Sales configuration rules determine the dependencies between the options of variables/features. They also influence the order in which the questions are presented in the questionnaire. Besides, rules determine which options become invalid as a result of answers to former questions and can even answer a question automatically if there is only one valid answer left.

Rules consist of clauses. The IF clause represents a condition. The THEN clause and the ELSE clause represent a conclusion.

You can use the following functions to define sales configuration rules:

In General Rule Maintenance, you can define rules regardless of a configurable item. The rules can apply to more than one configurable item. The rules are defined independently of items and linked to items at a later stage.

In Rule-Group Maintenance, you can group general rules into a defined rule-group. A rule-group contains instance of rules concerning the same topic.

You can use Item Rule Maintenance to:

Rule tables offer an easy way to enter a number of rules of a certain type that look very much alike. A general rule table contains rules that can be valid for more than one configurable item. An item-specific rule table contains rules that are only valid for the item for which the rule table was defined.