| # Displaying Product Variants You can also configure product variants that contain purchased configurable items. You can use a configurable item to create a item structure that can hold a configurable purchased sub-assembly. The purchased sub-assembly is issued at the assembly line like other assembly parts. For more information on procuring purchased configurable items in Assembly Control module, refer to Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - Master Data Setup Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - BOM setup Product variants - Purchased configurable items A product variant stores the data of a configured item, or of multiple configured items that belong to the same product structure. The data that is stored is, for example, the roll-off line for the assembly order, the requested and planned offline date, and so on. The product variant represents all the configured items that make up a configured product structure. Any reference made to a configured item is made by way of the product variant. When a sales order is entered, a corresponding product variant is created automatically. The bill of material (BOM) relations to generic sub-items are generated, based on the item's template, which is defined in the Generic Bill of Material (tiapl2510m000) session, and according to the defined effective dates and units. Because product variants contain data from production and sales, the product variant is updated, as far as the progress of the production process permits, if this data is changed. You can only change the data in the current session if your current company is defined as master company, and you work in Test Mode, which is defined in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000) session. Note Refer to the To Be Deleted check box for information on how to delete a product variant. Related topics Assembly planning overview Store finished generic items |