Managing Simple Products in SAP CPQ

SAP CPQ allows administrators to create two main types of products:

• Simple products
• Configurable products

Configurable products include various subtypes, such as Parent/Child Systems and Systems (Lists) of Configurable Products, each designed to support complex configurations and relationships between products.

Simple products contain fixed attributes, for example, color, size, and speed. Simple products do not require configuration before being added to the cart or to a quote. Simple products can be created manually or by importing.

CPQ software often provides a feature known as simple product import to populate or update a product catalog. This capability allows businesses to easily upload a large amount of product data from other systems into their CPQ system in a single, simple process. This usually involves importing an Excel or CSV file containing the product's specifications, prices, and other related information. This feature is particularly beneficial for businesses that deal with hundreds or thousands of Simple products, saving them a significant amount of time and effort entering product data manually.

Important:

The main steps to import a list of simple products are:

• Select the import template.
• Populate the template with data.
• Import the template.
• Verify the updated or imported products.

You can access the products administration page by selecting Setup > Product Catalog > Products. Products are filtered by specific and advanced search criteria.

You can search products by name and part number.

Or use the advanced filter for searching the following queries:

• Product type
• Category
• Display type
• Permissions
• Modified date
• Active status
• System ID

In SAP CPQ, each product can have multiple versions. When changes are made to a product in CPQ, instead of overwriting the existing product, a new version is created to allow tracking of product changes. The administrator may revert to older versions. However, only one version of a product can be active at a time.

Enable the Active toggle switch to display the currently available product version.

To delete a product version, select Edit and deactivate the product by disabling the Active toggle switch.

Products are often added and require editing in the system. When adding a product or editing product information, use the following tabs to make changes:

• Definition
• Pricing
• Attributes
• Rules and Messages
• Scripts
• Layout
• Advanced Settings

Next, let's take a closer look at manually adding simple products and adding product types and importing in the following exercises!