ECM - Variant Configuration - Disable for specific Object?

Once we use change number for a material and Configuration profile, the change number will be mandatory field. This also occurs for CU02 - Object Dependencies, CL02 - Classification, CU60 Variant Tables and CT04 Characteristics.
We know this is a crazy question to some that have strict controls, but we would like to remove the requirement for some materials & configuration that no longer require engineering change management. Has someone experience something similar or implemented a configuration change that would fulfill our requirements?
Reading through the process documents, I believe it is not possible. But I thought I would check with the global experts on this matter.
Best Regards and Thank you for your feedback,
Ed

Hi,
I would suggest you better go with the authorization control for the same. Beacuse by that way you will be alble to meet your requirement up to some extend but by this way as you are asking, there is crezy in true mean as you wrightly said.
Regards,
Shyamal

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Variant Configuration / Need for a separate forum

Dear Moderators,
I have been contributing, accessing and extracting information from this forum for my projects and trainings. Recently we have added lot of new forums especially in SD, a separate forum for billing, sales etc.
On the same path, I feel that it will add immense value if a new forum for Variant Configuration is created. As this is an area which touches various modules, and various applications like configurable materials in SD, Release procedures in MM, etc, people can share all the information regarding variant configuration in a common forum like this.
May I please request you to consider this and take it forward if this makes some sense.
Any feedback on this is welcome, especially from people like Rajesh Banka, Laxmipathy etc who have been here for quite sometime in SD

I'm going to respectfully disagree.
I saw something similar at elementsvillage.com when they created a "Mac-Specific" forum. People who had questions that really had nothing to do with their Mac, for example "Can't open RAW from D7000", still put the question in the Mac-Specific forum, because they were using a Mac. As a result, the community was fragmented in ways that had nothing to do with the question. People who might have benefited from this question but didn't have a Mac and so didn't look in the Mac-Specific forum, and didn't get the answer as quickly. People who asked questions in this forum that had nothing to do with Macs wound up relying on a smaller community of experts to help solve the problem. I know I certainly never read that forum, so I didn't provide answers, nor did I learn from the information in that forum. I consider that decision to create a "Mac-Specific" forum to be a failure.

Variant Configuration, Procedure for BOM Quantity Calculation

Hi, everybody,
I need to solve this problem and can't have any idea if this is possilbe.
Imagine a company that manufactures for customer specific requirement "plastic rectangles" (Length A, Width B).
Finished Product has a ZFG variant class with class 300.
Class ZFG has two characteristics, LENGTH and WIDTH
BOM for the finished product has one item class "Plastic" which can be replaced with any Plastic assigned to this class. Base unit of measure of Plastics is KG. If any plastic code has its own specific weight per area how can I calculate how much weight (Kg) I need for specific sales order?
The formula is Lenght x Width x Specifi Weight per area of chosen Plastic.
The two first values area characteristics values in configuration, the third one is a value dependent of material (could be a characteristic in plastic class too if this helps.....)
Do you know a way to achieve this? Is it possible to do it using a procedure?.
Thanks and best regards,
Sebastián Ligueros

1. Since youare using class item you will hvae one more characteristics called Plastic type in the Class
2. You can maintian one variant table, in which you can maintain Plastic Type and specific Gravity
3. Now using this you can try to infer the value and using a procedure you should be able to calculate the weight for the BOM item.
Kindly let me know for feedback
Reg,
Dsk

Configuring KPRO for generic object services

Hello,
I have a requirement where I have to configure KPRO as the storage for generic object services. We are using the generic object services for materials and hence using the Business object BUS1001. Please let me know of how to do the same or if we have any documents for configuring the Generic object services and KPRO please provide me the same.
Regards
Nilanjan

Hi,
i reply to the question you posted in my thread:
I solved the request without using Kpro. Kpro ist just a more comfortable way in managing documents. But using ArchiveLink and GOS is all you need if you just want to upload documents and view them in a linked transaction. I would be able to give you a better help if you would give a short introdcution in what you plan to do in detail.
kind regards Matthew

