SAP ABAP IMG Activity SIMG_ORFA_OACS (Define Substitution)
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IMG Activity
ID SIMG_ORFA_OACS Define Substitution  
Transaction Code S_ALR_87008998   IMG Activity: SIMG_ORFA_OACS 
Created on 19981222    
Customizing Attributes SIMG_ORFA_OACS   Define Substitution 
Customizing Activity SIMG_ORFA_OACS   Define Substitution 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name SIMG_ORFA_OACS    

In this step, you define conditions for substitution for asset master data maintenance.

During substitution, certain entered values are checked against one or more condition(s) defined by the user. If the condition is met, the system replaces the entered values with the values determined on the basis of the conditions for substitution.

You can define substitution rules for the following points in time or activities:

  • Creating assets

    Note that these substitution rules only take effect when you create assets (not when you change them). Assets that were created before the substitution rules were defined need to be changed later using a mass change to master data, if the change is required.

  • Mass changes to master data
  • Changing cost centers or business areas in the asset master record directly, with results as if an automatic transfer were performed (refer to Time-Independent Management).

    Here you can use the substitution to change the posting date of the automatically generated transfer document.

Example

You can specify in the substitution that when you create an asset and enter a certain business area, that the system automatically enters a certain plant.

Activities

Define substitution conditions for master data maintenance according to your requirements, and assign them to a company code:

  1. In order to define new substitution rules, choose the Substitution function in the initial screen.
    1. Enter a name for the substitution.
    2. Choose Substitution -> Create in order to use an existing substitution rule as a reference.
    3. Choose Insert entry.
    4. Select the field for which an entry should be made automatically when the substitution condition is fulfilled.
    5. Specify your substitution rule by making the following entries:

Substitution when prerequisite is met (constant value, field-to-field assignment, customer exit).

Prerequisite under which the substitution rule is to be checked.

The Form Builder function supports the creation of prerequisites.
Set the substitution to active when defining substitution rules for creating assets.

  1. In order to assign the substitution rules to a company code, choose New entries in the initial screen.
    1. Enter the company code and a key for the substitution rule.
    2. For substitution rules for creating assets, you also have to enter the part of master data that is affected (general data = A, depreciation areas = B) and the logical field group that is affected.

For substituion rules for creating assets and changing organizational assignments, you can create only one substitution rule for each company code (logical field group affected). On the other hand, for substitution rules for mass changes, you can create a number of substitution rules in each company code. You can distinguish among these rules by their sequential number.

Further notes

SAP library FI-AA: Master Data -> Validation and Substitution

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 204   Establish Functions and Processes 
Mandatory / Optional 3   Nonrequired 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
SIMG SIMG_ORFA_OACS 0 HLA0001285 Asset Maintenance 
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_T093SB V - View OACS ORFA Define substitution for creating assets 
V_T093SB_2 V - View OA02 1 Define substitution for mass changes 
V_T093SB_3 V - View SM30 0000000000 Define substitution for automatic transfers 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  19990222 
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