Variant Configuration - Order BOM problems

Good morning,
I am having problems regarding the Order BOM in variant configuration. I have maintained the configuration profile as follows:
CONFIG PARAMETERS
Ordem BOM
Result oriented
Multilevel
BOM application - SD01
ORDER BOM
Maint. in order allowed - checked
Automatic fixing - checked
I have also maintained a BOM, for usage '5 - sales and distriburion', with the selection conditions at the object dependencies.
When I test the results in CU50, assign all characteristics and push the button "Engineering" the icons for manual maintenance appear correctly in the screen...BUT when I raise the actual order, the icons are gone, therefore I cant add or delete items of the selected BOM.
Any ideias of how to fix that?
Thanks in advance.
Adriano Cardoso

Note 303446
Note 901452
composite Note 774346
Please refer to above notes. Hope it helps
Regards
Sai

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