Variant Configuration - Unable for converting a Plnd Order to Prdn Order

Hi Gurus,
Please solve this, while converting a plnd order to prdn order in variant configuration i am getting the following error is
"you cannot make an assignment to make-to-order stock"
for fert maintained charateristics and class and class type: 300, strategy: 25, requrements type: kek,
configuration profile created. t-code: cu41 for bike
I created the order from customer requirements t-code:md81
pls guide how can i convert this to prdn order
Edited by: venkat jsr on Jan 31, 2008 6:38 AM

Hi Gurus,
I followed your instructions but the error is as it is only.
Actually when I am converting Plnd order to Production Order in stock requirement list of Configurable material, its not converting.
the error i am getting is " You cannot make an assignment to make to order stock"
and also i am getting the following information - the component cannot be allocated to an individual stock because make to order production and engineer to order production cannot be executed with this order
a possible cause is that you are trying to create an order with reference to a sales order / project where an account assignment to a sales order / project is not allowed in the settlement profile that is assigned to the chosen order type this is inconsistent
Procedure : Choose another Order type.
Please guide what i have to do for solving the problem.

Photoshop CS6 (mac) - Why is Liquify disabled for smart object?

I've sent over an image from LR5 into PS CS6 as a smart object.
I'm wanting to run the liquify filter, but it isn't open to me as an option. Can someone give me some ideas on what the problem is here?
I checked with Help on PS..and it says my copy is up to date and no new updates available.
I thought CS6 would work liquify on smart objects as a smart filter.
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john worthington wrote:
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Can you find out for sure on which version? Seems strange, that CS6, no matter where it came from, wouldn't be sync'ed as far as version. I understand features coming out for PHotoshop CC, that would go forward and not be in CS6, but it seems that CS6 should be CS6 and be sync'd for features and version numbers no matter where you got it from.
If you got CS6 from CC....and you quit CC....does that version of CS6 quit functioning or does it work still going forward if you stop paying the CC monthly rent?
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Variant Configuration:Calculation For Masking tape in VA:21.

Dear Experts,
Our client is using sales order BOM for Quotation purpose, now they need following calculation, kindly suggest way to make it possible.
Below is the calculation of MASKING TAPE requirement,
3M means 7000232
1)
2)     If 3M X 2 is u226410 system should capture 7000557
3)     If 3M X 2 is >10 and u226420 system should capture 7000558
4)     If 3M X 2 is >20 and u226430 system should capture 7000559
5)     If 3M X 2 is >30 and u226440 system should capture 7000560
6)     If 3M X 2 is >50 system should capture 7000235
7)
8)     We require MASKING TAPE calculation, based on consolidated 3M Quantity.
9)
Example: For Line Item 10 - 3M Tape Qty is 5m
                For Line Item 20 - 3M Tape Qty is 15m
                For Line Item 30 - 3M Tape Qty is 18m
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Hence Material for Masking to be picked
                                1 No. 7000235 (50Mts)
                                1 No. 7000559 (30Mts)
Kind Regards From Samirsinh.

Hi Amber,
Thanks for help, but our porblem is different, take a look following example for understanding of problem,
10     STEEL DOOR     1     EA
11     7000002     3     EA
12     7000190     2     EA
13     7000232     4.400     M
14     7001041     154     ML
20     STEEL DOOR     2     EA
21     7000002     6     EA
22     7000232     16.800     M
23     7001041     588     ML
30     STEEL DOOR     1     EA
31     7000002     3     EA     0
32     7000232     4.200
33     7000186     2
34     7001041     147
Here line items 13,22 and 32 are same, client requirement is that system should consolidate requirement first like 2x(4.416.84.2)=50.8 and then it should capture 7000235 of 50MTS for 50 and for0.8 it should capture 7000559 of 30MTS so losses would be minimize.
Kind Regards From Samirsinh

Variant Configurator - Syntax for "contains" on multiple entry option ch.

