Configurator – Administration

There are two administration interfaces in msg.Variant CoFE. “Global administration” and “Material administration”.

The user opens “Global administration” using the button at the top right in the header on the initial screen. “Global administration” is, as its name implies, global. This means that these settings apply to all users. With these settings, the header, the pictures 1–3 on the initial screen, the display variant of the characteristics and the categories are controlled.

Initial Screen “Global administration”

Unlike “Global administration”, “Material administration” can be set for each configurable material (KMAT). This can be selected after accessing the configurable material. You can do this using the button at the top right in the header or via the “Global administration” in material section using the button .

Initial Screen “Material administration”

Global Administration

You can select the language of the user interface in the header. The application will be reloaded by changing the language and the settings that were not saved will be lost. At present, German, English, Spanish and Chinese are supported.

Language Setting Interface

Directly underneath, you can switch between the available languages for the administration contents.

Language Setting Settings

Header Data

In the header data, you can adjust the heading on the initial screen of the shopping cart. You can maintain this individually for each language.

Adjustment field – header on initial screen

You can also set 3 picture URLs, which are displayed on the initial screen of the shopping cart. Additional information on the size of the pictures, is provided by the information button at the end of the lines.

Picture Maintenance URLs for Initial Screen

Please note the size of the pictures.

Picture URL Information Picture Size

Categories Maintenance

You can assign all numbers of configurable materials to categories that are displayed on the initial screen. To create a category, you must click on the button . You must assign a name for the category and a description.

Creation of Category

To add materials to a created category, you must navigate to the category. You do this using button at the end of the line of categories. When you click on the button, a pop-up window is displayed in which all material numbers are displayed, which are not assigned. Click on the material numbers to add them to the category.

You can assign a material number to one category only.

Maintenance Material Numbers for Categories

Display Category on the Initial Screen

This section is hidden on the initial screen when no categories are maintained.

Materials

In the global administration, you can maintain additional information, picture URLs, priority and text variant of the individual products.

Column	Description	Presentation
Material	Material	Only used for information/display
Description	Material description	Only used for information/display
Info	This column is used to provide additional information on a product	Maintenance information text for material Display Information Text for Material
Picture	Picture of the product	Maintenance picture URL for material Display Picture for Material We recommend using a ratio of 1:1 $C:\Users\rthye\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\FRUFPAW1\MC900432617[1].png$ The maximum length of the URL of 200 characters must not be exceeded, otherwise the picture cannot be displayed. If this is not possible, the URL must be artificially shortened. You can use a compressing tool for URLs.
Priority	Defines the order of “Recommended products” on the initial screen	Maintenance Priority of Materials
Text variant	Display variant of products and product description	Maintenance Text Variant of Material Value: Display Text Variant of Material “Value” Value (Description): Display Text Variant of Material “Value” Description: Display Text Variant of Material “Description” Description (Value): Display Text Variant of Material “Description (Value)”
Navigation in material administration	Direct access to material administration of the respective material
Search field	You can filter by material and description in the search field	Display Search in Materials You can also activate a search in the individual columns. You activate the search by clicking on the header. A pop-up window is displayed in which you can “Sort Ascending” and “Sort Descending”, or you can enter a term in the filter field. Display Search in Materials

Detailed Description Detail Maintenance for Materials

Material Administration

Material administration is divided into three sections. These are “Header Data”, “Groups” and “Characteristics”.

You can select the language of the user interface in the header. The application will be reloaded by changing the language and the settings that were not saved will be lost.

msg.Variant CoFE – Language Interface

Directly underneath, you can switch between the available languages of the configuration model. The description of the characteristics and characteristic values, long texts and groups of the interface design are language dependent.

msg.Variant CoFE – Language Descriptions

Header Data

You can make the settings for the configurable material layout in the header data.

msg.Variant CoFE – Header Data

In the header data, the following items are defined: Display variant, size, sidebar to be used, scope and display of the price and settings for multi-level configuration.

When you select “Automatic” for all options, the preset value of the system is set.

