Configuration Publisher

Does anyone have a plain English description of what exactly the Configuration Publisher does? Please answer without using 3D Content Central in the definition. It took me several tries to find out from the Help how to get it started, but I'm still unclear as to why I would use it. It tells you how to create an interface, but not how to use the interface you create or why you would want to.

Did anyone use its predecessor, the Create PropertyManager?

Once you create the PropertyManager entry in the ConfigurationManager, how do you invoke it?

SolidworksConfigurations design Tables