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Variant Specification in Process Plan Browser
You can filter a process plan based on variant specification. The Saved Filters list in the process plan structure displays the following actions to manage the variant specification filter:
• New Variant Specification: Create a new standalone variant specification associated with an option set. For more information, see Creating a Variant Specification for an Option Set.
• Find Variant Specification: Search for a variant specification and apply it on the structure. For more information, see Filtering a Product Structure Using a Variant Specification.
If you have applied variant specifications on the structure, the Saved Filters list displays up to three recently used ones.
You can create or apply a variant specification filter to a configurable part with an assigned option set using the Tree Picker in the process plan structure. You can undock the Tree Picker and search for a configurable part in the Tree Picker Search window. The New Variant Specification and Find Variant Specification actions are available in the list in the window. The part structure is filtered based on the variant specification applied to that part.
The following table describes the types of variant specifications applicable to a configurable part and process plan.
Variant Specification Classification
Variant Specification Description
Applicable To
Variant Specification
Variant specifications, known as stand-alone variant specifications, created using the Configure action on a configurable part.
Configurable part
Variant Specification
Variant specification used to manage a fully-defined filter applicable to configurable modules or different view versions of the same configurable module associated with the same option set and process plan structure associated with the same option set.
Configurable part, process plan
Managed Option Filter
Variant specification limited to managing the Option Filter and Option Filter configuration specification applicable to the configurable modules or different view versions of the same configurable module associated with the same option set and process plan structure associated with the same option set.
Configurable part, process plan
For more information on the types of variant specifications, see Creating and Managing Variants.