Creating a Service Order from a Notification  

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
  2. Menu Path

    Logistics ® Customer Service ® Service Processing ® Notification ® Create (Special) ® Problem Notification

    Transaction Code

    IW54, VA43

  3. Enter the following data:
  4. Field

    Data

    Equipment

    10003552 or equipment number generated in the scenario Processing a Service Contract with Periodic Billing

  5. Choose the Contact person address tab page.
  6. Enter the following data:
  7. Field

    Data

    Description (notification)

    CPU defective (in the first row)

    Contact person

    Contact person (using the input help)

    Priority

    High

    You access the list of contact persons by positioning your cursor in the second entry field of the Contact person line and choosing the input help.

  8. In the dialog box, position your cursor on a contact person, then choose .
  9. Choose .
  10. To check the object information, select in the Reference object screen area.
  11. The Object information dialog box appears. You can check both existing notifications and contract data.

  12. To view the detailed data for the order, choose in the Contract screen area.
  13. To display the items and rules of the billing plan, select your service item and choose Bill. Plan.
  14. Choose .
  15. Choose Pricing agrt.
  16. Check the following entries:
  17. Field

    Data

    Material

    R-1111

    Amount

    15

    Unit per unit of measure

    %

    Material

    R-1120

    Amount

    10

    Unit

    %

  18. Choose twice.
  19. If your contract contains configurable or configured service materials, you will also see the Configuration icon in the dialog box in the Contract screen area.

  20. To display the characteristic value assignments, choose if it appears on your screen.
  21. To leave the dialog box with the characteristic values, choose .
  22. Choose .
  23. To generate tasks immediately for your notification that are based on the contract configuration, choose Edit ® Tasks ® Determine.
  24. The system displays the message 2 tasks were created from the response profile.

  25. Choose the Tasks tab page.
  26. You see a list of tasks that the system has created for your notification.

  27. To check the planned start and finish date for each task, select the first task, then choose .
  28. The system calculates this data from the response and service profiles that were defined in PM Customizing. If the service contract contains a configurable service with a response profile and a service profile, both profiles are determined with the help of the assigned characteristic values. If not, the system proposes the values as a default based on the notification category.

  29. Choose Close, then choose the Notification tab page.
  30. To create a service order from the service notification, choose in the order line.
  31. Choose .
  32. Check the following entries:
  33. Field

    Data

    Description

    CPU defective

    Mn.wk.ctr

    PC-SERVS/1200

    WkCtr/Plnt

    PC-SERVS/1200

    Work durtn

    2

  34. Choose .
  35. Choose and note the number of your service order.
  36. Choose until the overview tree appears.
  37. In the dialog box, choose No.