Hierarchy
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⤷ CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages
⤷ KAUC (Package) Customizing R/3 Cost Accounting, Orders
IMG Activity
ID | SIMG_CFMENUORKACL001 | Maintain User-Defined Characteristics (Classification) |
Transaction Code | S_ALR_87005236 | IMG Activity: SIMG_CFMENUORKACL001 |
Created on | 19981222 | |
Customizing Attributes | SIMG_CFMENUORKACL001 | Maintain User-Defined Characteristics (Classification) |
Customizing Activity | SIMG_CFMENUORKACL001 | Maintain User-Defined Characteristics (Classification) |
Document
Document Class | SIMG | Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs. |
Document Name | SIMG_CFMENUORKACL001 |
In this step you can carry out order selection using free classification characteristics.
In order classification, two different forms of characteristics are possible:
- Referential characteristics are automatically taken from order master data fields during creation or changing of an order. These characteristics are necessary for order summarization and for "Cost Analysis" in the information system. Otherwise, the corresponding fields should be used directly for order selection instead of the referential characteristics. To do so, complete the IMG activity Define selection variants.
- Free characteristics do not refer to fields in the order, and are valuated manually instead during master data maintenance. They may also be included in individual order selection and by structuring of order hierarchies in the summarization framework.
Once you have created a user-defined characteristic and assigned it to the class SAP_KKR_CLASS (class type 013), this characteristic is offered for maintenance with all orders.
If you want to have certain characteristics offered for maintenance not for every order but only for a certain order type or object class, you must also define dependencies with reference to the relevant order types or object classes and assign them to the characteristic.
Example of a User-Defined Characteristic
You can use the characteristic INVEST_CAT (investment category) to classify your orders by the size of the investment. This characteristic has the following values:
Char. value Designation
<10000 Investments up to 10,000
<50000 Investments up to 50,000
<100000 Investments up to 100,000
Example of a Dependency
You have created the following characteristics:
Characteristic Designation
INVEST_CAT Investment category
SERVICE_TYPE Service type
SERVICE_CATEGORY Service category
- For order type 0600 (Internal Order - Capital Spending), the only characteristic to be offered for maintenance besides the object characteristics is INVEST_CAT.
- For the order types 0500 (Internal Order - Third-Party Services) and 0800 (Internal Order - Repair/Maintenance), the characteristics SERVICE_TYPE and SERVICE_CATEGORY are to be offered for maintenance in addition to the object characteristics.
- For order type PP01 (production order), only the object characteristics are to be offered for maintenance.
You must do the following:
- Create two dependencies.
These dependencies must have the dependency type "Precondition", and as the condition reference the characteristic SAP_KKR_ORAUART (order type).
- For the first condition, enter SAP_KKR_ORAUART IN ('0600') in the dependency editor.
- For the second condition, enter SAP_KKR_ORAUART IN ('0500','0800') in the dependency editor.
- Add the first condition to the characteristic INVEST_CAT.
- Add the second condition to the characteristics SERVICE_TYPE and SERVICE_CATEGORY.
Actions
Decide whether you want to summarize or select your orders according to user-defined characteristics.
In this step you go into classification and create the characteristics that you want to valuate in the master data maintenance according to your specific requirements. You proceed as follows:
- Define one or more user-defined characteristic as follows:
- Enter the name of the characteristic (use the naming convention for characteristic names).
- Select the areas for which you want to enter data, and confirm your entry.
- Under Basic data, specify the following:
- The data type of the characteristic
- The value assignment of the characteristic (single-value)
- The status of the characteristic (1 = released)
- Whether a value must always be assigned to the characteristic in classification
- Maintain the corresponding designations for your characteristic.
- Maintain the values allowed for your characteristic.
- Define the interface control for the valuation of the characteristic in classification.
- If appropriate, restrict the use of your characteristic to class type 013 (CO orders).
- Assign the characteristic or characteristics to class SAP_KKR_CLASS (class type 013).
- If appropriate, create dependencies as follows:
- Enter the name of the dependency.
- Specify the following under Basic data:
- The designation of the dependency
- The status of the dependency (1 = released)
- The dependency type "precondition"
- Edit the dependency by choosing Goto -> Dependency editor.
- Assign these dependencies to the relevant characteristics by choosing Extras -> Object dependencies -> Allocations when changing the characteristics.
- Activate classification for those order types you wish to classify.
- Configure the selection screens.
To change the internal order selection screen, place the cursor on the selection screen name and choose Assign characteristics.
To define an additional selection screen, proceed as follows:
- Choose New entry.
- Enter a name in the selection screen.
- Place the cursor on the selection screen name and choose Assign characteristics.
- Choose the corresponding characteristics and, if necessary, change the ranking order in which the characteristics appear.
Note that additional selection screens can also be used in other applications that use orders (such as process manufacturing).
Additional information
For more information on defining characteristics, see the Implementation Guide for Classification (Cross-Application Components).
To enable characteristics to be used to create a hierarchy, the characteristics must meet the following conditions:
- The characteristic must have the data type CHAR (character format) or NUM (numerical format).
- Characteristics with numerical format are not allowed to have places after the decimal point or a plus/minus sign.
Notes on transport
Characteristics and classes are transported in the ALE concept (Application Link Enabling) for distributed applications. This concept is explained in detail in the document "CA - ALE Consultant's Handbook".
Before transporting, carry out the following steps:
- Define communication
- Define logical link and message objects for distribution:
The following objects are used:
Object Designation
CHRMAS Characteristic
CLSMAS Classes
Then use transaction BALE to select the master data for the characteristics and classes and specify the interval for the objects to be distributed.
Object dependencies are not transported.
Otherwise you need to carry out all activities listed here in each client in which you want to work.
Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID | 203 | Establish Master Data |
Mandatory / Optional | 2 | Optional activity |
Critical / Non-Critical | 2 | Non-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 |
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SIMG | SIMG_CFMENUORKACL001 | 0 | HLA0001399 O HLA0001475 |
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type | C | Customizing Object |
Assigned objects | ||||||
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Customizing Object | Object Type | Transaction Code | Sub-object | Do not Summarize | Skip Subset Dialog Box | Description for multiple selections |
IMGDUMMY | D - Dummy object | CL02 | 377 | Include characteristics in class | ||
IMGDUMMY | D - Dummy object | CT04 | 371 | Create / Change Characteristic | ||
IMGDUMMY | D - Dummy object | CU01 | CO1-CU01 | Define relationship | ||
AART | L - Logical transport object | KOAK | OPA-CLASS | Activate classification in order types | ||
OKKB | T - Individual transaction object | OKKD | CO-OPA-1 | Configure Selection Screen (Classification) |
History
Last changed by/on | SAP | 20020612 |
SAP Release Created in |