VC Model in SAP

This is a view of an SAP Variant Configurator product model running in SAP.  This is the configurable product model (KMAT) that can be extracted in minutes from your SAP client and imported to the eSpline Avenue Server, analyzed, parsed and translated to Oracle CPQ rule patterns and then imported to Oracle.  Today, the process is automated and is virtually a hands-off process.

First login to SAP and then login to the eSpline Avenue Portal (not shown here) to extract all the objects in the VC model.  The next step is to Extract the SAP VC configurable product model frequently referred to as a KMAT.  Once the product model is in the eSpline Avenue Server, you have the option to view the model in html or pdf with the Avenue Model View and then we recomend running an Avenue Health Check report (if this is the first time to extract) to determine if there will be any issues with the SAP VC model that might cause a translation problem.  There is a specific reporting category in the Avenue Health Check to inform you of potential issues with the VC to Oracle CPQ translation. 

Extract an SAP VC Model

Here eSpline uses a customer tested capability to extract the SAP Variant Configurator product model (KMAT) knowledgebase from an SAP instance.  There are multiple choices for the extract process, which is always a read-only process. 

There is no need for an SAP Basis resource.  As long as you have authorization in SAP, all model objects can be extracted.  The SAP VC model(s) are extracted and imported to the cloud and into eSpline's Avenue Portal, processed and made ready for the translation.  In a production environment, you would not normally see this screen, it would be automated for you.

View an SAP VC CPQ model

This is an optional step used when the translator user needs to understand the VC model's structure and behavior.  The image shows a collage of the SAP VC product model.  The screens illustrate three html pages that are a part of the entire model view report.         Avenue Model View details....   

SAP VC Health Check for Oracle CPQ

We recommend when translating a SAP VC product model for the first few time you might want to execute the Avenue Health Check Report and refer specifically to the Formatting for Oracle CPQ | BigMachines category.   Of course, there are 8 other categories to review as well to help assure the VC model is in "good health".  

Other SAP VC categories that you might be interested in include: 1) Checks for performance pitfalls, 2) Good practices for Modeling Style, 3) Syntax, 4) Application Link Enabling (ALE) or 5) Characteristic Based Planning.