Summarizing Customizing for Technical Assets

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to summarize customizing for technical assets

Customizing Settings for Functional Locations

This section describes the Customizing settings for functional locations.

A summary is given of the configuration settings for functional locations. They're also explained in the text below.

Menu Paths for Functional Location Customizing Settings

Access to Customizing

On the SAP Menu screen, chooseTools → Customizing → IMG → Execute Project → Goto → SAP Reference IMG.

Menu Paths for Functional Location Customizing Settings

The following table provides menu paths for common functional location Customizing settings.

Field name or data typeMenu Path
Alternative LabelingPlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → Functional Locations → Alternative Labeling for Functional Locations
View ProfilePlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → General Data → Set View Profiles for Technical Objects
Structure IndicatorPlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → Functional Locations → Create Structure Indicator for Reference Locations/Functional Locations
Functional Location CategoryPlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → Functional Locations → Define Category of Functional Locations
Reference Functional Location CategoryPlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → Functional Locations → Define Category of Reference Functional Location

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Customizing Settings for Equipment

This section describes the Customizing settings for equipment.

A summary is presented of the main configuration settings for equipment. They're also explained in the text below.

Note

Please mind that the Integration with Asset Accounting is a typical scenario for SAP S/4HANA Asset Management and hardly ever used in an SAP S/4HANA Service scenario.

Menu Paths for Equipment Customizing Settings

Menu Paths for Equipment Customizing Settings

This table provides common menu paths for equipment Customizing settings.

Field name or data typeMenu Path
Define user status profilePlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Basic Settings → Define User Status
Assign user status profile
  • For functional locations:

    Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → Functional Locations → Define Category of Functional Location

  • For equipment:

    Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → Equipment → Equipment Categories → Maintain Equipment Category

Automatic creation of technical system/equipmentFinancial Accounting → Asset Accounting → Master Data → Automatic Creation of Equipment Master Records
Business viewsPlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → Equipment → Equipment Categories → Define Additional Business Views for Equipment Categories
Installation at functional locationPlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → Equipment → Equipment Usage Period → Define Installation at Functional Location
Usage historyPlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → Equipment → Equipment Usage Period
Equipment categoryPlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → Equipment → Equipment Categories → Maintain Equipment Category
Field selection for equipment master recordPlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → Equipment → Define Field Selection for the Equipment Master Record
Warranty typePlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Basic Settings → Warranties → Check Warranty Types
Warranty categoryPlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Basic Settings → Warranties → Check Warranty Categories
Number rangesPlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → Equipment → Equipment Categories → Define Number Ranges for Equipment Categories
Object typePlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → General Data → Define Types of Technical Objects
Partner functionsPlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Basic Settings → Partners → Copy Partner Functions to Master and Movement Data
Partner determination procedurePlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Basic Settings → Partners → Define Partner Determination Procedure and Partner Function
View profilePlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → General Data → Set View Profile for Technical Objects

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Customizing Settings for Serial Numbers

The following section describes the Customizing settings for serial numbers.

The serial number profile is presented.

Menu Paths for Serial Number Customizing Settings

Access to Customizing:

On the SAP Menu screen, chooseTools → Customizing → IMG → Execute Project → Goto → SAP Reference IMG.

Menu Paths for Serial Numbers Customizing Settings

The following table provides menu paths for common serial number Customizing settings.

Field name or data typeMenu Path
Serial number profilePlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Technical Objects → Serial Number Management → Define Serial Number Profiles

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Customizing Settings for a BOM

This section describes the Customizing settings for a BOM.

The main configuration settings for a bill of material are the BOM usage and the definition of item categories for the BOM items.

Menu Paths for BOM Customizing Settings

Access to Customizing:

On the SAP Menu screen, chooseTools → Customizing → IMG → Execute Project → Goto → SAP Reference IMG.

Menu Paths for BOM Customizing Settings

The following table provides menu paths for common BOM Customizing settings.

Field name or data typeMenu Path
Item categoryPlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Bills of Material → Item Data → Define Item Categories
BOM usagePlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Bills of Material → General Data → BOM Usage → Define BOM Usages

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Customizing for Product Proposal

This section describes the Customizing settings for product proposal.

The customizing settings for product proposal are: Define BOM Usages and Product Proposal.

Menu Paths for Measuring Points and Counters Customizing Settings

Access to Customizing:

On the SAP Menu screen, chooseTools → Customizing → IMG → Execute Project → Goto → SAP Reference IMG.

Menu Paths for Product Proposal Customizing Settings

The following table provides the common menu paths for measuring points and counters Customizing settings.

Field name or data typeMenu Path
BOM usagePlant Maintenance and Customer Service → Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Bills of Material → General Data → BOM Usage → Define BOM Usages
Product ProposalService → Master Data → Products → Product Proposal

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