Add a Supplemental Structure

You can add a supplemental structure to your configurator model.

1. Import your PIM (Product Information Management model, add it to a workspace, then open the configurator model for editing. For details about how to import a PIM structure, see Create and Maintain Configurator Models. Configurator uses your login ID to automatically lock the model. You can edit only a locked model.
2. Click Tasks > Manage Models.
3. On the Manage Models page, search for your model, then click a draft or a version.
4. On the Edit Configurator Model page, expand Structure Hierarchy, then notice that the tree has one root and more than one branch.
5. A supplement structure has different features. Add one now:
   • On the Edit Configurator Model page, in the Structure Hierarchy area, click the root.
   • You can add a supplemental structure only on the root of an item structure.
   • Click Actions > Create.
   • Select the type of feature that you need, depending on the kind of data that you will model in this structure.

     If You Will Model	Then Click
     A list of options	Option Feature Option
     Integer values	Integer Feature
     Decimal values	Decimal Feature
     True or false values	Boolean Feature
     Plain text values	Text Feature

   • Notice that the Configurator adds a branch for your new feature to the tree.
   • In the dialog that displays, enter your details.
   • In the Details area, modify the feature's attributes, as necessary.
6. Repeat step 3 to add more features, as necessary.
7. Click Save.
8. As an option, click Test Model to test your changes.