Copying Variant Configuration across sales order items

Question

Hi,
We are working with SAP 4.7.
I have a requirement to default the variant configuration values entered within line 1 of the sales order entry process on to subsequent lines. i.e. defaulting initial values for the configuration.
Our users have to enter many variant line items on a sales order and within an individual order the variant characteristics will be very similar, therefore by defaulting these values to be the same as the previously entered line would be a considerable overhead saving.
However I am having difficulty accessing the variant values which have been entered in the first line item. I have looked at userexit_move_workarea_to_sdwa and userexit_get_field_from_sdcom, however I don't know if I am heading in the right direction. Any advice appreciated.
Thanks for your time.

Answer 1

We are doing this with main-positions and subpositions. The sales clerk enters the main Position with all the characteristics, switches to the tab "Fast data entry" types in the main position, he wants to copy from and the material. There is a dependency which calls a function module which does the real work.
This works with 4.6B in 4.7 there is a psotion type global position which acts similiar.
Ok, now the code:
Dependency
pfunction Z_SD_WERTE_CHARACTERICS                    
  (SD_VBAP_UEPOS         = SD_VBAP_UEPOS,   
   STAERKE           = $self.STAERKE,
   BREITE              = $self.BREITE)
/code
CALL FUNCTION 'Z_SD_INHERITANCE'
     EXPORTING
          GLOBALS        = globals
     TABLES
          QUERY          = query
          MATCH          = match
     EXCEPTIONS
          FAIL           = 1
          INTERNAL_ERROR = 2
          OTHERS         = 3
/code
Z_SD_INHERITANCE
DATA: h_uepos LIKE vbap-uepos.
  DATA: x_values TYPE ibco2_value_rec OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
  FIELD-SYMBOLS:
  -values.
    ENDLOOP.
  ENDIF.
*-- Ausgabeverarbeitung
  LOOP AT match WHERE atcio = 'O'.
*-- Konvertierung ATINN auf ATNAM
    SELECT SINGLE * FROM cabn WHERE atnam = match-varnam.
    CHECK sy-subrc EQ '0'.
    READ TABLE x_values WITH KEY atinn = cabn-atinn.
    IF     sy-subrc IS INITIAL AND
       NOT x_values-atwrt IS INITIAL.
      match-atwrt = x_values-atwrt.
    ELSEIF sy-subrc IS INITIAL AND
       NOT x_values-atflv IS INITIAL.
      match-atflv = x_values-atflv.
    ENDIF.
    match-atfor = cabn-atfor.
    MODIFY match.
  ENDLOOP.
ENDFUNCTION.
/code
Kind regards
Matthias Kabel