Managing Configurable Products

Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Describe the concept of configurable products in SAP CPQ
Describe attribute dependencies for configurable products
Create and add configurable products to the product catalog

Configurable Products

Configurable products are customizable products that have attributes associated with them. Users select values for these associated attributes to configure the product.

For example, a laptop might have attributes for the processor, memory, hard drive, optical drive, and warranty. As the attributes are selected, they'll be displayed, along with their price, in an area of SAP CPQ called the Responder. This allows users to view all of the attributes selected for that product.

Configurable products are not imported. Typically, configurable products are created manually based on a client's needs. Configurable products can also be created by redefining a simple product as a configurable product.

A configurable product's configuration options are logically divided into six tabs:

Definition
Pricing
Attributes
Rules and Messages
Scripts
Layout
Advanced Settings

Attribute Dependencies for Configurable Products

Attributes for a configurable product can be mandatory or optional. Additionally, attribute dependencies can be defined so that some attribute values are only available when one or more specific values for another attribute have been selected.

For example, a computer might have four available values for the processor and four values for the memory, but some of the available processors may not be compatible with all the memory options.

Attribute dependencies will be discussed further in the Configuration Rules lesson.

Let's take a closer look at creating and modifying configurable products in the following exercise!

Create and Modify Configurable Products

Business Scenario

Now that the attributes have been created for configurable laptops, the ST Laptop, and STX Laptop need to be added to the system as configurable products.

Task Flow

In this exercise, you’ll learn how to:

Create a configurable product
Add attributes to a configurable product
Edit attribute definitions
Add attribute values
Edit attribute values
Configure product layout

Exercise options

To carry out the six tasks of this is exercise, you can choose the following option: Platform Simulation: Watch the step-by-step instructions within the simulation.

To start the simulations, choose Start Exercise in the figures below.

Task 1: Create Configurable Products

Now that the attributes have been created for configurable laptops, the ST Laptop, and STXLaptop need to be added to the system as configurable products.

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Task 2: Add Attributes to Configurable Products

To complete configuration of the ST and STX Laptops, the Processor, Memory, Hard Drive, and Optical Drive attributes must be added to each laptop.

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Task 3: Edit Attribute Definitions

Supertech has made the following additional specifications for the ST and STX Laptops:

Attributes should be listed as line items on the Quote.
Attribute selections are required for each attribute to complete product configuration.
All attributes should be displayed as radio buttons in the Configurator.

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Task 4: Add Attribute Values

While pricing for the Processor, Hard Drive, and Memory options will be configured later, Supertech would like to define the price and cost for each Optical Drive available for the ST Laptop. In addition, Supertech would like to add a Part Number to each Optical Drive.

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Task 5: Edit Attribute Values

One additional edit must be made to the STX Laptop. Supertech clarified that the STX Laptop doesn’t come with some of the Hard Drive options created earlier.

Therefore, these options must not be available during configuration of the STX Laptop.

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Task 6: Configure the Product Layout

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