Dependencies
Purpose
Dependencies let you do the following:
Describe the interdependencies between characteristics and characteristic values
Control which components are selected from a bill of material (BOM) and which operations are selected from a task list
Change the values of fields in BOM items and operations during configuration
You use a special syntax in the dependency editor to define dependencies.
Dependency Types
The SAP System supports the following types of dependencies:
Preconditions
Selection conditions
Actions (obsolete)
Procedures
Constraints
Global and Local Dependencies
The differences between global and local dependencies are as follows:
Global dependencies are created centrally and can be assigned to several objects.
Local dependencies are created for one object and can only be used with this object.
Integration
You can use dependencies in the following components:
Component CA – Classification System
Component LO – Variant Configuration