SAP ABAP IMG Activity CFMENUOLPSPPE03 (Define iPPE Variant Types)
Hierarchy
☛ EA-APPL (Software Component) SAP Enterprise Extension PLM, SCM, Financials
   ⤷ LO-PDM (Application Component) Product Data Management
     ⤷ PLM_PDN (Package) Product Designer
IMG Activity
ID CFMENUOLPSPPE03 Define iPPE Variant Types  
Transaction Code S_ALN_01002188   (empty) 
Created on 20030407    
Customizing Attributes CFMENUOLPSPPE03   Define iPPE Variant Types 
Customizing Activity CFMENUOLPSPPE03_PD   Define iPPE Variant Types 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name KPE_OPPE03    

Use

In this step, you can define the variant types for the node types that you have already defined in step Define General Node Types.

You can use a variant to document if a node can have various concrete characteristics. When you maintain data in the iPPE Workbench, the variant that belongs to the node is automatically selected.

Requirements

Standard settings

The variant types included in standard Customizing allow you to build the structures for all applications in iPPE. The following variant types are included in the standard Customizing:

  • Product Structure
    • Access Variant
    • Item Variant
    • Assembly Header
    • Assembly Item
    • Color Variant
  • Focus
    • Focus Access Variant
    • Focus Variant
    • Focus Assembly Header
    • Focus Assembly Item
    • Focus Color Variant

Activities

You create new variant types as follows:

  1. In the Customizing of Cross-Application Components, choose Integrated Product and Process Engineering (iPPE) -> Administration iPPE Objects -> Define iPPE Variant Types.

    The screen Change iPPE Variant Types appears.

  2. Select New Entries to create a new entry.

    The screen New Entries: Details appears.

  3. Enter the necessary data.
  4. Save your entries.

Example

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 203   Establish Master Data 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 1   Critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG KPE_OPPE03 0 KPE0000001 Integrated Product and Process Engineering 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
V_CPVTYPE V - View SM30  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20080724 
SAP Release Created in 200