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<Session ID="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3500m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Product Variants (tiapl3500m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to display or maintain the
		  configuration, reference, price, and status information of the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ProducVarian_td" role="glossary">product variants</Link> that were created from
		  sales orders, and product variants that were entered manually.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <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/000510" role="manual">To store finished generic items</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="tiapl300.item">
         <Header>
            <Title>Item</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The generic item or manufactured item for which the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/ipd/tiipd0102m000#dft.supply.source" role="manual">Default Supply Source</GUIRef> is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/srce#assembly" role="option">Assembly</GUIRef>.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>This is the generic item that is specified on the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SlsOrderLns_td" role="glossary" Update="No">sales order line</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls4101m000" role="session">Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>The item must have the following
				characteristics:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>The item type must have <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000006" role="glossary">item type</Link> 
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#generic" role="option">Generic</GUIRef> or manufactured for which the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/ipd/tiipd0102m000#dft.supply.source" role="manual">Default Supply Source</GUIRef> is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/srce#assembly" role="option">Assembly</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The item must be a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000302" role="glossary">serialized item</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>The item must have ordering data</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The item ordering system must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osys#fas" role="option">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>
            <Paragraph>You can also configure <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ProducVarian_td" role="glossary">product variants</Link> that contain purchased <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">configurable items</Link>. You can use a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">configurable item</Link> 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.</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>For more information on procuring purchased <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">configurable items</Link> in Assembly Control module, refer to</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000530" role="manual">Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - Master Data Setup</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000535" role="manual">Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - BOM setup</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000540" role="manual">Product variants - Purchased configurable items</Link>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tiapl300.cpva" OtherIDs="tiapl300.dsca">
         <Header>
            <Title>Product Variant</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A unique configuration of a configurable item. The variant
		results from the configuration process and includes information such as feature
		options, components, and operations.</FuncDesc>
         <ExampleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>Configurable item: electric drill</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>Options:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>3 power sources (batteries, 12 V or 220 V)</ListItem>
               <ListItem>2 colors (blue, gray).</ListItem>
            </List>
            <Paragraph>A total of 6 product variants can be produced with these
		  options.</Paragraph>
         </ExampleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>This code is generated, based on the value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000#tiapl000.ngpv" role="manual">Product Variant Number Group</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0500m000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>You can also configure <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ProducVarian_td" role="glossary">product variants</Link> that contain purchased <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">configurable items</Link>. You can use a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">configurable item</Link> 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.</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>For more information on procuring purchased <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">configurable items</Link> in Assembly Control module, refer to</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000530" role="manual">Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - Master Data Setup</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000535" role="manual">Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - BOM setup</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000540" role="manual">Product variants - Purchased configurable items</Link>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tiapl300.asln">
         <Header>
            <Title>Assembly Line</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The code of the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000055" role="glossary">assembly line</Link> on which the generic item
		  must be assembled.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The assembly line is an effective actualized roll-off line,
			 which is read from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl2500m000" role="session">Configurable Item - Assembly Line (tiapl2500m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tiapl300.reft">
         <Header>
            <Title>Reference Type</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The type of the demand order from which the product variant
		  originates.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>This field can have the following values:</ListIntro>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/apl.reft#sls.quot" role="option">Sales Quotation</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The product variant is configured for a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SalesQuotat_td" role="glossary">sales quotation</Link>.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/apl.reft#sls.ord" role="option">Sales Order</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The product variant is configured for a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SalesOrder_td" role="glossary">sales order</Link>.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/apl.reft#std.var" role="option">Standard Variant</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The product variant is a standard variant.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/apl.reft#psd.ord" role="option">Pseudo Order</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The product variant is a pseudo order. A pseudo order
				represents forecast demand. If you manually entered a product variant, the
				product variant's reference type is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/apl.reft#psd.ord" role="option">Pseudo Order</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tiapl300.effn">
         <Header>
            <Title>Effectivity Unit</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000304" role="glossary">effectivity unit</Link> that is linked to the product variant.
		  If the product variant originates from a sales order, this unit is entered on
		  the sales order and copied to the product variant.</FuncDesc>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>The code of the unit can differ by <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Company_tc" role="glossary">company</Link>, while the configuration to which these numbers
			 refer remains the same. The configuration to which the unit refers is
			 identified by a unit item, a unit series code, and a unit sequence number. This
			 data actually stores the configuration, and must be set up in each company in
			 which unit effectivity is used. The unit that is entered on the sales order,
			 and copied to the product variant, is only a reference to these data, and can,
			 therefore, differ by company.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000300" role="manual">Overview of unit effectivity</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tiapl300.pvst">
         <Header>
            <Title>Assembly Status</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If one assembly order is linked to the product variant, this
		  field displays the status of that assembly order. If, in case of a multisite
		  assembly model, multiple assembly orders are linked to the product variant,
		  this field displays the assembly order status that was reached or surpassed by
		  all of these assembly orders. If no assembly orders have been generated for the
		  product variant, the assembly status is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/apl.pvst#open" role="option">Open</GUIRef>.</FuncDesc>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <List>
               <ListItem>If, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0500m000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000)</GUIRef> session, the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3500m000#tiapl300.smsc" role="formfield">Sell Multiples of Same Configuration</Link> check box is selected, this field has
				the fixed value of <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/apl.pvst#open" role="option">Open</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tiapl300.plod">
         <Header>
            <Title>Planned Offline Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The date when the product variant is planned to come
		  offline.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>This date is calculated when assembly orders are generated.
