Set up a product configuration model
This unit describes the steps for setting up and creating a product configuration model.
| Task | Description |
|---|---|
| Create a product master. | Create a product master from the Product master list. Release the product master to all relevant companies. For a product master that is used as a version for a product configuration model or as a subcomponent, Constraint-based configuration must be selected as the configuration technology, and the configuration dimension must be selected only for the product dimension group. |
| Create components. | Create components on the Components page. Components are the building blocks of a product configuration model and can be reused in multiple product configuration models. |
| Create attribute types. | Create attribute types on the Attribute types page. Attribute types specify the set of data types for all attributes that are used in product configuration models. Attributes of the Boolean, Text with a fixed list, and Integer with a range type will list the set of values that are available when you configure a product variant based on a product configuration model. |
| Create a product configuration model. | Create a product configuration model on the New product configuration model page. |
| Add attributes to a product configuration model. | Create an attribute on the Attributes FastTab on the Constraint-based product configuration model details page. Attributes describe the features of the product configuration model. |
| Add constraints to a product configuration model. | Create constraints on the Constraints FastTab on the Constraint-based product configuration model details page. Constraints are limitations that a product configuration must satisfy. Constraints are either expression constraints or table constraints. |
| Add subcomponents to a product configuration model. | Create subcomponents on the Subcomponents FastTab on the Constraint-based product configuration model details page. Subcomponents are related to components and are linked to items that represent the subcomponent. When you add subcomponents to a component, each subcomponent should be associated with a constraint-based configurable product by using a BOM line. |
| Add user requirements to a product configuration model. | User requirements are similar to subcomponents, but they don't reference an item. You can think about user requirements as a phantom BOM. Any BOM lines or route operations that are placed directly under the user requirement will be collapsed into the parent component. |
For more information on set-up pricing models for configuration models, see Attribute-based sales prices for constraint-based product configuration.