# Variant Management

## How to Derive an Order with Optional Items

| ### What to do:
| In order to work through this example, you must have completed the examples Create an Order (Vari.) and Delete the Derived Structure of an Order (if you already have derived an order).
| Select Start > Orders > Orders.
| Select the order ORD-1000-B EP Ball Pen.
| Select the tab Positions with the left mouse button.
| Select the item ART-1000-B EP Ball Pen.
| Select Create order spec. structure from the context menu. Now, the order is derived, i.e. an order-specific bill of material is created which takes account of variant wildcards and optional items (if appropriate).
| If you have not created default variants or optional items, Agile e6 displays additional queries. If this is the case, select the appropriate example.
| Before the structure can be derived completely, Agile e6 requests to select a variant. For this purpose, Agile e6 displays the corresponding variant form of the variant wildcard. The variant wildcard name can be seen in the mask header or taken from the info text. Select the variant ART-1200-B Ornamental Ring (blue).
| Press ENTER to confirm the variant selection.
| It is possible to specify whether to add the optional item to the structure directly or to add it later. Select the item Use in order specific bill of matter.
| If you reject a decision, you have to re-derive the item later.
| Confirm with OK.
| The variant and the optional item are now added to the structure, and the structure derivation is completed.