# Product Configurator in Sage X3: How to Set Up Configurable Items > Source: https://netray.co/erp-help/product-configurator-in-sage-x3 > Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems. > Section: ERP Help ## Short answer To sell configurable products in Sage X3 you define the choices (features and options), the rules that limit valid combinations, and how each combination generates a bill of materials, routing and price. Start with the simplest mechanism that meets your variety, since a full configurator is a larger project than an option-based BOM. ## Kind how-to ## System sage ## Erp Sage X3 ## Module Product configurator / Configurable items ## Query product configurator in sage x3 ## Alternate Queries - sage x3 configurable products - sage x3 configure to order - sage x3 product configuration bom options ## Applies To Sage X3 Sales and Manufacturing modules, V7 and later; the exact configurator functions available depend on version, activity codes and licensing, so confirm with your reseller ## Steps ### How to approach a configurable product **Items:** - List the choices customers make, the valid combinations and the rules (if option A then not option B). - Decide the demand pattern: make to stock for common variants, assemble to order, or engineer to order. - Model the variation: option-based BOMs with optional components for simple variety, or the product configurator for rule-driven variety. - Create the base item with its characteristics and the components, routing steps and prices that depend on each option. - Define the rules and defaults so invalid combinations cannot be entered in the sales order. - Test the sales-order entry flow: choose options, see the price, and check that the generated BOM and routing are correct. - Confirm that the work order explodes the right components and operations and that costing rolls up. - Document the configuration rules so engineers and sales share one source. ## Sections ### Pick the right level of configurator **Body:** There are three tiers. Fixed variants: each variant is its own item and BOM, which is simple and fine for a small variety. Option-based BOM: one parent item with optional components selected on the order, enough for moderate variety. Rule-driven configurator: choices drive generated BOM, routing and price through rules, which suits high variety and engineer-to-order products. The cost of each tier grows quickly. Many companies buy a configurator and later find that an option BOM would have covered 90 percent of orders. Count your real variants and exceptions first. ### Rules, BOM and pricing **Body:** The core of any configurator is a rule set: which options are allowed, what each option adds or removes, and how price and lead time change. In X3 these rules need to flow into the sales order, the generated manufacturing documents and costing, or sales will quote prices the factory cannot build. Treat price and BOM as one design. If options change a component, the price effect and the cost effect should come from the same rule so margin does not drift. ### When to look beyond native features **Body:** If you need visual selling, 3D, complex engineering rules or CPQ-style quoting, a specialist configurator that integrates with X3 can be a better fit than stretching native features. Evaluate it against your real order mix, and plan integration through the X3 APIs rather than custom database writes. ## Pitfalls - Building a full configurator when an option BOM would do. - Rules that live only in sales staff heads, not in the system. - Price rules that ignore actual cost effects. - Generated BOMs not tested end to end through the work order. - Letting customization sprawl, which complicates upgrades. ## Ai Angle Sales and engineering often ask whether a combination is valid and what it will cost. A private AI layer such as ERPray can answer from your live X3 data, listing which options past orders used, which BOM they produced and the actual cost, read-only. It does not replace configurator rules, which should stay in the system. ## Faq ### Does Sage X3 have a built-in product configurator? **Answer:** X3 offers configuration mechanisms for configurable products, but the exact functions depend on version and licensing. Confirm with your reseller what is included, and compare with option-based BOMs or a specialist configurator for complex needs. ### Can I use option BOMs instead of a configurator? **Answer:** Often yes. If variety is moderate and rules are simple, optional components on the BOM give most of the benefit at lower cost and complexity. Move to a configurator when rules or variety make manual selection error-prone. ### How do configured items affect costing? **Answer:** Each configured order produces its own components and operations, so cost should be rolled up per order or per variant. Make sure price rules and cost rules use consistent logic, or margin reporting will mislead you. ### Who should own the configuration rules? **Answer:** Engineering or product management should own them, with sales as the primary consumer. Rules held only in people's heads or spreadsheets drift away from the system quickly. ## Search terms product configurator in sage x3, sage x3 configurable products, sage x3 configure to order, sage x3 option bom, sage x3 variants, sage x3 cpq, sage x3 engineer to order, sage x3 sales configurator --- Talk to an engineer: https://netray.co/contact?intent=erp_ai | Machine catalog: https://netray.co/agent/catalog.json