Defining a Where-Used List on the Initial Screen 

You can maintain some of the selection criteria for a where-used list in the following datasets on the initial screen:

Where-used lists, types

In this dataset, you can define whether the system determines BOMs that contain the object (for example, material) directly as a material item or indirectly as an object classified in a class item. You must set at least one of these indicators for your where-used list.

The system lists all BOMs that contain the object (for example, material) as a component.

The system lists all BOMs that contain the object (for example, material) as an object classified in a class item.

If you set this indicator, the system automatically sets the Cl (object via classes) indicator next to each BOM where the object is classified in a class item.

Selection

You can display a where-used list according to different effectivity periods. Your entries in the fields Valid from and Valid to define the period in which you want to determine where the object is used.

The following table shows which entries you make to define the effectivity period you require.

User Entries for Effectivity

Effectivity period

for where-used list

User entries

for effectivity period

On a specific date

Valid-from date
Date on which you want to display the BOM

Valid-to date Same entry as Valid-from date

Within a time period

Valid-from date
Date at beginning of time period

Valid-to date Date at end of time period

Over its entire validity period

Valid-from date
Deletion character "!"

Valid-to date No entry

Up to a specific date

Valid-from date
Deletion character "!"

Valid-to date Date up to which you want to display the BOM

At a specific revision level

Revision level Revision level assigned to a change with a change number.

The system determines the Valid-from date from the assigned change master record.

 

Use in BOMs

In this dataset, you can select the BOM categories that are relevant to your where-used list. On the initial screen, you only see certain BOM categories for the different objects (for example, material or document). For example, you cannot enter a material item in a document structure, so you cannot select document structure as a BOM category for a material where-used list.

Where-used lists for materials and documents are supported for the following BOM categories:

A class can only be a component in a material BOM, so the where-used list for a class does not contain the Use in dataset.