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<Session ID="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3110s000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Product Variant Structure (tiapl3110s000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic><AimSection><Paragraph>Use this session to view and maintain a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000400" role="glossary">product variant structure</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><Paragraph>A product variant structure defines the structure of a specific configured item by specifying the relations between this item and the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#GeneriItem.ti" role="glossary" Update="No">generic items</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000401" role="glossary">engineering modules</Link> that make up this item. Generic sub-items can also have their own sub-items and/or engineering modules. The level below the engineering modules is specified in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#00408" role="glossary" Update="No">flattened</Link>
				<Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000073" role="glossary" Update="No">assembly parts</Link>, which appears in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl2520m000" role="session">Flattened Assembly Parts and Operations (tiapl2520m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>You can only change the data in the current session if the following conditions apply:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Your current <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Company.tc" role="glossary">company</Link> is defined as <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000405" role="glossary">master company</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0500m000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>You work in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000#tiapl000.tstm" role="formfield">Test Mode</GUIRef>, which is also defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0500m000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3500m000#tiapl300.pvst" role="fieldhelp">Assembly Status</Link> is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/apl.pvst#open" role="enum">Open</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000402" role="manual">Assembly planning overview</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000401" role="manual">Segment schedules</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="tiapl310.cpva"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Product Variant</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The code of the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ProducVarian.td" role="glossary">product variant</Link> for which the product variant structure is displayed.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tiapl310.mitm"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Main Item</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The generic <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#MainItem.ti" role="glossary">main item</Link> that must be assembled.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>This item can be the end item, or a generic item between the end item and the engineering modules.</Paragraph>
				<List><ListIntro>The item must have the following characteristics:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>The item type must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#generic" role="enum">Generic</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The item must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0101s000#tcibd001.seri" role="formfield">Serialized</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The item must have ordering data</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The item ordering system must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osys#fas" role="enum">FAS</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
				</List>
				<Paragraph>These characteristics are defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0501m000" role="session">Items - General (tcibd0501m000)</GUIRef> session and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd2500m000" role="session">Items - Ordering (tcibd2500m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tiapl310.pono"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Position Number</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The component's position number that identifies the combination of the main item and the sub item.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>By default, SSA ERP shows the last position number used, plus 10. This procedure provides the sequence 10, 20, 30, and so on. The numbering of positions is unrestricted. It is recommended to use the default values so that you can use intermediate numbers to insert components.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tiapl310.sitm"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Sub Item</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The generic item or engineering module that is directly below the level of the displayed main item in the product variant structure.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="item.type"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Item Type</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000006" role="glossary">item type</Link> of the sub item. The item type is either <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#generic" role="enum">Generic</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#engineering" role="enum">Engineering Module</GUIRef>.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="txta.yn"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">BOM Text</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, a text is attached to the sub-item.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>This text stores additional information about the item. This text must be entered in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl2510m000" role="session">Generic Bill of Material (tiapl2510m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tiapl310.exin"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Extra Information</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>This field stores extra information you want to have in view at once, as opposed to the information in the BOM text.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>The displayed information is entered in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl2510m000" role="session">Generic Bill of Material (tiapl2510m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
</Session>
