Configuration Rebuild

Over time, new features can be introduced, existing features can become obsolete, and product structures can change.

You can use Configuration Rebuild to make batch changes to multiple configurations and update variant items data without going through the questionnaire entry process. You can also reprice configurations as well as update variant product structures and routings for selected variant items during the rebuild process

The Configuration Rebuild function does not create new variant items from existing configurations. For configurations without variant items, only features and price information can be updated.

The system runs the following product configuration rules when rebuilding a configuration:

Currently, the system does not process sales configuration rules during configuration rebuilds.

Sales of black ultrasounds have been disappointing and market analysis has indicated that gray is a more popular color. Your company's marketing department has decided to remove black as a standard color option and replace it with gray.

Run Configuration Browse to view your existing configurations. If you do not have a configuration with feature Color = Black, create one for this exercise. Run the Configuration Questionnaire and select New Configuration. Select Color = Black. Complete the questionnaire and create a variant item.

Run Feature Maintenance for configurable item 50020 (Industrial Housing) and update the feature housing-color as follows:

Use Item Master Maintenance (1.4.1) in the Master Data module to create the item as follows:


Item Number.	UM	Description	Net Weight & Measure	Pur/Mfg	Price	Standard Material Cost
60063	GA	Paint, Gray	1.0 KG	P	0.00	6.00

Note: You could create item 60063 using Item Master Copy (1.4.12) and copying item 60061 (Paint, Black)

When gray paint is replacing black paint, do the following:

Run Product Structure Maintenance (13.5) in the Manufacturing module to update the product structure for the Industrial Housing (50020). Delete component 60061 (Paint, Black) and add component 60063 as follows:


Level	Component Item	Description	Quantity Per	UM
Parent	60061	Industrial Housing		EA
1	60063	Paint, Gray	0.75	GA

Run Variant Product Structure Rule Maintenance for configurable item 50020 and enter the selection rules as follows:


Configurable Item	Component	Description	Selection Rule
50020	60062	Paint, Other	Painted = “painted” and u-color <> “white” and u-color <> “black” and u-color <> “gray”
	60063	Paint, Gray	Painted = “painted” and u-color = “gray”

Now update the existing configurations that have Color = Black.

Run Configuration Rebuild.

• A Configuration Browse window is displayed. Use the search box to filter records and look up the configurations where Color = Black. Click OK to select all the configurations displayed in the browse.

• To make batch changes to features in all the selected configurations, select Feature Options. In the expanded box, specify the feature changes during the rebuild process. Select Add/Update and assign housing-color = Gray.

• Select the Product Structure/Routing check box to update the product structures and routings of the variant items. Next specify whether you want to obsolete or delete the old product structures and routings.

• Select Show Detail to display detailed change information in the rebuild report.

• Click Rebuild. The system displays the number of configurations and variant items to rebuild. Click OK to start the rebuild process.

Run Configuration Browse to view your existing configurations. Verify that the configurations that previously had Color = Black now have Color = Gray.