Role of KMAT in PDS

[Former Member]

Hi,

Can somebody explain me what is the role of material type KMAT in PDS? KMAT is material type "Configurable Material" in ECC. How is this related to PDS? Should I have it mandatorily in my BOM?

I would appreciate any links to documentation.

Thanks.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello Visu,

One can generate a PDS for configurable material.

In APO for a product, 2 types of classification are supported.

1. CDP.

2. Variant Configuration.

BOM can be created for a configurable material and using this -> a producion version and this can be transferred as a PDS to APO.

When creating an order one can specify the characteristic values for the order. ( Characterisics which are part of the class which is used to classify the material in R/3)

before creating the PDS one should make sure the classification being used has been integrated to APO.

One can also use Object Dependencies in BOM when using KMAT to select the relevant components( having related characteristic values) automatically.

and these object dependencies will also be transferred to APO and will be part of the PDS when it is created.

Regards,

Hemanth