CLASS and CLASS TYPE

[Former Member]

Hi gurus,

What is the importance of class type and class in Variant configuration?

How does class effect in material master record.

pls explain elaborately, i m new to concept.

thank you

with regards

chaitanya

[Former Member]

Hi

Class: A group of similar objects described by means of characteristics that they have in common. Each class must be assigned to exactly one class type.

Class: A Class Groups Similar Objects together.

E.g. Laser Printers, Inkjet Printers

Class type: A Class type is a top-level unit of Control for Classes.

(Maintained for classification) Ex: Batch, Variants, Material class, equipment class

After defining this class & class type we link it to material master in classifcation view. So when ever the material no. is entered in the sales order, system know its an batch element.

Reward if useful to u

[Former Member]

hi

A class is used to hold the characteristics that describe a configurable material. By linking the class to the configurable material, you allow the material to be configured using the characteristics of the class.

You can only use a class in variant configuration if the class has a class type that supports variant configuration. In the standard R/3 System, the class type for variants is class type 300. However, in Customizing for Classification, you can define other class types for variant configuration.

The characteristics are linked to the class through this transaction

Once you have created a variant class, you can do the following, as for any other class:

Classify materials in the class

These materials do not have to be configurable materials.

Set up a class hierarchy

This allows you to use inherited characteristics and restrict characteristic values.

Use the class to find objects

Class type 300 has 2 other special attributes, in addition to the Variant class indicator:

In classes of this class type, you can classify objects of different object types. This means that all the objects linked to the configurable material are classified in one class.

For example, if you create a sales order for a configurable material, this order is automatically classified in the variant class.

You can also use classes of class type 300 as BOM items.

[Former Member]

so for a super BOM, Can we use class type 200 and 300?

What the difference between Class type 200 and 300, in which scenarios do we use them?

thank you

with regards

chaitanya

[Former Member]

hi,

Class 300 and 200 are both defined for the materials.class 300 is mainly used for a variant material used for variant configurartion.We can also classify materials under class 200 which do not have to be configurable materials.But allows to use the defined characteristics and restrict the usage for a specific purpose..

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