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 |
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.
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