I'm new to SAP, the VC and this forum so please direct me to the correct spot to pose my question.
I'm trying to write the syntax around a multiple entry charachteristic. It doesn't like '=' or ' IN ('x','y','z') ' because of the possibility of multiple picks.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,

Hi,
Please refer to the following section.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/92/58d455417011d189ec0000e81ddfac/frameset.htm
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Steps for Variant Configuration

Hi Gurus,
Can any body tell me step by step procedure for variant configuration.
My e-mail id. <REMOVED>
Regds.......
Sumit

Hi Sumit,
Variant configuration is for manufacturing complex products. The manufacturer always has to offer new variants of its products. Often, new variants are created by modifying existing product designs as you process the order. The important thing is to react quickly to customers' requirements.
The customer determines the features of the product. A customer buying a car, for example, can choose the features of the car and combine these features as required.
The product configurator improves information exchange between sales, engineering, and production. Variant configuration helps the customer or salesperson to put together specifications for the product and ensure that the product can be produced from these specifications. It also ensures that production costs do not overstep the mark.
Procedure -
Create a Material - KMAT type with Item category (002)
Create Characteristics in CT04 - Zbike, where in values mention the Color of the bile like Red, Blue etc
Create another characteristics in CT04 - ZPrice, where directly go the additional data tab and maintain the table SDCOM and field VKOND (ABAP Dictionary it will ask for)
Assign these two characteristics to a Class in CL01 - ZBikeclass (Type 300) in characteristics tab page.
Then go to CU41 Configuration profile select the material and enter the description click on the class assignment i.e. assign Zbikclass.
Now go back to CT04 - enter Zbike -go to values- select Red- go to extras - Other Dependencies - Select Procedure enter in front 10 write - $self.ZPrice='Red' and save
Now go back go to extras - Other Dependencies - assignments and assign relationship ( by default it will come just save)
Now select Blue- go to extras - Other Dependencies - Editor - Select Procedure enter in front of 10 write - $self.ZPrice='Blue' and save
Now go back go to extras - Other Dependencies - assignments and assign relationship ( by default it will come just save)
Now go to VK11 - Enter VA00 (Condition) (For Std RVA001 Pricing Procedure) - enter variant Red and Blue give the rates accordingly and create the sales order.
Variant configuration is for manufacturing complex products. The manufacturer is
always having to offer new variants of its products. Often, new variants are created
by modifying existing product designs as you process the order. The important thing
is to react quickly to customers' requirements.
The customer determines the features of the product. A customer buying a car, for
example, can choose the features of the car and combine these features as required.
The product configurator improves information exchange between sales, engineering,
and production. Variant configuration helps the customer or salesperson to put
together specifications for the product and ensure that the product can be produced
from these specifications. It also ensures that production costs do not overstep the
mark.
Integration
Variant configuration is integrated in the following applications:
a.. CA Classification
b.. LO Material Master
c.. PP Bill of Material
d.. PP Routings
e.. PP-PI Master Recipes
f.. SD Sales
g.. SD Conditions
h.. MM Purchasing
i.. CO Costing
j.. PP Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
k.. PP Production Orders
You can configure the following objects:
a.. Materials
b.. Standard networks in the Project System.
c.. PM General maintenance task lists
d.. Model service specifications
Features
You do not need to create a separate material for each variant of a product in your
company. You can use one configurable material to cover all variants. You create a
super BOM and a super routing for this material, containing all the components and
operations for producing all variants of the product.
To define the features of a configurable material, you use characteristics. To
enable you to use characteristics to configure a material, you assign the material
to a class of class type 300. Possible characteristics of a car, for example, are
model, country, color, and engine. The customer can choose from among different
options for each characteristic (values).
The only limitations are combinations of features that are not possible for either
technical or marketing reasons. You cannot combine all types of car engine with all
types of transmission, for example, or certain types of upholstery are only
available for more expensive models. In Variant Configuration, you use dependencies
to control this. This prevents combinations of options that are not allowed.
Dependencies also select exactly the right BOM components and operations to produce
a variant.
Each configurable object must have a configuration profile. The configuration
profile for a material controls the configuration process in the sales order.
You can make the price of a variant dependent on the characteristic values assigned
(Pricing). You can use variant conditions to define surcharges and discounts for a
variant.
For variants that are required frequently, you can create material variants, which
can be produced without a sales order and kept in stock. When you receive a sales
order, you can check whether the variant required is in stock, so that you can
deliver immediately.
Pl go thr below links:
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/LOVC/LOVC.pdf
http://sap-img.com/sap-sd/steps-for-sd-variant-configuration.htm
Please Reward If Really Helpful,
Thanks and Regards,
Sateesh.Kandula

