This activity is used to create and manage configuration rules for Materials of an execution item template. An execution item template is made possible to register all possible Material alternatives connected to a Work List or not which are required by the design. A rule can be defined on every Material alternative, by adding appropriate rule conditions and respective actions. These conditions are evaluated and actions are performed based on the configuration criteria inputs later in the configuration phase. This can be performed in Compatible Unit Template Navigator page.
It is possible to define the material rules criteria as conditions and expected material demand as actions. Condition allows you to define logical expressions to determine selection criteria based on specific configuration values or ranges of values. Actions are used to define one or more actions to perform. If the expression is true, the actions defined are executed. If the expression is false, the material itself is ignored and actions are not executed. The absence of a condition means that the original requirement will be inherited by default.
Materials should be defined with at least one of the execution items.
As a result of this activity, a material rule will be created and available for evaluation.