Adding an Existing Configuration Feature

This topic describes how to add an existing configuration feature to an object.

Note: If you manually add a configuration feature to a product or product variant and then add it as a design variant to a logical feature, that configuration feature will be retained in the product or product variant context even if the design variant is removed.

Before you begin:

Access the Properties page for a product line, model, product, product variant, or configuration feature. For details, see Viewing Product Line Properties, Viewing Model Properties, Product Properties Page, Editing Product Variant Properties, or Configuration Feature Properties Page, respectively.

Related Topics
Running a Search
About Configuration Features
Creating a Configuration Feature

  1. To add an existing configuration feature, do one of the following:

    • In the context of a product line, from the Categories menu, select Configuration Features. In the Configuration Features page, select the desired product line, click Enable Edit, then from the page Actions menu, select Add Existing.
    • In the context of a model, from the Categories menu, select Configuration Features. In the Configuration Features page, on the Candidate Configuration Features tab, from the page Actions menu, select Add Existing.
    • In the context of a product, from the Categories menu, select Configuration Features. In the Configuration Features page, select the desired product, click Enable Edit, then from the page Actions menu, select Add Existing.
    • In the context of a product variant, from the Categories menu, select Configuration Features. In the Configuration Features page, select the desired product variant, click Enable Edit, then from the page Actions menu, select Add Existing.
    • In the context of another configuration feature, from the Categories menu, select Configuration Features. In the Configuration Features page, select the desired configuration feature, click Enable Edit, then from the page Actions menu, select Add Existing.

    The Search page opens, in which you can search for existing configuration features that are not already connected to the context object.

  2. In the Search page, select the desired configuration feature, then click Submit.

    The Search page is dismissed. In all contexts except for a model, the text color of the configuration feature is initially displayed in green, meaning that the addition is still preliminary.

  3. Click Save.

    The text color of the configuration feature changes to black, meaning that the addition has been confirmed.