Variant configuration u2013 availability check for Configurable material

Hi Guys,
We are doing the variant configuration scenario for one of our client. We are using planning strategy as 25 (sales order with variant configuration).
When we configure the Configurable material at sales order level, we wanted to check the availability check of Configurable for the combination of selected characteristics.
How we can configure it in the system.
Regards,
Shailendra

Hi,
availability check will work as per the checking group you had defined in system.
additionaly you need to put tick in configuration profile for availability check.
checking for material varient is optional, if your bussiness has materail varients you can activate type matching and while configuring the sales order if the values of charactersticks matches system will suggest you the the appropiate varient and you can replace your configurable material in sales order with it.
hope it will help you.
If you need some more information please explain what exactly your are expecting from system during availability check.
Regards
Ritesh
Edited by: R S D on May 28, 2009 7:29 AM

Variant configuration class types

Hi Friends,
I have some questions on variant configuration class types
What is the difference among following class types?
1. 001 --- Material class
2. 023 -
Batch
3. 200-----Material (Configurable objects)
4. 300-----Variants
In which business scenario we can define above class type? Could you please explain with some example scenarios?
And also what is the difference between "Fully configured material" and "Configurable Material"
Valuable information in this regard is greatly appreciated.
Best Regards,
Krish

Hi Krish,
1. 001 --- Material class for general information of one material. It is fix information.
    Example : Tiles
    Class 001, characteristic : Size : 30 x 30, Color : White, etc
2. 023 -
Batch for goods receipt / production specific data
    Example : Tile
     Class 023, characteristic : Prod Date : 23.08.2011, Grade : First Grade, etc
3. 200-----Material (Configurable objects), For Configurable material (strategy in MRP 3 : 20, make to order type). In sales order we must define the characteristic of product customer as customer request.
   Example : Car
   Class 200, characteristic : AC : Yes / No, Tire : Upgrade / Standard, etc
   From Characteristic chosen in sales order will determine the BOM and Routing of production order. See Variant   Configuration topic for more detail.
4. 300-----Variants for material variant. We create material variant for configurable material. Value of characteristic is determine in material master.
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     Class 300, Characteristic ; AC : Yes, Tire : Upgrade
Hope it give you brief explanation.
Best Regards,
Arman Lie

Creation of sales order with Variant configuration info

Hi friends,
   I am creating sales order along with Variant configuration data. We have 3 level BOM structure.
I am using BAPI_SALESORDER_CREATEFROMDAT2 and filling in ORDER_CFGS_REF, ORDER_CFGS_INST, ORDER_CFGS_PART_OF ORDER_CFGS_VALUE, ORDER_CFGS_REFINST
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Updating Variant Configuration data for SO item became little tricky for us in an ongoing implementation. After spending some hours investigating the correct combination of data to pass, we were able to post the document correctly. As no detailed documentation is available online for this scenario, I hope this post will help community for similar requirements. J
For updating Variant configuration (VC) data for Sales order item, we need to populate below tables of standard FM or BAPI (e.g. SD_SALESDOCUMENT_CREATE).
Normally the standard FM or BAPI does not return any error messages in case configuration data is not updated successfully.
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·         SALES_ITEMS_IN: Field PO_ITM_NO should be populated with appropriate value.
·         SALES_CFGS_REF Table:
1.       This table should have 1 record per item.
2.       Combination of CONFIG_ID and ROOT_ID should be unique across line items.
POSEX
000010
CONFIG_ID
000001
ROOT_ID
00000001
SCE
1
COMPLETE
T
CONSISTENT
T
CBASE_ID_TYPE
G
·         SALES_CFGS_INST:
1.       This table should have 1 record per item.
2.       Combination of CONFIG_ID and INST_ID should be unique across line items.
CONFIG_ID
000001
INST_ID
00000001
OBJ_TYPE
MARA
CLASS_TYPE
300
OBJ_KEY
MATNR value
QUANTITY
Quantity value
QUANTITY_UNIT
Quantity Unit
COMPLETE
T
CONSISTENT
T
OBJECT_GUID
MATNR value
PERSIST_ID_TYPE
G
·         SALES_CFGS_VALUE:
1.       Combination of CONFIG_ID and INST_ID should be unique across line items.
2.       We can have multiple characteristics for a material. In that case appropriate records should be inserted in this table. Note that CONFIG_ID and INST_ID should be same for all the rows you insert in this table for multiple characteristics for a material.
3.       The characteristic value should be in SAP internal format.
CONFIG_ID
000001
INST_ID
00000001
CHARC
Material characteristics
VALUE
Material characteristics value
·         SALES_CFGS_VK:
1.       Combination of CONFIG_ID and INST_ID should be unique across line items.
2.       We can have multiple characteristics for a material. In that case appropriate records should be inserted in this table. Note that CONFIG_ID and INST_ID should be same for all the rows you insert in this table for multiple characteristics for a material.
CONFIG_ID
000001
INST_ID
00000001
VKEY
Material characteristics

