Settings in the Configuration Profile 
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In the configuration profile of a material, you can define various settings for processing order BOMs.
You can use the Result-oriented indicator to specify that the result of an order BOM is saved as shown on the result screen in the configuration editor. See Creating a Result-Oriented Order BOM
If this indicator is not set, the super BOM is saved with manual changes and dependencies, not the configured BOM. See Creating a Knowledge-Based Order BOM
You can allow value assignment for subordinate components of the order BOM in the sales order.
To do this, the indicator Maint. in order allowed must be set in the configuration profile. You can then use the Engineering pushbutton in the sales order to go to order BOM maintenance, and assign characteristic values to subordinate components there.
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You cannot process the BOM in the sales order.
You can select the Automatic fixing indicator to specify that order BOMs are always saved for a configurable material, even if no manual changes are made. This function becomes active when you start the maintenance transaction for order BOMs. (in the BOM menu:
Order BOM
Maintain Multi-Level).
If you do not select Automatic fixing, no order BOM is saved for the material until manual changes are made or you choose the Fix pushbutton.
The settings for fixing are also read. If you select, for example, the Top-down setting (the proposed values are Selected assys, Bottom-up, and Top-down), and Automatic fixing in the configuration profile for a material, the entire structure is saved as an order BOM when you save the order BOM.
To enter default values for processing the order BOM, choose Fix or Fix/instantiate. You can change these settings when you process the order BOM.
You can only define settings for instantiation if you select Result-oriented first.
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