Header data	Description
Display variant	You can find all possible layouts in the Configuration – Layout types in the chapter below The user can display all possible representations via the information icon . Setting the Display Variant – Information Icon
Size	Full width: The configurator is displayed on the entire screen. Letterboxing: Optimizes the width of the picture.
Hide sidebar (characteristics)	Yes: no sidebar available No: The user always has a sidebar in his configuration in which the valuated options are displayed. All selected characteristics are displayed with the respective values. Msg.Variant CoFE – Configuration with Sidebar
Taken over from old config.	Yes: Before you configure the material, a pop-up window opens in which you can decide whether you want to create a new configuration or copy an existing configuration. When you select an existing configuration, a search window opens. msg.Variant CoFE – Creation of a New Configuration (Pop-Up) No: The system guides you directly to the configuration of the material. There’s no pop-up window opening.
Price	Total net price: The system displays only the total net price. Option prices: The system displays all determined option prices and the total net price. None: Prices tab is hidden.
Display of option prices	Value: The system displays only the variant name. Value (Description): The system displays only the name of the variant, followed by the description in brackets. Description: The system displays only the variant title. Description (Value): The system displays the name of the variant; in addition, the variant name is displayed in brackets.
Subitem prices	Yes: The system displays subitem prices. No: The system does not display subitem prices. Sum: The system displays the total of the individual subitems.
Multi-level configuration behavior	None Sidebar msg.Variant CoFE – Multi-Level Config. (Sidebar) Tabstrips msg.Variant CoFE – Multi-Level Config. (Tabstrip) Dissolve group
Hide multi-level materials	Input of materials
Display only sales relevant materials	Yes: Only sales-relevant materials are displayed No: All configurable materials are displayed

msg.Variant CoFE – Configure Header Data

Display Variant of the User Interface

The following table shows all possible display variants with a detailed description.

Display variants	Description
Tabstrip	The “Tabstrips” layout displays the individual groups with tabs in the first line. This enables you to switch to the respective group. Display Variant – Tabstrip
Wizard	The wizard guides you through the configuration. The configuration is done group by group. When you want to switch to the next group, you can use a button to go to the next step. Display Variant – Wizard
Column Page Layout	“Column Page Layout” displays the configuration in columns. The first column displays the characteristics that you can valuate by clicking. The valuation of the characteristic values is done in the second column. When you select a value, the system navigates you directly to the next characteristic. Display Variant – Column Page Layout $C:\Users\rthye\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\FRUFPAW1\MC900432617[1].png$ If you select this display variant, the system shows you a mandatory field entry by a colored marking at the beginning of the characteristic (right edge of the screen). Note: With this display variant, the setting of the display variant of the groups has no effect!
Object Page Layout	The layout is very similar to the “Tabstrips” layout and can be controlled using the tab pages in the top line. The difference is that you get all the characteristics listed on one page. You can display each section by scrolling. Display Variant – Object Page Layout

msg.Variant CoFE – Configuration display variant of the user interface

Groups

The next section contains the groups from the configurable material user interface. You can reset groups here , add a new group or delete a group .

You cannot change the group ID, but you can change the description and the information text of the group. By changing the language in the header, the description and the information text can be maintained in different languages.

Msg.Variant CoFE – Groups

The order of the groups can be changed using drag & drop or using the buttons .

msg.Variant CoFE – Change Order Using drag & drop

By selecting the display variant, you determine the display of the characteristics. The following options are available to you:

Display variant	Description
Flex	In the “Flex” display variant, the characteristic names are displayed one below the other. Group Display Variant – Flex
Form	In the “Form” display variant, the characteristics are also displayed one below the other. However, the characteristic name is set to the same level as the selection of the characteristic value. Group display variant – Form
Table	In the “Table” display variant, the characteristics and their values are displayed in a table. Group display variant – Table

Flex

In the “Flex” display variant, the characteristic names are displayed one below the other.

Group Display Variant – Flex

Form

In the “Form” display variant, the characteristics are also displayed one below the other. However, the characteristic name is set to the same level as the selection of the characteristic value.

Group display variant – Form

Table

In the “Table” display variant, the characteristics and their values are displayed in a table.

Group display variant – Table

msg.Variant CoFE – Group Display Variant

In addition, you can hide the groups so that they cannot be evaluated in the configuration and are not visible to the user. For this purpose, you can set the desired values in the drop-down menu at the end of the line of the respective group.

msg.Variant CoFE – Drop-Down “Hide” Groups

The arrow at the end of the line is for assigning characteristics to the respective group.

