Integrating Service Activities

In Customizing for the network, you can define the following default values for service activities in the network profile: Control key, Cost element, Material group, Purchasing group, and Order unit.

You can call up outline levels and service specifications for the activity via the detail screen of a service activity. As of Release SAP ECC 5.0, you can also access catalogs for selecting services from the service specifications. To do this, you must set up the relevant catalog interface, OCI (Open Catalog Interface) in Customizing.

Services performed can be entered and processed in the Service Entry transaction in Purchasing. You may record the services that have been performed using a Cross-Application Time Sheet. In IDES, entry profile 1306 is available for this purpose.

You can use units of measure other than hours with the CATS. Note that previous releases support only time recording using CATS. For this reason, they can be used only to record services that use "time" as a base unit of measure.