SAP ABAP IMG Activity COCB553 (Define Signature Strategies)
Hierarchy
☛ EA-APPL (Software Component) SAP Enterprise Extension PLM, SCM, Financials
   ⤷ PP-PI-PMA-PMC (Application Component) Browser-Based PI Sheet / Cockpit
     ⤷ CMX_POC (Package) Manufacturing Execution: Browser-Based PI Sheet
IMG Activity
ID COCB553 Define Signature Strategies  
Transaction Code S_ALR_87007553   IMG Activity: COCB553 
Created on 19981222    
Customizing Attributes COCB553   Define Signature Strategies 
Customizing Activity COCB553   Define Signature Strategies 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name PP_COCB553    

Use

In this workstep, you define signature strategies. In doing so, you make the following settings:

  • You group together individual signatures of different user groups to form a signature process.
  • You specify which signature method is used when the signature process is executed.

After this, you can specify at the following points which signature strategy is used in the work instructions when a workstep or disallowed input value is signed off:

  • In the control instruction destination for all associated work instructions
  • In a process instruction if the strategy defined in the control instruction destination is not to be used

You do not need a signature strategy:

  • If you are using signatures without passwords or signatures with simple passwords/SAP system passwords in your control instruction destinations (see Types of Signature)
  • If you sign off worksteps or values in your control instruction destinations with an individual signature without a signature strategy

Example

Requirements

Define Individual Signatures

Standard settings

Recommendation

Activities

To create a new signature strategy, perform the following steps:

  1. Choose New Entries and enter the key, name, and signature method of the signature strategy.
  2. Assign Individual Signatures
  3. Define Signature Sequence
  4. Define Release Statuses

Further notes

Signature strategies are also valid in other areas in which digital signatures are used. Before changing existing signature strategies or using them for your purposes, you should thus ensure that no conflicts of interest with other areas arise.

Requirements

Standard settings

Activities

Example

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 204   Establish Functions and Processes 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 1   Critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
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_TC85 C - View cluster SM34 PI_PM Define Signature Strategies 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20070813 
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