Conflict Types 

Use

If conflicts arise when products are configured using the Configuration Engine, you can use the results of a conflict analysis to offer support to users. The analysis can be carried out for a number of different conflict types, which you must be aware of during modeling.

Prerequisites

For more information about the integration and prerequisites of conflict analysis and the generation of proposed solutions, see Configuration Conflict.

Features

During conflict analysis, the Configuration Engine can distinguish between seven types of configuration conflicts:

Conflict Type	Conflict Explanation
Direct Conflict	Conflict that is caused by one or more constraints
Value Conflict	Two or more values were set or derived for a single-value characteristic
Value Range Conflict	A derived value lies outside of the statically (class specific) restricted value range of a characteristic
Value Exclusion Conflict	Exclusion of a value that has already been set
Characteristic Exclusion Conflict	Exclusion of a characteristic for which a value has already been set
Required Characteristic Exclusion Conflict	Exclusion of a required characteristic
Unclassifiable Conflict	A category for all conflicts that cannot be assigned to any of the conflict types mentioned above

Constraints

The listed classification applies only to conflict analysis of product configurations with non-restrictable characteristics. If the model has restrictable characteristics, the Configuration Engine only distinguishes between value conflicts and non-classifiable conflicts.

The required characteristic exclusion conflict is ignored by the Configuration Engine if the product model is maintained in mySAP ERP.

Example

The documentation for every conflict type listed is based on a common model (see Typical Product Model).