Find Existing Configuration
Explanation
This activity is used to search for the available configurations in stock
or inventory parts created from the configurations.
The Find Configuration assistant offers the ability to:
- Reserve an available configuration quantity
- Define a configuration ID supported by the valid part configuration
revision, for manufacturing or purchasing.
- Find parts created from a configuration
- Replace configured parts with standard inventory parts
Prerequisites
- A configuration characteristic must exist with the necessary option
values.
- A configurable part must exist with a configuration family (can contain
discrete and/or variable characteristics) connected to the part.
- A configuration should not have been entered previously for the order
line. The assistant will not overwrite an existing configuration ID.
Note 1: When using the assistant from the Customer Order
page, a customer order header with at least one order line for a configurable
part, must have been entered and saved.
Note 2: Only those configurations
that exist in the Configuration Specifications Usage page with
the configuration usage type Shop Order and/or Purchase Order
can be found.
System Effects
As a result of this activity:
- The available quantity can be reserved directly for the customer order
line.
- A configuration ID, supported by the valid part revision, can be defined
for manufacturing or purchasing.
- An earlier created inventory part from the configuration, can replace
the configured part on the customer order line