Creating and publishing PTO models to iStore

Creating items in Inventory

Create a PTO model as shown below and assign it to the appropriate sub inventory

This item will serve as Top level PTO model under which we will add the option classes and the components

Navigate to Inventory responsibility and open the Master item form

Enter the Item name and Description and save

To apply the template navigate to Tools->Copy from

Click apply and done

Save

 

 

 

Create an option class items for the various components as show below

Apply the PTO Option Class template

 

 

 

Similarly create the components for each of the Option classes

Create Items using the Finished Goods Template

 

Please make sure the all the PTO models, Option classes and finished goods are assigned to the appropriate inventory org do that they can be transacted

Also make sure the all the items are web published

 

 

Create Bill of materials

Navigate to the “Bill of Material” responsibility

Navigate to Bills->Bills to create the BOM structure

First Create the BOM structure for the Options classes

In the Order Management tab, make sure that the “Optional” flag has been checked so that these components appear as options in the Configurator model UI

Similarity create BOM Structure for the rest of the Option classes

 

 

Create the BOM structure for the main PTO model; add all the Options classes under the components section of the PTO model

Please note that you can add any other individual items which are bundled with the PTO model along with the Options classes, for e.g. the Software installation CD can be added along with the various option classes for component selection as shown below

 

 

Import the BOM model to the Configurator module

Navigate to “Oracle Configurator Administrator” responsibility

 

Run the “Populate Configuration Models” concurrent program

Enter the Organization and PTO top level BOM item name in the form and to fields

Run the program

Once the program completes, the BOM model will be accessible via the Configurator Developer UI

Click on structure to view the BOM Structure

Click on Edit to create non bom option nodes

Click on create on the top level PTO item to create nodes under it

 

 

Create an Option feature

 

Option feature node will be added to the structure, click on create to create values for option feature

 

Similarly create various Options and Option features as necessary

Create rules for BOM model component selection based on option features

Click on Rules tab and click on create as shown in the below screenshot

Create a Logic rule as shown below

Left operand is the option features and right operand is the bom components to be selected

Create rules for all option features as necessary

Create the UI

Click on the User Interface tab

 

Provide a name for the UI and Select a template

Model UI will be created, modify the page components as necessary

Click on Generate Logic and Test the model

Publishing the model to iStore

In the “Repository” tab click on Publications

 

 

 

Click on Create model publication

Select the model to publish

Select the UI name

Select the applications

Click on apply to create a publication

Navigate the Oracle Configurator Administrator

And run “Process a Single Publication”

 

 

Enter the appropriate publication id

Submit the concurrent program

 

Add the PTO model to iStore catalog

 

The configurable items should be available on iStore catalog page

 

Click configure to open the Configurator UI

Users can now configure the product and add the custom configuration to iStore shopping cart.