US 6,983,187 B2
Method and system for automatically generating selection conditions in a product configuration system
Thomas Kern, Nussloch (Germany)
Assigned to SAP Aktiengesellschaft, Walldorf (Germany)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/640,651.
Prior Publication US 2005/0038542 A1, Feb. 17, 2005
Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 700—97 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for generating selection conditions associated with variants represented in a hierarchical node structure in a product configuration system, the selection conditions relating to a determination of when the variants are to be included in a configurable product, the method comprising:
(a) receiving relationship information for component variants at a first node level of the node structure;
(b) determining what combinations may be formed from the component variants based on the relationship information;
(c) forming assembly variants corresponding to the combinations, at a second node level higher than the first node level; and
(d) automatically forming selection conditions corresponding to the assembly variants based on selection conditions corresponding to the component variants.