Configurable material and material variantsPurposeIn this document it is described how to create and integrate a configurable material and how to create/configure material variants within the material master.OverviewIt will be described how to create a configurable material, how to create a configuration profile, how to create and configure a material variant, how to integrate all the master data to APO and how to check the data in APO after integration. For the purpose of this cook book, we consider that the class and the characteristics have already been created in ECC and integrated to APO.Table of Contents Purpose Overview Example Creation Create a configurable material (MM01): xx_conf_mat Create a configuration profile (CU41): xx_conf_mat Create a material variant and configure it (MM01): xx_mat_var Integration of configurable materials and variants Check data in APO (/SAPAPO/MAT1) Related Content Related Documents Related SAP Notes/KBAsExample CreationCreate a configurable material (MM01): xx_conf_mat1. Execute transaction MM012. Enter a name for the material3. Select industry sector: M (mechanical engineering)4. Select material type: e.g. HALB (Semi finished Products)5. Press Select View(s) button6. Select Views Basic Data 1, Basic Data 2, Classification, MRP1, MRP2, MRP3, MRP47. Press enter8. Specify the Plant and press enter

9. Enter a material description10. Define the Base Unit of Measure11. Press Enter (you will be sent to Basic Data 2 tab)12. At the bottom of Basic Data 2, set flag Material is Configurable13. Press enter14. If a warning message appears, confirm it by pressing enter. (you will be sent to Classification tab)

15. Assign to the Material a class that has Class Type 300 (Variants)16. Press F8 (you will be sent to MRP1 tab)

17. Enter MRP Type 'X0'18. Enter an MRP Controller19. Enter a Lot-Size Procedure20. Press Enter (you will be sent to MRP2 tab)

21. Enter a number of In-House Production days22. Set Sched Margin Key 00023. Press enter (you will be sent to MRP3 tab)

24. On MRP3 tab, set field Availability Check to KP25. Press enter (you will be sent to MRP4 tab)26. Press enter again and save the material

Create a configuration profile (CU41): xx_conf_mat1. Execute transaction CU412. Select Material as Configurable Object and confirm the popup

3. Enter the Material Name of your Configurable Material and press enter

4. Enter Profile Priority (01 in the example)5. Enter a Profile Name6. Enter Class Type 3007. Press enter8. SaveCreate a material variant and configure it (MM01): xx_mat_var1. Execute transaction MM01 and create a new Material. The steps are similar to previous section where aconfigurable material was created, but with a few differencesa. Do notset the flag "Configurable Material" in Basic Data 22. Determine if you want to configure the variant cross-plant or at plant levela. For Plant-Specific Configuration,i. Go to tab MRP3 and specify the Configurable Material. Then, click on Configure Variant button

ii. Specify valuations for the characteristicsiii. Press F8

iv. You will be back at MRP3 tab. Check that Variant flag has now been set

b. For Cross-Plant configuration, go to tab Basic Data 2 and execute the same steps thereIntegration of configurable materials and variants The integration of configurable materials and variants works as integrating normal materials. But you have to keep in mind that the classification data have to be in the APO system as well. It is recommended to integrate the classification data (classes and characteristics) in a separate model. So you should integrate these data first before sending the configurable materials and variants.Check data in APO (/SAPAPO/MAT1)1. Execute transaction /SAPAPO/MAT12. Enter the name of the Product Variant and the Location3. Go to Classification tab. There, you should see the Configurable Material specified as Reference Product (Location). Also when pressing the green triangle next to the Reference Product, you can see the valuation of the variant