What are the main differences between 3 three important class types

Question

PP members
What are the main differences between class type 300(variants) , class type 200 (configurable objects) & 001 ( material class)
Please elucidate on the above
Thanks
Suren R

Answer 1

Hi,
The class type is a central concept in the classification system. The class type determines how classes are processed, and how objects can be classified and retrieved in these classes. In Customizing for Classification, you define the settings for a class type. You define class types for a specific object type, such as materials. You can then use classes of this class type to classify objects of this object type.
When you first create a class, you must enter a class type for the class. Each class type is a closed system. There is no link between the different class types.
he class type determines the following:
Which object types you can assign to a class
Which class maintenance functions you can process
Whether you can classify objects in more than one class
Which class statuses, organizational areas, and text types are supported in class maintenance functions
Whether you can use engineering change management for classification
Which filter functions you can use to restrict the search result
All materials can be classified with class type 001. Class type 300 is for variant configuration the variants under a class item are called as variants and can be picked during sales order creation. Class type 200 is for classes that are used as class items in bills of material. You can classify the same materials separately in these class types.
This is basically used to differentiate the BOM class items.
Prakash