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Fig. 8.19
Item Number Selection
Without a configuration key, the system selects the actual item wanted explicitly by its item
number. Use Variant Item Number Rule Maintenance to set the variant item number as the number
of an existing standard item based on a single feature. Typically, an option list or item browse in
the Questionnaire is used to manually select the wanted standard item.
In this scenario, C2 does not have a configurable product structure since there is no new
configured variant item created. C2 serves as a placeholder.
In rebuilding the configuration for C1, the top-level configurable item, the system searches for a
matching configuration for C2 according to the variant item number rule.
• If there is a match, the system uses the variant item, attaching it to the product structure of C1.
• If there is no match, the system reports an error in the rebuild report.
Note In rebuilding C1, when a matching configuration is found for C2, the system does not run
the Variant Item Data Rule. If there are any rule changes or feature value changes that could cause
item data changes, lower-level configurations need to build first.
In Scenario 2 and Scenario 3, C2 serves as a placeholder. A configurable item placeholder can
appear multiple times in the product structure when each placeholder gets the same item. But the
system does not support the situation where a placeholder configurable item appears multiple
times in the product structure while each placeholder has a different item. The reason is that for a
placeholder configurable item, there is only one variant item number rule and one configuration
key. If you want different configurable items in the product structure, define different configurable
items with configuration keys and variant item number rules.
Running Batch Compiler
Use Batch Compiler to compile the Progress source code for selection and assignment rules for
one or more selected configurable items (including planning items). Recompiling the code after
significant changes have been made—for example, after re-creation of the database—can save
considerable time in subsequent Variant Creation processes.
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