Configure, view, or edit variant data

Procedure

1. Choose Tools→Variants.

2. Choose one of the following commands:

Configure Allows you to configure or edit a variant structure for a selected top-level module. Applicable to classic variants and modular variants. For more information, see Test product configuration.

Only configure root Set to on to only display options for the top-level module, regardless of the line selected. Set to off to configure the structure for a lower level module. Only applicable to modular variants. When working with the manufacturing view of the product, you would not configure the structure for a lower level module. However, you may want to do this for debugging purposes to check that all options are set in the lower-level modules when the top-level module is completely set (this verifies all options have a value). To do this, set the Only configure root option to off. Otherwise, you set Only configure root to on, and the Configuration dialog box only displays options for the top-level module, regardless of the BOM line selected.

Search Allows you to search for a variant item. This option is only applicable to modular variants. For more information, see Search for a variant item.

Count Modules Allows you to count the module defined for the selected variant structure. This option is only applicable to modular variants.

Unlink variant item Allows you to unlink a variant item from the generic module item. This option is only applicable to modular variants. For more information, see Unlink variant items.

Update variant item Allows you to manually propagate changes to associated variant items when you create a new item revision of a generic item.