Use this tab to define and maintain the factors to be used in the
configuration combination table.
Each factor represents one piece of data to be considered when evaluating the
combination table values. Factors are defined by their item type. Possible item types are shown
below.
| Item Type | Description |
| Characteristic | The value of a configuration characteristic, either from the configuration of the evaluated part or DECLARED during back office rule evaluation. |
| Quantity | The value of a configuration characteristic quantity, either from the configuration of the evaluated part or DECLARED during back office rule evaluation. |
| Formula | Other formulas defined for the configuration family. |
| Combination | Other combination tables defined for the configuration family. A combination table can reference other combination tables, nesting them as a way of creating multi-dimensional tables. |
By placing factors into a sequence, the headings for the combination table values are created for data entry on the following tab. An example of a simple combination table is shown below.
| Factor Type | Factor Value | Test Value |
| Characteristic Value | COLOR | RED |
| Characteristic Value | HEIGHT | 10 |
Once the above factors are defined, combination values can now be entered as shown below. Here sample values are defined for various combinations of COLOR and HEIGHT. When combination tables are evaluated, the first row where the combination values meet the evaluation conditions is considered a match, thus the Return Value specified is returned. For example, if the configuration evaluated had a COLOR = RED and a HEIGHT = 10, in the example below the value 500 would be returned for use in the back office configuration rules.
| Sequence | COLOR Operator | COLOR | HEIGHT Operator | HEIGHT | Return Value |
| 1 | = | RED | = | 10 | 500 |
| 2 | = | RED | = | 20 | 600 |
| 3 | = | BLUE | = | 10 | 700 |
| 4 | = | BLUE | = | 20 | 800 |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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