In general CTO is basically run except any external rule engine, but CTO can also use IFS Sales Configurator to be run online to support sales rules.
The process of defining configuration data always implies that one starts with setting up basic CTO data in IFS Applications.
If one wants to use items in IFS Sales Configurator, they have to be set up as sales parts/inventory parts and must also exist in the IFS Part Catalog as configurable. The prerequisites to creating a new IFS Sales Configurator-controlled item are that
It is set up as configurable in IFS Part Catalog.
It is connected to a configuration family.
It is set up as a sales part.