Group Assignment – Header Data

All settings made at group level are available at header level and can be changed there. The size of the window can be adjusted by using the arrow in the center of the screen.

msg.Variant CoFE – Group Assignment (Header Data)

You can also add a picture to the group. You can use the long text to add text to a group or attach a document. Detailed information about using a long text in connection with the layout display is given in chapter Combination of Display Forms.

The lower section shows all characteristics that can be assigned to groups. The characteristics are sorted in the displayed order. You can change the sort order by using drag & drop.

You can define how the characteristics are to be displayed using the display variant and the text variant. The different display and text variants are described in detail in tables 7–9.

You can open the maintenance of the assigned characteristics in the lower section. The maintenance of characteristics is described in the next chapter.

Header data group	Description
ID	Group name
Description	Description of the characteristic, language-dependent
Hide	Display: Characteristic is displayed Hide: Characteristic is not displayed in the configuration
Display variant	You can adjust the group display: Flex: Characteristic names are displayed one below the other Form: Characteristics are also displayed one below the other. However, the characteristic name is set to the same level as the selection of the characteristic value Table: Characteristics and characteristic values in a table
Long text display of characteristics	This is only relevant if an entry is available in the field of the long text of the characteristic Integrated: The long text is integrated into the interface. This is not possible with all display variants. A list of which combinations of display variant and integrated long text are possible can be found in Display of the Long Text of a Characteristic. Info button: For maintained long text, an icon is displayed next to the characteristic name. This is not possible with all display variants. A list of which combinations of display variant and integrated long text are possible can be found in Display of the Long Text of a Characteristic Value.
Collection group	This is only relevant with “Column Page Layout” The Collection Group displays all characteristics of a group and not individual characteristics
Image URL	The linked image is integrated into the header of the characteristic. This is not possible with all display variants. $C:\Users\rthye\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\FRUFPAW1\MC900432617[1].png$ You must not exceed the maximum length of the URL of 200 characters, otherwise the picture cannot be displayed. If this is not possible, you must shorten the URL artificially. You can use a compressing tool for URLs.
Long text	You can add a long text of the characteristic group using this free text field.

msg.Variant CoFE Description Header Data

Characteristics and Assigned Characteristics

The last section lists all characteristics that are assigned to the material. All settings, which can be done for the characteristics within the group, can also be made in this area.

For characteristics, you can

change the description of the characteristic,
add an info text,
determine the text variant and
decide if the characteristic is to be hidden.

The different display variants are described in detailed in the following table:

Display variant	Description
Input Field	Display of a selection area Display Variant – Input Field (1/2) When you click on the icon, a pop-up window is displayed that shows the possible selection options. $C:\Users\rthye\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\FRUFPAW1\MC900432617[1].png$ Display Variant – Input Field (2/2) Note: With this display variant, the system does not display any images at the characteristic values.
Select Dropdown	Click on the arrow to display a selection list. The respective characteristic value is displayed when clicking on the selection: Display Variant – Select Dropdown
List	All characteristic values are listed one below the other: Display Variant – List
Grid List	This is a two-dimensional list view, which aligns the cells in a grid-based layout Display Variant – Grid-List
Date Picker	You can select a date by using the “Calendar” icon: $C:\Users\rthye\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\FRUFPAW1\MC900432617[1].png$ Display Variant – Date Picker Note: The characteristic for this display variant must have the format ‘DATE’!
Switch	You can activate or deactivate a characteristic value by switching this button. It’s mainly used for a unique characteristic. Display Variant – Switch
Avatar List	This is a two-dimensional list view in which a picture is displayed in a round frame above the value Display Variant – Avatar
Carousel	This displays the characteristic values next to each other. If the system does not display all values, you can scroll forwards and backwards using the arrows. Display Variant – Carousel
Segmented Button	A segmented button is a linear set of two or several segments, each of which is used as a button. The mouse-over always displays the key of the characteristic value. Display Variant – Segmented Button
Radio Button Group	This is a graphic control element that enables the user to only select one of several pre-defined options, which mutually exclude each other. The unique property of an option field differentiates it from checkboxes in which the user can select and de-select any number of elements. Display Variant – Radio Button Group
Step Input	Here you can gradually change the value of an integer numerical characteristic: Display variant – Step Input

msg.Variant CoFE – Display Variants – Characteristics

For characteristic values with multiple selection of the values, you can select the following display variants:

