Sap and Flash and Other Things

Hi all,
The lesson in this post is about updating the BOM quantity based on selections made by the user.
In the SAP help they cover this a little, but the solution they give is very basic. Basically they use a simple procedure where they set the quantity based on some IF logic. [...]

Hi all,
This lesson completes our simple Box configurator. It is not the last lesson, but we have now built something that selects a component. This is using class items.
You may have noticed, or perhaps not, that I have shown ways that keep object dependencies to the minimum, and used variant table, and now [...]

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I am suprised I got this lesson ready tonight. Somehow a possum got in the house last night and we couldnt find it during the day as they hide and sleep. But it left a few tell tale signs so we knew it was somewhere. Well as night fell out he [...]

Hi all,
In this lesson I want to show the use of a simple contraint to restrict our values. This is explained by the screen demo in Variant Tables in Part 5. But basically we are enforcing this relationship.
Small Box – Red, Green, Blue
Medium Box – Red, Green
Large – Green
The Constraint looks like this.
OBJECTS:
BOX [...]

This lesson is all about variant tables. What are variant tables all about? Well the best way to perhaps see the benefit of them is to see the end result of what can be achieved with them.
What I am showing here is what I described in the first lesson.
We are going to order boxes. [...]

Tonight I have just finished the latest lesson. It is pushing 11-00pm here so am rushing to load this up and get some sleep. This lesson is starting to get to the stage where we can do the real stuff with variant configuration. The setup is a bit tedious, but relatively straightforward.
The [...]

Hi again. Todays lesson is looking at maintaining a class. This class will contain the characteristics BOX_SIZE and BOX_COLOURS and the user will see these in the sales order after we hook everything up.
I have added audio to the lesson in the pdf link for this lesson. Makes the file [...]

I am now starting on a series of lessons for Variant Configuration. What we will be building is a simple model, but it will demonstrate some of the more advanced features. These advanced features will include using variant tables to store data relationships, constraints to use the variant tables to restrict options, updating [...]

Hi,
Often in my SAP work I am required to produce training documents. Often I use Word and Snagit to produce the training documents. Other times I have used Captivate to produce recordings and redistribute using zip files etc. Both methods can be OK, and each has a place, but sometimes I think [...]

A fun area in SAP, well I think it is fun, is variant configuration. Its not something that is implemented often, but where it fits, it is a really good solution.
What is Variant Configuration you ask?
It is a means of being able to order a product with options. For example you [...]