SAP ABAP IMG Activity CMTAPPLC (Define Life Cycle Profile)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ LO-CM (Application Component) Configuration management
     ⤷ CMT_CUS (Package) Customizing for Configuration Management
IMG Activity
ID CMTAPPLC Define Life Cycle Profile  
Transaction Code S_ALR_87100760   (empty) 
Created on 19991129    
Customizing Attributes CMTAPPLC   Define Life Cycle Profile 
Customizing Activity CMTAPPLC   Define Life Cycle Profile 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name CMTAPPLC    

In this work step, you define the life cycle phases as well as the life cycle profile for your company.

  1. In the first sub-step, you define the life cycle phases that, from the point of view of your company, are important for specific products or projects.

    For each life cycle phase, you determine

  2. In the second sub-step, you define the life cycle profile for your products or projects.

    In a life cycle profile, you determine

    • Which life cycle phases are allowed within configuration definitions that you create with this profile
    • In which life cycle phase the system creates the first configuration folder when you create a configuration definition
    • Which transitions are allowed between life cycle phases when you create a successor for a configuration folder

      For various products, you may need different life cycle profiles.

Example

Requirements

Standard settings

Recommendation

Activities

Create life cycle phase

  1. In the overview tree, double click on the node life cycle phases.

    On the right hand side of the screen a list of all life cycle phases is displayed.

  2. Select new entries to create a new life cycle phase.
  3. In the field Def. Obj. you can select which object types the system recommends as standard in the respective life cycle phase for the controlled object.
  4. Save your entires.

Create life cycle profile

  1. In the overview tree double click on the node life cycle profile

    On the right hand side of the screen a list of all life cycle profiles is displayed.

  2. Select new entries to create a new life cycle profile.
  3. Enter a key and a description for the life cycle profile.
  4. Select |@2M@.

    You go back to the list of all life cycle profiles.

  5. Select the life cycle profile and double click on phase transitions.
  6. On the right hand side of the screen, enter transistions between life cycle phases that are permitted.
  7. With the indicator initial phase, you determine in which life cycle phase the system creates the first configuration folder when you create a configuration definition.

Further notes

Additional information can be found in the SAP library in the component Configuration Management under Life cycle phase and Life cycle profile.

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 203   Establish Master Data 
Mandatory / Optional 1   Mandatory 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 CMTAPPLC 0 ALR0008404 Configuration management 
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
VC_TCM_LIFECYCLE C - View cluster SM34  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20000204 
SAP Release Created in 46C