Variants
Compare and propagate variants in the plant BOP
When operation properties change in the product bill of process (BOP), you need to determine whether to update the plant BOP. Follow these steps to compare only those operations whose product BOP variant differs from the plant BOP. Then, you can quickly propagate those variant differences to the plant BOP, if necessary.
In the plant bill of process (BOP), open or navigate to a process area or process line that contains process stations.
Select a process station and click Balancing.
Click Show Product BOP.
In the Product BOP toolbar, click Show indication information .
Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO displays icons next to operations that are allocated to a process area in the line you are balancing.
Hover over the in-scope partial mismatch indicator and click it, then select Compare with source in Product BOP.
Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO displays details about the operation. Review new variants in the product BOP against the current variants in the plant BOP.
Select an option:
Click Update to propagate changes in the operation variant from the product BOP to the plant BOP. Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO propagates the variants, and removes the in-scope partial mismatch indicator for the operation.
Click Cancel to keep current operation variants in the plant BOP.
Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.xid2214895/xid1755069 · retrieved 2026-07-11