Use the New Configuration dialog box to specify configurations to be searched for variables when you create or modify a file list column set or bill of materials template.
To display this dialog box:
In the Customizable Columns or Bill of Materials dialog box, select Look for variable in given list of configurations. Under Configurations, click 
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| Read variable from files that do not have configurations
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Retrieves the variable value from the file data card of a file that contains no configurations (that is, no configuration tabs appear in the file data card list on the Preview tab in Windows Explorer). |
| Read variable from configurations with this name |
When selected, you can type the name of the configuration from which the variable data will be obtained. |