Knowledge Base and Knowledge-Base Profile 

Use

You can use the modeling environment for Variant Configuration to create and edit knowledge-base objects and edit profiles for knowledge-base objects.

For more information about the function of knowledge-base profiles, see Knowledge-Base Profile.

Features

You can use the modeling environment to

·        Assign an existing knowledge-base object to the material

·        Create a knowledge-base object for the material – provided that the material has not already been assigned one

·        Edit existing knowledge-base objects in the model tree or worklist

·        Load existing knowledge-base objects to the worklist

·        Edit knowledge-base profiles for knowledge-base objects

Activities

Use the context menu of the material in the model tree to create and assign knowledge-base objects or load them to the worklist.

Model Tree

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       1.      Select the material and use the context menu to create a new knowledge-base object or assign an existing one.

       2.      Assign the knowledge-base object a name or enter the name of the existing knowledge-base object. Alternatively, you can use the search help to find an existing knowledge-base object.

       3.      Enter the name for the knowledge-base profile.

       4.      Choose .

Open the worklist and the Environment folder to load existing knowledge-base objects to the worklist using the context menu.

You can also use the context menu to delete a knowledge-base object.

To delete knowledge-base objects with runtime versions, you have to delete the runtime versions first.

Detailed View

Open the detailed view of a knowledge-base object to edit the object.

Tab Page	Function
Basic Data	Description of the knowledge-base object Status Dependency group Maintenance authorization Administration data for the knowledge-base object
KB Profiles	Profiles assigned to the knowledge-base object By double-clicking the name of a knowledge-base profile, you can display the detailed view for the profile
Texts	Create and edit the language-dependent descriptions
Runtime Version	Runtime versions of the knowledge-base object Choose  to generate a new runtime object for the knowledge-base object By double-clicking the name of a runtime version, you can display the detailed view for the version

Knowledge-Base Profile

When you create a knowledge-base object, system automatically assigns a knowledge-base profile that refers to the material for which you want to create the object.

When you assign an existing knowledge-base object, the object can already have several profiles for the materials to which the object is already assigned. When you complete the assignment, the knowledge-base object then has a further profile that refers to the material to which you are assigning the knowledge-base profile. 

For more information, see Knowledge-Base Profile.

Open the detailed view to edit a knowledge-base profile. To do so, double-click the name of the profile in the detailed view for the knowledge-base object.

Tab Page	Function
Basic Data	Description of the knowledge-base profile Assigned material, or class Class type UI name: key for a set of XCM parameters. You can use these parameters to configure the material-specific layout of the user interface for the interactive configuration process. See also Configuration Engine in mySAP ERP.
Texts	Create and edit the language-dependent descriptions