Display variants	Description
Multi Combo Box	Multiple selection using a drop-down menu with checkboxes Display Variant – Multi Combo Box
Multi Input	Multiple selection by opening a pop-up window Display Variant – Multi Input (1/2) You can select the requested characteristic values using the checkboxes. The selected elements are displayed in the lower section. You can confirm the selection by using the “OK” button or close the pop-up using the “Cancel” button. Display Variant – Multi Input (2/2)
Multi List	Multiple selection using a list with checkboxes Display Variant – Multi List
Multi Grid List	Multiple selection using a list with checkboxes: Display Variant – Multi Grid List

msg.Variant CoFE – Display Variants Characteristics (Multi-Selection)

In addition to the display variants, you can select how characteristic values are to be displayed in the configuration. You can select the following text variants:

Text variant	Description
Value	Display of technical characteristic values Text Variant – Key
Value (description)	Display of technical characteristic values with the respective text description in brackets Text Variant – Key (Text)
Description	Display of the respective text description of characteristic values Text Variant – Text
Description (value)	Display of the respective text description and the technical characteristic value in brackets Text Variant – Text (Key)

msg.Variant CoFE – Text variant

The selection of a text variant does not work with the following display variants:

Input Field

Date Picker
Checkbox (checkbox)
Switch
Step Input

Characteristic – Header Data

The arrow at the end of the line takes the user to the header data of the characteristic. Next to the data, which can also be maintained in the previous step, a

a picture can be added to the characteristic via a URL and
a long text can be defined (Please note: The different display options (see Combination of Display Forms) of a long text depend on the display variant of the group and the characteristic).

Characteristic – Header Data

You can edit the characteristic values in the lower section. Similar to characteristics,

you can change the sort order by using drag & drop and
select the characteristic values as “hidden”.

Header data characteristics	Description
ID	Characteristic name
Description	Description of the characteristic, language-dependent
Hide	Display: Characteristic is displayed Hide: Characteristic is not displayed in the configuration
Display variant	The display of the characteristic can be adjusted, the exact explanation of the different display variants can be taken from the tables in Chapter Display of the Long Text of a Characteristic.
Text variant	You can use this to determine for each characteristic whether the value, its description of both is to be displayed. The table in chapter Display of the Long Text of a Characteristic Value contains an exact explanation.
Long text display of characteristics	Is only relevant if an entry is available in the field of the long text of the characteristic Integrated: the long text is integrated into the interface. This is not possible with all display variants. A list of which combinations of display variant and integrated long text are possible can be found in chapter Display of the Long Text of a Characteristic Info button: for maintained long text, an icon is displayed next to the characteristic name. This is not possible with all display variants. A list of which combinations of display variant and integrated long text are possible can also be found in Display of the Long Text of a Characteristic.
Long text display of values	Is only relevant if an entry is available in the field of the long text of the values Integrated: the long text is integrated into the interface. This is not possible with all display variants. A list of which combinations of display variant and integrated long text are possible can be found in the table in chapter Display of the Long Text of a Characteristic Value. Info button: for maintained long text, an icon is displayed next to the characteristic value. This is not possible with all display variants. A list of which combinations of display variant and integrated long text are possible can be found in the table in chapter Display of the Long Text of a Characteristic Value.
Image URL	The linked image is integrated into the header of the characteristic. Not possible with all display variants $C:\Users\rthye\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\FRUFPAW1\MC900432617[1].png$ You must not exceed the maximum length of the URL of 200 characters, otherwise the picture cannot be displayed. If this is not possible, you must shorten the URL artificially. You can use a compressing tool for URLs.
Long text	You can add a long text of the characteristic using this free text field. Display Long Text for Characteristic

msg.Variant CoFE – Description Header Data Characteristics

Characteristic Values – Specification

The arrow at the end of the line takes the user to the specification of the characteristic value. Here you can

Add a picture to the characteristic via a URL and
Define a long text (Please note: The different display options (see Combination of Display Forms) of a long text depend on the display variant of the group and the characteristic).

