Hierarchy
EA-APPL (Software Component) SAP Enterprise Extension PLM, SCM, Financials⤷
LO-PDM (Application Component) Product Data Management⤷
PLM_PDN (Package) Product Designer
IMG Activity
| ID | CFMENUOLPSPPE02_PD | Define General iPPE Node Types |
| Transaction Code | S_ALN_01002187 | (empty) |
| Created on | 20030407 | |
| Customizing Attributes | CFMENUOLPSPPE02_PD | Define General iPPE Node Types |
| Customizing Activity | CFMENUOLPSPPE02_PD | Define General iPPE Node Types |
Document
| Document Class | SIMG | Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs. |
| Document Name | KPE_OPPE02 |
Use
In this activity, you can define additional iPPE node types. You define the characteristics that a certain iPPE node type is to have, and the name of iPPE nodes of this type.
Requirements
Standard settings
The standard system includes the superset of possible iPPE node types. You cannot change the attributes of the standard node types. You use the standard node types to represent master data in all the iPPE applications (product variant structure, process structure, and factory layout). The standard iPPE node types are:
Product Variant Structure Variant Assembly Joint Production
Access Node Assembly Node Header (Joint Production)
View Node VA Structure Node Item Group Joint Production)
Structure Node
Color Scheme
Process Struct. (Shop Floor) Process Struct. (Line) Process Struct. (SNP/CTM)
Routing Header Routing (Line) SNP Routing Header
Grouping Activity Subrouting (Line) SNP Activity
Operation Operation (Line)
Activity Activity (Line)
Line Design
Line Network
Line
Group of Alternative Lines
Line Area
Line Segment
Buffer
Work Area
Intermediate Buffer
When you create a new node type, you must use one of the SAP standard nodes as a template. However, you cannot create new node types that would change the attributes of existing node types.
The namespace S is reserved for the standard iPPE node types. This means you cannot create node types with technical names that begin with the letter S.
Recommendation
Use the standard iPPE node types.
Activities
To create a new iPPE node type:
- Choose Customizing for Cross-Application Components -> Integrated Product and Process Engineering (iPPE) -> Administration for iPPE Objects -> Define iPPE Node Types -> Define iPPE Node Types .
The screen Change iPPE Node Types: Overview appears.
- Choose New Entries.
The screen New Entries: Details of Added Entries appears.
- Enter the technical names for the new node type.
- Enter the node type whose attributes you wish to copy to the new node type, and choose Enter.
The attributes of the reference node type are displayed for the new node type. The fields you can change are ready for input.
- Enter data as required and save your entries.
Further notes
You can also create new node types by selecting existing nodes and choosing @2U@ Copy As.
If nodes of an iPPE node type have been created in the system, you cannot delete the iPPE node type. If the node type is used in iPPE, you cannot change the attributes.
For structure nodes from the PVS, it is possible that relationships point from this node type directly to lower-level structure nodes, or from alternatives of the structure node to lower-level structure nodes. You can make settings for both possibilities in Customizing. However, if you create an alternative for an existing structure node, which already has relationships to lower-level structure nodes, the system automatically reassigns all such relationships to the alternative.
Example
Business Attributes
| ASAP Roadmap ID | 203 | Establish Master Data |
| Mandatory / Optional | 2 | Optional activity |
| Critical / Non-Critical | 1 | Critical |
| Country-Dependency | A | Valid for all countries |
Assigned Application Components
| Documentation Object Class | Documentation Object Name | Current line number | Application Component | Application Component Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMG | KPE_OPPE02 | 0 | KPE0000001 | Integrated Product and Process Engineering |
Maintenance Objects
| Maintenance object type | C | Customizing Object |
| Assigned objects | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customizing Object | Object Type | Transaction Code | Sub-object | Do not Summarize | Skip Subset Dialog Box | Description for multiple selections |
| V_CPNTYPE | V - View | SM30 |
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20030408 |
| SAP Release Created in | 200 |
