Verifying structure design > Modifying process plan data

Creating variant configurations

Variant configuration allows you to create options (such as manufacturing locations) and allowed values (such as a specific plant within the company) and associate these options with an item revision. This is usually done at the top-level but can be implemented anywhere in the BOM.

You can use the Show Unconfigured Variants menu command to show any BOM lines that are configured out by variant rules. However, if you create compositions (for example, a process) where the items are assigned from another top line (for example, a product or work area), the configuration is controlled by the configuration of the original BOM line. You can configure out the original BOM line (for example, the consumed items in the product) by effectivity, incremental change or variants, and the corresponding BOM line in the composition is configured out. Thus, the line in the composition is hidden or shown if it was assigned from another top line, irrespective of the cause of its configuration in the original BOM. Such lines are also configured out if the original BOM is not loaded while you open the composition. You can show assigned objects in the structure using the Show Unconfigured Assigned Occurrences menu command.

You can specify which loaded BOM structure configures a process structure.