A bill of materials (*Stückliste*) combines several existing articles with quantities under its own name and its own SKU – for example a gift set made of three single articles. You can create bills of materials by hand or import them from a CSV file.

![Screenshot: Bill of Materials overview with the columns Name, SKU and number of articles](/products/images/bills-of-materials-overview.png)

## Before you start

- Your user needs the permission for bills of materials. Ask your administrator if the menu entry is missing.
- The single articles must already exist in the catalogue and belong to your company (or to the selected owner). See [Create an article](/products/create-article.md) or [Import templates](/products/import-templates.md).

## Step by step

### Create a bill of materials

1. Go to **Catalogue › Bill of Materials** (*Katalog › Stücklisten*). The list shows name, SKU and the number of articles of each bill of materials.
2. Click **New list** (*Neue Liste*). The page **New Bill of Materials** (*Neue Stückliste*) opens.
3. Enter the **Bill of Materials Name** (*Stücklisten Name*) and the **SKU**.
4. Search for the single articles on the right with **Name, SKU, EAN**. If your company has clients, you can also choose **All owners** (*Alle Eigentümer*) or one owner.
5. Tick the articles you want and move them into the bill of materials with the **«** button.
6. Enter the **quantity** for each article in the list.
7. Click **Save** (*Speichern*). You see *"The bill of materials has been saved"*.

![Screenshot: "New Bill of Materials" page with name and SKU at the top, the bill of materials on the left and the article pool with search on the right](/products/images/bills-of-materials-new.png)

![Screenshot: Bill of materials with three articles and their quantity fields](/products/images/bills-of-materials-quantities.png)

### Remove an article from the bill of materials

Tick the article in the list on the left and click the **»** button. Then save.

### Edit a bill of materials

Click the bill of materials in the overview. The page **Edit Bill of Materials** (*Stückliste bearbeiten*) opens. Change name, SKU, articles or quantities and click **Save**. When you save, all positions are written again as they are shown.

## Fields and options

| Field | Meaning | Required |
|---|---|---|
| **Bill of Materials Name** (*Stücklisten Name*) | Name of the set | Yes |
| **SKU** | Article number of the set. Must be unique within your company | Yes |
| Articles and quantity | The positions of the set. Name and SKU of each article are copied when you save | – |

## Import bills of materials

You can import bills of materials from a CSV file with an import template. Choose the target **Bill of Materials** (*Stücklisten*) and map these columns:

| Column | Content |
|---|---|
| Stücklisten Name | Name of the set |
| Stücklisten SKU | SKU of the set |
| Artikelname | Name of a single article |
| Artikel SKU | SKU of a single article |
| Artikel Menge | Quantity of this article in the set |

See [Import templates](/products/import-templates.md).

![Screenshot: Import template with the target "Stücklisten" and the mapped columns](/products/images/bills-of-materials-import.png)

## Good to know

- Positions whose article does not belong to your company (or, for clients, to you as owner) are ignored when you save.
- Name and SKU of the positions are stored as a copy. If you later change the single article, the bill of materials is **not** updated automatically – open it and save it again.
- With JTL, a setting of the order transfer decides whether only the parent article of a bill of materials is sent. See [JTL connection](/jtl/jtl-connection.md).