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There are 6 different techniques available to restrict the domain of characteristic values in Variant Configuration. This document will discuss each technique in detail and offer insights into the benefits and pitfalls of each technique. In conclusion, a recommendation of the best practice will be made. This document is the precursor to the only worldwide CWG and SAP approved best practice for Variant Configuration techniques.

Table of Content

Foreword
Introduction
Background
Description of Techniques
Technique 1-Create 2 Unique Characteristics
Technique 2-Utilize Preconditions to Hide the Values until Appropriate
Technique 3-Specialize the Characteristic During Class Inheritance
Technique 4-Overwrite the Characteristic During Assignment to a Class
Technique 5-Utilize a Function Based Value Check Against a Ztable
Technique 6- Utilize Constraint Based Modeling
Comparison of Techniques
Best Practice Recommendation

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The question that immediately comes to your mind is naturally, “What does this mean to me?” Not much of anything until you get that fateful call from your manager. He tells you something like “We are going to put in the Variant Configuration module of SAP, and you are going to run the project!”

Sounds great right?? However, what if the only exposure you’ve ever had to SAP is seeing those interesting logo’s on sponsor advertising at the Formula One races or the local football match? “Variant Configuration”? What in the world does that mean??

The reality is many projects start out in exactly this manner. If you are lucky, you are involved in one of the good projects, where you were involved in the selection team that chose the software. In that case, you already know what Variant Configuration (also known as VC or LO-VC) is. If not, you will know it by the time you get done reading this book! Either way, you have some interesting times ahead. In this section, we will try to show you some of the typical challenges you will encounter as well as give you some practical advice on overcoming them.

To allow the project manager with no experience in configuration software to understand the challenges they may face. This document will cover a Variant Configuration project from the selection of the solution to the post go live impacts of problem solving. Along the way, helpful tips to resolve common project problems unique to variant configuration projects will be presented. This is not a technical explanation of Variant Configuration, but rather a primer for the non technical project manager.

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