A Populator can create structure on any Configurator Developer node that can have children. These include:

• A non-imported Model
• A Component
• An Option Feature

You cannot define a Populator on a BOM Model, BOM Option Class, or BOM Standard Item. When you run a Populator, it creates new nodes as children of the node on which the Populator is defined.
The type of nodes a Populator can create depends on the node on which it is defined.

Tip: You can create nodes from an imported BOM item using a Populator. However, when you do this Configurator Developer does not maintain a permanent link from the nodes that the Populator creates to the source data in the Item Master. For example, to create an Option Feature from a BOM Option Class, define a Catalog Group in Oracle Inventory containing the Option Class's items. When you import the BOM Model, the Items in the Option Class are imported into the CZ schema and an Item Type is created in Configurator for the Catalog Group. You can then define a Populator that creates Options based on the Item Type's Items.