Reg:Variant Dependencies & Pricing

Question

Hi Gurus,
I have configured up to the below mentioned steps.
1.Creation of Material Master Record with required settings
2.Creation of Characteristic and it's values
3.Craetion of class
4.Assign characteristics to Class
5.Create configuration profile and assign it to MMR
I have strucked at pricing and dependencies maintenance.I need some info.related to pricing maintenance and dependencies creation.Kindly help me on this regard.
Thnaks & Regards,
Sash.

Answer 1

Hi,
The following needs to be set up for the variant pricing of configurable product .
Create pricing condition VA00 for the variants
Create characteristics
Create variant table
Create dependencies
Allocate the dependencies to the configuration profile
Procedure:
1)Create Pricing Condition-VK11 Transaction code.
Condition Type:VA00
Maintain the required pricing here.
Note:The condition type VA00 is defined as a fixed rate surcharge, which is applied to the base price of the product ordered. This variant condition is created as part of the pricing master data for each of the configurable options for which a surcharge should apply
The condition type VA01 could alternatively be used in variant pricing to increase the price of the higher level material by a fixed percentage rate.
Maintain the prices for all the variants (Characteristics) you have create.
Note:The entry of the Variants is case sensitive.
2)Create Characteristics:Surcharge
Transaction code:CT04
Create a Characteristics name to identify your Pricing Characteristic.
In the addition data tab maintain the following:
Table Name:VKOND and Field name :SDCOM.
Note:
The characteristic u201CSURCHARGEu201D references to the field u201CVKONDu201D of the u201CSDCOMu201D table. It provides the link between the materialu2019s variant configuration and the variant conditions that were entered.
3)Create Variant Table::
Transaction code:CU61
Maintain the characteristics in the Variant table.(Char.Name,Char.Value,Var.Cond )
Save it..
4) Maintain the Variant table :
Transaction code:Cu60
Maintain values for Example
Characteristic Name   Characteristic Value  Variant condition
Size                                     10                             Size_10
Colour                                  Red                         Colour_Red
Colour                                  Blue                          Colour_blue
Save the table.
5)Create Dependencies:
Transaction code:CU01
Maintain the required description and in dependency editor
You see the screen u201CEdit Dependencyu201D. Select Insert line icon five times to insert lines. Enter the following on the inserted lines.
TABLE TBL_PRICING                
     (CHAR_NAME  = 'Size',           
      CHAR_VALUE = $self.Size,       
      VAR_COND   = $self.SURCHARGE).
Note: This procedure references the Table TBL__PRICING.  The dependency checks to see which value was chosen for the 'Size' Option and specifies the appropriate Variant Condition to this choice. 
Check whether your dependency has errors or not.
After that Save it and make sure that it has been released(Which you can find in the initial screen)
6)_Allocate Dependency to the Characteristics profile of the material:
Transaction code:CU42
In the screen u201CChange Configuration profile for Material: Profile Overview u201D. On this screen, maintain your profile and select Profile Detail icon.
You see u201CChange Configuration profile for Material: Detail Screenu201D. Under the Section Header Basic Data, select Object dependencies button.
You see the screen u201CMaintain Dependency: Allocation to Objectsu201D screen.
Maintain your dependency here in this configuration profile for the material.
Once it is done cross check in transaction code 'PMEVC' Transaction code for ECC 6.0.
Simulate your Variant configured material and cross check.
Hope it helps.
The steps may look little bit exhaustive but the process of maintaining it shall be fruitful.
Have a Nice Day.
REgards,
Ravi