| # Creating Sales Order Lines Start Order Management > Sales > Sales Orders > Sales Orders > Sales Orders (tdsls4100m000). If the Sell Multiples of Same Configuration check box is selected, and the sales order line contains a manufactured assembly item, the product variant linked to the sales order line will have the reference type Standard Variant. A product variant with the reference type Standard Variant can be used in the following ways: Can be reused, and therefore linked to multiple sales order lines. Can have multiple assembly orders referring to it, but assembly orders always have an order quantity of 1. Cannot be reconfigured on a specific sales order line. Can be removed, that is, unlinked, from a sales order line. Create a sales order header and a sales order line for the manufactured assembly item. Sales order entry To define a sales order line for a generic item that must be stored in inventory after completion, enter the associated standard item on the sales order line. Based on the standard item that you entered, ERP LN retrieves the generic item that is linked to this standard item from the Generic Item - Assembly Line (tiapl2500m000) session. ERP LN sets the Delivery Type field on the sales order line to Warehouse. You must define the generic item 's product variant in one of the following ways: Configure the generic item in Product Configuration or in Assembly Planning, as determined by the Configure by PCF check box in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000) session Select a previously configured product variant Note If a generic item has an associated standard item, you can still enter the generic item on a sales order line. If you enter the generic item on a sales order line, ERP LN sets the Delivery Type field on the sales order line to Work Center and you cannot store the finished item in inventory. If, during sales order line entry, ERP LN displays the confirmatory question Configure Variant Now?, you must click Yes to configure the assembly item. Note This section is valid only when you use PCF in combination with the Assembly Control module for product configuration. For more information, refer to: Product Configuration (PCF) PCF procedures After you save the sales order line, the price is obtained from price list. Note If the Sell Multiples of Same Configuration check box is selected, you can retrieve the product variant number from either the sales order line grid or the Item tab on the sales order line. The product variant number is displayed as an attribute on the Specification tab of the sales order line. You can obtain a product variant as follows: During the configuration process at order entry, using PCF. The section below explains the detailed procedure to obtain a product variant at sales order entry. Creating one manually in Assembly Planning. You can use the Product Variants (tiapl3500m000) session to create a product variant in the Assembly Planning module. Importing one from an external system, for example, sales configurator. If an external configurator is used, the product variant must be imported and stored in the Product Variants (tiapl3500m000) session. Product variants in Order Management In Order Management, you can generate product variants for the following item types: Generic non-FAS items. Generic FAS items that must not be stored in inventory. Standard FAS items that must be stored in inventory. Note In ERP LN, an item of type generic cannot be stored in inventory. To store a finished generic FAS item in inventory, you must associate the generic item with a standard item. Both items represent the same physical item. In Assembly Control, you use the generic item. In Sales Control and Warehouse Management, you use the associated standard item. For more information, refer to Store finished generic items - Setup. If the Sell Multiples of Same Configuration check box is cleared in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000) session, the order quantity for standard manufactured FAS items that must be stored in inventory is limited to one on a sales order line. If the Sell Multiples of Same Configuration check box is selected in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000) session, you can enter a standard manufactured FAS item with an order quantity greater than one and sell multiples of the same assembly product variant. Therefore, several assembly orders are linked to one sales order line. To identify the product variant, the various assembly orders and the sales order line have the same specification. A standard manufactured FAS item is also called a manufactured assembly item. For more information, refer to To sell multiples of product variants for assembly and Assembly items. For FAS items, the Configure by PCF check box in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000) session determines whether you must configure the item in Product Configuration or whether ERP LN automatically generates a product variant for the item in the Product Variants (tiapl3500m000) session. Linking product variants In the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) and Sales Quotation Lines (tdsls1501m000) sessions, a product variant can be linked as follows: By configuring a product variant from these sessions. By inserting an existing product variant in the Product Variant field. The table below describes various permutations and combinations with respect to linking of the product variants.
Item order system | Store generic item in inventory? | Associated item | Item on sales order/quotation | Configure by PCF parameter | Configure product variant | Select product variant from session: | Comments
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Non-FAS | Not applicable | Not applicable | Generic | Not applicable | Product Configurator (tipcf5120m000) | Product Variants (tipcf5501m000) | -
FAS | No | No | Generic | Selected | Product Configurator (tipcf5120m000) | Product Variants (tiapl3500m000) | -
FAS | No | No | Generic | Cleared | Not applicable | Product Variants (tiapl3500m000) | The product variant is automatically generated.
FAS | Yes | Yes | Standard | Selected | Product Configurator (tipcf5120m000) | Product Variants (tiapl3500m000) | -
FAS | Yes | Yes | Standard | Cleared | Not applicable | Product Variants (tiapl3500m000) | The product variant is automatically generated.