Possible Combinations of Configuration Profiles

You often need to work with several configuration profiles within one configuration.

For example, the materials PC, MONITOR and KEYBOARD are configurable. The monitor and keyboard are also sold separately. You need to create separate configuration profiles for them, because this involves a multi-level configuration.

However, there are restrictions on the profiles you can select for subordinate components. You need to work with profiles that are allowed in combination with the scenario for the header material.

The following table shows the possible combinations:

Header Material Subordinate Materials	Plnd/Prod. No BOM explosion	Plnd/Prod. Single-/multi-level BOM explosion	Single-/multi-level sales order	Single- /multi-level order BOM - knowledge-based -	Single- /multi-level order BOM - result-oriented -
Plnd/Prod. Order No BOM explosion	C	C	A	C	C
Plnd/Prod. Order Single-/multi-level BOM explosion	C	A	C	C	C
Single-/multi-level sales order	C	C	A	C	C
Single-/multi-level order BOM - knowledge-based -	C	C	A	A	C
Single-/multi-level order BOM - result-oriented -	C	C	A	C	A

Abbreviations:

A = Possible/allowed

B = Not allowed

C = No effect:

• The material is handled as though it had no configuration profile.

• Profile selection shows no options.

Comment

The only difference between the scenarios "single-level" and "multi-level" is that the "single-level" setting only explodes the assembly of the header material (single-level explosion). You can only assign values to the components of the header material.

Note

You can run check report RCU_CHECK_SUB_PROF_NO_BOM_EXPL to check configuration profiles on subordinate levels that you have defined with No BOM explosion, and change them if required.