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Configurable material BIKE has the following characteristic:
Characteristic |
Values |
COLOR |
MG (Mirror green) |
|
KR (Kansas red) | |
|
BG (Baltimore gray) | |
|
FL (French lavender) |
You need a special painting procedure for the color ‘French lavender’. This increases the setup time of operation ‘Paint bike’ from 30 minutes to 60 minutes.
Routing of BIKE
Operation |
Description |
Procedure |
0040 |
Paint bike |
Setup time + 30 mins for color ‘French lavender’ |
1. Create Procedure
Table PLPOD field VGW01
$SELF.SETUP_TIME = MDATA $SELF.SETUP_TIME + 30 IF COLOR = 'FL'
2. Create Procedure
For the color ‘French lavender’, create characteristic METALLICEFFECT:
Characteristic |
Values |
METALLICEFFECT |
Yes |
|
No |
If you want metallic paintwork, the setup time increases by another 30 minutes.
Routing of BIKE
Operation |
Description |
Procedure |
0040 |
Paint bike |
Setup time + 30 mins for color ‘French lavender’ Setup time + 30 mins for metallic effect |
$SELF.SETUP_TIME = $SELF.SETUP_TIME + 30 IF METALLICEFFECT = ‘Yes’

You do not use the keyword MDATA in this procedure, because you are accessing the changed value.
Result
To check the result in the configuration simulation:
You see the routing for material BIKE.
You see that the standard value has increased from 30 minutes to 60 minutes.
The standard value has increased to 90 minutes.
See also:
Reference Characteristics in Dependencies