Entered a Sales Order with an item marked as Configurable but the Configure tab is not active. What are we missing?

Entered a Sales Order with an item marked as Configurable but the Configure tab is not active. What are we missing?
If you know of training material that we could access quickly, please advise. Thanks.
That’s it! Thank you.
Not dumb at all. Totally new to this feature.
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