Configuring Technical Objects

You can process a functional location using the Maintenance Planner role.

To create a functional location, perform the following steps:

1. Log on to the SAP Fiori launchpad as a Maintenance Planner and open the Create Technical Object app.
2. Create a Functional Location as follows:
   1. Open the Technical Object Type list and choose Functional Location.
   2. On the initial screen, choose YBPM (Structure Indicator for Best Practice) as the Structure Indicator and Technical Object Category. Enter the ID in the Technical Object field.
   3. On the General Data tab, enter the Description, Object Type, Start-Up Date, and Authorization Group.
   4. On the Location Data tab, enter the Maintenance Plant, Location, Plant Section, Production Work Center,ABC Indicator, and Sort Field.
   5. On the Organizational Data tab, enter the Planner group, Planning plant, Maintenance work center, Work center plant, Catalog Profile, Business area, and Cost Center.
3. Choose Save.

You can process a functional location using the Maintenance Planner role.

To create equipment, perform the following steps:

1. Log on to the SAP Fiori launchpad as a Maintenance Planner and open the Create Technical Object app.
2. Create an Equipment as follows:
   1. Open the list Technical Object Type and choose Equipment.
   2. On the initial screen, select the Technical Object Category. Enter the ID in the Technical Object field.
   3. On the General Data tab, enter the Description, Object Type, Start-Up Date, and Authorization Group.
   4. On the Location Data tab, enter the Maintenance Plant, Location, Plant Section, Production Work Center, ABC Indicator, and Sort Field.
   5. On the Organizational Data tab, enter the Planner group, Planning plant, Maintenance work center, Work center plant, Catalog Profile, Business area, and Cost Center.
3. Choose Save.

The business role required to run this master data script is Product Master Data Specialist.

The process steps applicable for this master data script are as follows:

• Create Material Master Data - Basic Data

• Create Material Master Data - Purchasing Data (Sales Tax Data)

• Create Material Master Data - MRP/Planning Data (Plant Data)

• Create Material Master Data - Storage Location Data

• Create Material Master Data - Accounting Data (Valuation Data)

• Create Document (optional)

• Change Material Master Data – Link Document to Material Master Data (optional)

The business role required to run this master data script is Product Master Data Specialist.

The process steps applicable for this master data script are:

• Create Material Master Data - Basic Data

• Create Material Master Data - Sales Data (Sales Tax Data)

• Create Material Master Data - Purchasing Data

• Create Material Master Data - Accounting Data (Valuation Data

When creating or changing the master data records of technical objects, you can assign pieces of equipment and functional locations to the technical object types that you have created. This, for example, allows pieces of equipment that fulfill the same use to be grouped together. You can use these groups to analyze your master data or the maintenance processes.

You can assign each piece of equipment and each functional location to a technical object type. This, for example, allows pieces of equipment that have the same use to be combined into groups. You can use this grouping for evaluating your master data or maintenance data.

Using this configuration step, you can define the number range for an equipment category which is defined in the step equipment categories. You must allocate a unique number for each equipment master record.

You have the following options:

• Internal number assignment: In this case, the SAP system assigns the numbers.
• External number assignment: In this case, the user assigns the numbers.

You can define both internal and external number range for each equipment category. The same number ranges can be shared by several equipment categories.

SAP recommends that you use internal number assignment. You can select pieces of equipment according to different criteria using match codes: therefore, you do not need to use a descriptive external number, as a general rule.

1. Define the number assignment category (internal and/or external) for each equipment category.
2. Set up a group for each different number interval.
3. Define the number interval for each group.
4. Allocate each equipment category to a group.

In this step, you can define your structure indicators for reference functional locations and functional locations. The structure indicator determines the edit mask and the number of the hierarchy levels when you create functional location structures. With the edit mask, you determine the generic structure of the functional location label.

The edit mask defines the following:

• The total length of the functional location number.

• The lengths of the individual blocks of the functional location number.

• Which characters are allowed:

  • Numbers: Edit mask N

  • Letters: Edit mask A

  • Numbers and letters: Edit mask X

  • Special characters, numbers, and letters: Edit mask S

By specifying the hierarchy level numbers in the HierLevels field, you portray the hierarchy levels within the functional location structure in the functional location label. If you define the hierarchy level numbers for specific parts of the functional location label and later create functional locations strictly according to the top-down principle, you can make use of the system's automatic functions to generate the structure when you create functional locations.

Furthermore, you can define up to two identifying levels in the structure that you want to be displayed in the search results list so that you can identify where a technical object is located.

You can define your ABC indicators with this step. You can form object categories by means of the ABC indicator.

The characteristics of the ABC indicator can be used as a selection criterion in evaluations. You can determine which particular values are to be valid as ABC indicators and the meaning that is given to these values. The ABC indicator can be entered in equipment as well as functional locations.

You can define measuring point categories in this configuration step. You always need measuring point categories when you want to enter counter readings or measurement readings for equipment or functional locations.

The measuring point category defines:

• Whether a measurement position is unique.

  You use the measurement position to define the sort sequence of measuring points for the measuring point object. For example, measurement position 1 Pressure in front-left tire, measurement position 2 Pressure in front-right tire.

• Which catalog type is used for measurement recording.

• Which allowed tolerance time exists for recording future measurement readings. The tolerance time is given in seconds.

Catalogs must be maintained.

The standard system contains a measuring point category.

• Check the delivered measuring point category.

• Adjust the delivered measuring point category to meet your requirements.

• Define new measuring point categories if required.