Load a structure to display only configured variants

To quicken the loading of a structure, you can apply a filter so that only the configured variants are loaded. You can load the structure either by selecting an existing saved variant rule or by creating a custom configuration.

Procedure

1. In Manufacturing Process Planner, choose View→Enable Variant Configure To Load.

2. Send the structure to Manufacturing Process Planner.

3. In the Load Variant Rule dialog box, perform either of the following steps:

Select the saved variant rule using which you want to configure the structure. Select the Filter unconfigured BOM lines due to Variants check box and click OK.

Click Open Variant Configuration View . In Variant Configuration View, create a custom configuration by selecting the required options.

When the structure is subsequently loaded, the BOM lines configured by the applied variant rules are only displayed. The title bar of the structure tree pane is highlighted in a different color (here, blue) to indicate that filtering is applied.

You cannot hide this selection when the structure is loaded. It persists each time the structure is loaded. To change it, you must follow the previous steps and clear the Filter unconfigured BOM lines due to Variants check box. Once the variant rule is applied to a structure that is configured to load, you cannot reconfigure the structure with a different variant rule. To do this, open the structure in another view and apply a different variant rule in the new view.