Copying Data from an Existing Variant 
On the item overview of the template, you can check the items and copy them to the new variant, if required.
How to copy items from the source BOM (variant BOM):
- Check the items you want to copy.
Select 
to display all data for the item.
If you selected several items on the item overview, you can influence the order in which you process the selected items. To see the data for the next or previous item, choose 
and 
.
By clicking on 
you go back to the item overview of the template.
- Select the items you want to copy.
- Click
to transfer.
The system copies the header data and the items you selected from the source BOM to the new BOM you are creating.
The Copy function always copies the BOM header of the source BOM. If the BOM that you are using to create a variant does not contain any valid items, or if you do not select any items, you see a warning message. You see a dialog box, in which you can decide whether to copy the header only.