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.
Note 3: Characteristics which are of the type informational cannot be used in the Find Existing
Configuration functionality as they are not included in the configuration specification.
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