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I achieved what i wanted but is it right to modify registry values ?
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I achieved what I wanted but is it right to modify registry values ?
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Tolerance Limits for Class Character in Variant Configuration

HI all,
We are Using Variant Configuration, for this we have linked MIC's to Class character, When The Inspection Lot is created the Lower & Upper Limit in the specification comes as the character Value.it does not takes in to consedration the tolerance key assigned to it. For E.g. Charater Dia has value 20, & in the Tolerance key for 20 +/- 0.10 is maintained, when the Inspection lot is created the Upper & lower Limit comes as 20-20 instead 19.9 - 20.1
I have gone through SAP Note 210658, the sample code provided in note is for "Material Specification" I have tried the same with minor code correction the specifications in the lot comes as desired i.e. specifications in the lot consider the tolerance key.
Our Requirment is of task list, in the same not EXIT for task list is also mentioned but no souce code is provided, when we are using the above program (Used for Material Specification) after doing the desired changes, & when we run in de-bugging mode it shows all the calculations are being done, but finally in the lot specification appear as the charater value ( 20-20) & in the inspection lot One first MIC comes it delete's all other MIC's assigned in the Plan.
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Hi ravi,
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In variant configuration when i try to create object dependency (tcode=cu01), after entering the dependency and also description when i enter the syntax in the source code it is giving error: error in syntax check for simple condition
I have entered syntax as : engine_cap in ('1000','1400','2000'), pls guide me with the solution to create object dependency

Dear, Shakeer
Please follow along with my very own config guide of variant config.
1)     Create a configurable Material Using KMAT u2013Material Type. Item Category 0002 and Item Category Group 0002. Go to classification tab-here you maintain the class type 300 and assign the class, we will create this shortly. (So after creating class come back into MM02 and input the class that you create in step 2.)
2)     Create a class in T-Code CL01. Use class type 300 for Variants. In this we assign the characteristics we will create shortly.
3)     Create characteristics in T-Code CT04. Create your characteristic like for example, Z_Type, Z_Model, and Z_Color.
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5)     Now going back to the characteristics in CT04 change mode. Make sure Basic Data has *Multiple Selections circled. * Character Format has 26 and a check in case sensitive. Make sure in restrictions tab class type 300 Variants is present. Go back to Values and highlight the first one. Example, Red then go to Extras->Object Dependencies->Assignments You must maintain this code $self.Z_CarPrice=u2019Redu2019 in basic data make sure itu2019s released & procedure is filled in. Go back to dependency editor and paste the same code there after 000010 $self.Z_CarPrice=u2019Redu2019 and do this for each and every value. Very Important * Maintain configuration profile in T-Code CU41 for the material -> Priority 01, Variant Configuration, Class 300, status, Released 1, then click save. Note: If 2 conditions are inactive use class group A instead of B in SPRO for Condition type VA00.
6)     Go to T-Code VK11 and enter VA00 condition type. Enter all the values maintained in the characteristics for example, Red, Blue, Black, Toyota, Etc and enter the price then click on save. Now it should work fine in VA01. Make sure you have assigned the VA00 condition type in the pricing procedure.
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