Upload Translated Rules

The upload from the eSpline Avenue Portal to Oracle CPQ | BigMachines has been automated.  There were over 20 manual processes that were automated since there were few APIs available for this type of integration and the Avenue AutoImport uploads translated VC models to the Oracle CPQ | BigMachines Admin function. 

Translated Model in Oracle CPQ | BigMachines

The feature / options are the same.  The behavior is a little different because the models are from different configurator applications.  The results are the same with one very large difference; operating on laptops and internet.

Oracle CPQ | BigMachines quote

Once the SAP Variant Configurator product model has been extracted, translated, parsed and XML generated, the results are imported to Oracle CPQ | BigMachines, this is a screen example of a quote in Oracle CPQ | BigMachines of the translated SAP VC model.

Side by Side - original & translated model

What the screen shot shows is a translated SAP VC model with the same behavior in Oracle CPQ.  The SAP Variant Configurator product model shown on the left side has been extracted, translated and imported to Oracle CPQ | BigMachines shown on the right side.  What you see is an actual side by side view of the same product models operating in both SAP and Oracle CPQ applications. 

The behavior is the same

The results and selections are the same

Click on the image and see for yourself

Believe it!  Your SAP VC model is likely complex and you have invested lots of time and treasure to make it work for you. 

                                           You are not going to replace VC!    So, Leverage it! 

Keep SAP VC for your product definition for manufacturing, purchasing, and all else it does well and then leverage it for a front-end sales definition for quoting.