			 If an assembly order is moved, the orders are remixed and offset again. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3511m000#tiapl300.plod" role="manual">Planned Offline Date</GUIRef> is modified
			 accordingly.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>The default date is equal to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3100s000#tiapl300.rqod" role="manual">Requested Offline Date</GUIRef>, which is copied from the sales
			 order, if the product variant originates from a sales order. When the assembly
			 orders are planned, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3100s000#tiapl300.plod" role="manual">Planned Offline Date</GUIRef> receives its calculated value.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <List>
               <ListItem>If the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3500m000#tiapl300.smsc" role="formfield">Sell Multiples of Same Configuration</Link> check box is selected, this field is
				empty, because new assembly orders can be created for this product variant at
				any time.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tiapl300.cpcf">
         <Header>
            <Title>Configured by PCF</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, this product variant was configured by using
		  the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf" role="module">Product Configuration</GUIRef> module.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>For more information, refer to the Help of the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000#tiapl000.icfg" role="formfield">Configure by PCF</Link> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0500m000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tiapl300.smsc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Sell Multiples of Same Configuration</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SlsOrderLns_td" role="glossary">sales order line</Link> with this product variant can have an order quantity greater
		  than one. An <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000319" role="glossary">assembly order</Link> always has order quantity one. More than
		  one assembly order can be needed to fulfill one sales order line.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The setting of this check box is derived from the setting of
			 the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000#tiapl000.smsc" role="manual">Sell Multiples of Same Configuration</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0500m000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000)</GUIRef> session at the moment of
			 creation.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>When you create a product variant, and in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3500m000" role="session">Product Variants (tiapl3500m000)</GUIRef> details session, under <Emphasis>End Item in
			 Inventory</Emphasis>, the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3100s000#tiapl300.stdi" role="formfield">Standard Item</Link> field is filled, ERP Enterprise sets this check box
			 to the value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000#tiapl000.smsc" role="manual">Sell Multiples of Same Configuration</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0500m000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000)</GUIRef> session. The setting of this field remains
			 unchanged if you later select or clear that check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0500m000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>ERP Enterprise was designed in this way to allow you to change the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000#tiapl000.smsc" role="manual">Sell Multiples of Same Configuration</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0500m000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000)</GUIRef> session without disrupting existing
			 orders.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000516" role="manual">To sell multiples of product variants for assembly</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title/>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl300.stdi">
            <Header>
               <Title>Item</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The standard item that is associated with the generic end
			 item.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If a generic item is stored in inventory, you must define
				two items to represent the same physical item: a generic item that you use in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef> and a
				standard item that you use in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000510" role="manual">To store finished generic items</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl300.siwh" OtherIDs="tcmcs003.dsca">
            <Header>
               <Title>Warehouse</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The warehouse where the end item is stored.</FuncDesc>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000510" role="manual">To store finished generic items</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl300.refo">
            <Header>
               <Title>Reference Order</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The code of the sales order from which the product variant
			 originates.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl300.refp">
            <Header>
               <Title>Reference Position</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The position number of the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SlsOrderLns_td" role="glossary" Update="No">sales order line</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls4101m000" role="session">Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000)</GUIRef> session.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
   </Fields>
   <FormCommands>
      <CommandHelp ID="start.structures">
         <Header>
            <Title>Product Variant Structures</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3510m000" role="session">Product Variant Structures (tiapl3510m000)</Link> session.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="start.status">
         <Header>
            <Title>Product Variant - Assembly Lines</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3520m000" role="session">Product Variant - Assembly Lines (tiapl3520m000)</Link> session.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="purge.product.variants">
         <Header>
            <Title>Purge Product Variants</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3200m000" role="session">Purge Product Variants (tiapl3200m000)</Link> session.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="generate.pvar.structures">
         <Header>
            <Title>Generate Product Variant Structures</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3210m000" role="session">Generate Product Variant Structures (tiapl3210m000)</Link> session.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="create.assembly.orders">
         <Header>
            <Title>Generate Assembly Orders</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3201m000" role="session">Generate Assembly Orders (tiapl3201m000)</Link> session.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="refresh.and.freeze">
         <Header>
            <Title>Refresh and Freeze Assembly Orders</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3203m000" role="session">Refresh and Freeze Assembly Orders (tiapl3203m000)</Link> session.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
   </FormCommands>
</Session>