Variant Class

CT04 just creates the characteristics; the assignment to a vehicle requires a few more steps.

Step 1 - Create Variant Class

To make the assignment, the first step is to create a Variant Class.
The class is created, maintained, and displayed in transaction CL02.

To create a new class, enter the class name, define class type 300 (more on that in a bit) and
click the create button.  Enter a description, then click the Characteristics tab and assign any and
all characteristics that will make up the vehicle configuration.

The method of linking characteristics to the master data is the same as above: create a class and
make the assignment through the characteristics tab.  The trick is creating the class: there is
a specific class type defined for the type of master data to be classified.  For variant configuration,
the class type is 300; create the wrong class type, the vehicle record can’t be configured.

Step 2 - Assignment Process

The next step in the assignment process is through the material master.

Through tcode MM02, enter the material, select the Classification view, select class type 300,
and assign the variant class. It’s important to make sure you have selected class type 300
first Class Type 300 only can be used for variant configuration

Step 3 - Create a Configuration Profile

The configuration profile is created in transaction CU41.

Enter the material, specify the profile is for a material, then enter the profile details:
Profile ID (01 is nice), Profile Description (“CAR Profile” seems about right), and
Class Type (300.  Must be 300).

To Summarise

The tcodes needed to make the build the data are:-

1. CT04 (create characteristics)
2. CL02 (create class, assign characteristics)
3. MM02 (assign class to material)
4. CU41 (create configuration profile for material)
5. CU50 is used to test that the configuration looks right

To test the data

Use tcode CU50, Enter the material (CAR) and click the Configuration push button. 
If the data has been set up correctly, the list of characteristics assigned to the class will be
available for entry.  For each characteristic, click the drop down to display the list of possible
values and select the one you want.

This concludes the basic set up required to enable variant configuration.