Characteristic Value – Specification

Combination of Display Forms

The field “Long text” can only be displayed in different combinations. The following tables show the possible combinations for displaying the long text of characteristics or characteristic values.

Display of the Long Text of a Characteristic

Direct integration of the long texts at the characteristic is only possible in the display variant flex.

	Input Field	Select Dropdown	List	Grid List	Avatar List	Date Picker	Checkbox (checkbox)	Switch	Carousel	Text Area	Segmented Button	Radio Button Group	Step Input
Flex	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Form
Table

Long Text Included in Characteristic

You use the info button to enable integration in the following constellations:

	Input Field	Select Dropdown	List	Grid List	Avatar List	Date Picker	Checkbox (checkbox)	Switch	Carousel	Text Area	Segmented Button	Radio Button Group	Step Input
Flex
Form
Table

Long Text at the Characteristic Using the Information Button

Display of the Long Text of a Characteristic Value

	List	Grid List	Carousel	Segmented Button
Flex	X	X	X	X
Form	X	X	X	X
Table

Long text – Display Characteristic Value

You can use the button to display the long text at the value in all combinations.

Up-/Download Function

With the Up-/Download Function, all settings and enriched data of the KMAT can be downloaded and uploaded. This function makes it easier to adjust data form the same or similar KMATS.

$C:\Users\rthye\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\FRUFPAW1\MC900432617[1].png$ Before using this function to its full extent, you should make a backup copy of the settings beforehand, e.g. download all settings together as JSON.

$C:\Users\rthye\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\FRUFPAW1\MC900432617[1].png$ The Up-/Download Function should also only be used by experienced users, as these settings are irrevocably overwritten!

Download Function

Clicking on the button in the footer bar of the material administration opens a pop-up window in which you can select which data is to be downloaded.

In this pop-up window, you can choose between an Excel download (separate) and JSON (complete) download.

When the flag is set in the “Download JSON” section, all material administration data is downloaded in the form of a JSON file.

When you set the flag at “Header data”, “Groups” or “Characteristics”, the selected KMAT data is downloaded in the form of an Excel file that can be edited in Excel after the download.

The following data is available for download:

Header data of the KMAT

Groups with header data and characteristic assignment

Characteristics

Characteristics values

Upload Function

Clicking on the button in the footer bar of the material administration opens a pop-up window in which you can select which data is to be uploaded.

When you select the button “Upload Excel”, the desired Excel file must be selected in the file browser. After selecting the file, the number of data records available for upload is displayed.

The file is uploaded by clicking the button

When you select the button “Upload complete (JSON)”, you must select the desired JSON file in the file browser. After selecting the file, you can select which data records are to be uploaded.

After selecting the desired data, the data is uploaded by pressing the button .

Language code

Language-dependent elements use the 1-digit SAP language key in the download files. The assignment is as follows:

Description Language	Language code (SAP)	Language code to be used
Serbian	SR	0
Chinese	ZH	1
Thai	TH	2
Korean	KO	3
Romanian	RO	4
Slovenian	SL	5
Croatian	HR	6
Malay	MS	7
Ukrainian	UK	8
Estonian	ET	9
Arabic	AR	A
Hebrew	HE	B
Czech	CS	C
German	DE	D
English	EN	E
French	FR	F
Greek	EL	G
Hungarian	HU	H
Italian	IT	I
Japanese	JA	J
Danish	DA	K
Polish	PL	L
Chinese don.	ZF	M
Dutch	NL	N
Norwegian	NO	O
Portuguese	PT	P
Slovak	SK	Q
Russian	RU	R
Spanish	ES	S
Turkish	TR	T
Finnish	FI	U
Swedish	SV	V
Bulgarian	BG	W
Lithuanian	LT	X
Latvian	LV	Y
Customer reserve	Z1	Z
Afrikaans	AF	a
Icelandic	IS	b
Catalan	CA	c
Serbian (Latin)	SH	d
Indonesian	ID	i
Hindi	HI	묩
Kazakh	KK	뱋
Vietnamese	VI	쁩