Managing variant rules

A structure may be configured according to selected options defined through variant rules. These variant rules are then applied to the structure. In addition, revision rules and the release status of a component also dictate what is configured for a given top-level end item. Any changes to a product structure affect the manufacturing steps needed to manufacture that product. Process structures are automatically configured by removing operations that consume items not configured from the product structure.

Any BOM lines containing variant conditions are indicated with a variant symbol next to the BOM entry.