic article is highlighted in color and the variant indicator is set.
If you perform assignment on generic article/color level or generic article/size level, the system displays all the existing colors or sizes for the generic article. The system sets the color and variant indicator for the item that corresponds to the characteristic black or the characteristic size 48 for variant 4711001.
If you perform assignment on generic article/color/size level, the system displays all the variants for generic article 4711. The system only highlights variant 4711001 in color and sets the variant indicator.
· The system displays which articles are blocked for processing. Reasons for blocking articles include:
¡ A price article is defined for the article on a higher level.
¡ Another user is processing the article.
¡ You have no authorization to process the article.
· You can use a Business Add-In (BAdI) to display additional data for the article in a customer-specific text field.
For more information about the BAdI, see the Implementation (IMG) for Logistics - General under Season ® Markdown Profile Assignment ® Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins.
· The system arranges the articles in ascending article number order. You can change this order, if necessary.
· You can process the assignment of markdown profiles for articles.
¡ You can create new assignments or change and delete existing ones.
¡ You can process articles individually or use mass processing.
Activities
When you confirm or save your entries, the system checks whether the attributes for the selected markdown profiles are compatible with the attributes from the master records for the articles. The system saves consistent assignments in the markdown profile assignment table. Instead of saving assignments it displays them in a log.
If you change attributes of a markdown profile or an article master record after you have assigned the markdown profile, the system does not generate any of the resultant inconsistencies.