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Function documentation Yard Monitor Methods  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

The yard monitor methods allow you to perform actions on a selected object or object class. Each method belongs to one of two groups:

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       1.      Display methods

Display information for the selected object

       2.      Maintenance methods

Enable you to perform actions that influence object field values

 

Prerequisites  

You have defined methods and object classes in Customizing for Logistics Execution ® Yard Management  ® Monitoring ® Define Object Class Methods.

 

Features

You can invoke the methods either via the monitor hierarchy tree or the ALV tool bar.

Invoking Methods Via the Hierarchy Tree

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       1.      Display the relevant objects. For information on how this is done, see Using Basic Monitor Functions.

       2.      From the hierarchy tree, right-click one or more objects or an object class. A pop-up menu appears.

       3.      Choose an option from the pop-up menu.

Invoking Methods Via the ALV

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       1.      Display the relevant objects.

       2.      From the ALV, select the row or rows corresponding to the objects on which you want to apply the method.

       3.      For some methods, you choose the relevant icon from the ALV tool bar.

       4.      For other methods, you choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text or This graphic is explained in the accompanying text from the ALV tool bar and then an option from the pop-up menu.

 

Activities

Display Methods

Method Name

ALV Icon

Allowed Objects

Description

What You Should Know

Display details

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All

Displays the Details dialog box

 

Refresh objects

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All

Updates the display of selected objects

 

Select tree objects

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All

Selects in the hierarchy tree objects that have been selected in the ALV

This method is available from the ALV tool bar only.

Hide selected objects

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All

Hides one or more selected objects in both the hierarchy tree and ALV

 

Hide unselected objects

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All

Hides one or more unselected objects in both the hierarchy tree and ALV

 

Set as selection criteria

 

All containing sub-object classes

Sets one or more object nodes as the selection criteria for expanding sub-object classes

This method can be used instead of Drag&Drop.

 

Clear selection criteria

 

All containing sub-object classes

Discontinues the use of object nodes as selection criteria

 

Maintain Methods

Method Name

ALV Icon

Allowed Objects

Description

What You Should Know

Assign to delivery

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Vehicles

 

Enables you to assign a vehicle to one or more deliveries

Refer to Assigning Vehicles to Documents.

Assign vehicle

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Inbound Shipments

Outbound Shipments

Inbound Deliveries

Outbound Deliveries

Enables you to assign a vehicle to:

·        One or more deliveries

·        One shipment

Assign to outbound shipment

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Vehicles

Enables you to assign a vehicle to an outbound shipment

Attach means of transport

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Vehicles (of category transport equipment)

Enables you to attach means of transport and transport equipment

Refer to Attaching Transport Equipment to Means of Transport.

Attach transport equipment

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Vehicles (of category means of transport)

Block

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Locations

Blocks a location

The system prevents a blocked location from being the destination of a yard activity

Block (vehicle damaged)

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Vehicles

Enables you to block a vehicle that has been damaged

Yard activities cannot be created for a blocked vehicle, and nor can blocked vehicles (except for reserved vehicles) be assigned to documents.

Note

When blocking a vehicle, you can add explanatory text. This text appears alongside the blocked vehicle in the alert monitor (Vehicles – Damaged, Reserved or Unidentified sub-object classes), and can also appear in the yard monitor (if you have included it in the ALV).

Block (vehicle not identified)

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Vehicles

Enables you to block a vehicle that does not have an identifiable reference document

Block (vehicle reserved)

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Vehicles

Enables you to block a vehicle that is to be reserved

Cancel

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Activities

Changes the status of selected activities to 5 Cancelled

You can cancel activities only with status 1 Planned.

Complete confirmation

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Activities

Changes the status of selected activities to 4 Completed

You can complete confirmation only for those activities with status 1 Planned or 2 Started.

Create

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Vehicles

Enables you to create a standalone vehicle

Refer to Creating a Standalone Vehicle.

Create check-in activity

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Inbound Shipments

Inbound Deliveries

Vehicles

Enables you to create check-in activities for inbound documents and vehicles

Refer to Creating a Check-in Activity.

Create check-out activity

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Vehicles

Enables you to create check-out activities for vehicles

Refer to Creating a Check-Out Activity.

Create movement activity

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Vehicles

Enables you to create movement activities for one or more vehicles

Refer to Creating a Movement Activity.

Create scheduling activity

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Vehicles

 

Enables you to create scheduling activities, based on the system’s automatic scheduling mechanism, for one or more vehicles

Refer to Creating a Scheduling Activity.

Create sealing activity

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Vehicles

Enables you to create a sealing activity for a vehicle

Refer to Create a Sealing or Un-Sealing Activity.

Create un-sealing activity

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Vehicles

Enables you to create an un-sealing activity for a vehicle

Create weighing activity

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Vehicles

Enables you to create a weighing activity for a vehicle

Refer to Creating a Weighing Activity.

Define RF users

 

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Yard

Enables you to define users who can log on to the system and perform the RF transactions

Refer to Defining RF Device Users.

Delete

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Vehicles

Deletes a vehicle

 

Detach

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Attached Vehicles

Detaches previously attached vehicles

Refer to Attaching Transport Equipment to Means of Transport.

Display HU details

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Vehicles

Displays the detailed data for handling units

Refer to Editing Detailed Data for Handling Units in the SAP Library for Handling Unit Management (LO-HU).

Load

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Vehicles

Creates a loading activity with status 4 Completed, and changes the vehicle’s stock status to 03 Full

Refer to Loading a Vehicle.

Load by delivery

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Vehicles

Creates a loading activity with status 4 Completed, and changes the vehicle’s stock status to 03 Full or 02 Partially full

Maintain monitor variants

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Yard

Enables you to create and display customized versions of the monitor hierarchy tree

Refer to Maintaining Monitor Variants.

Maintain presentation devices

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Yard

Enables you to maintain presentation devices

 

Refer to Maintaining Presentation Devices.

Modify

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Vehicles

Enables you to modify details of a vehicle

 

Process document

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Inbound Shipments

Outbound Shipments

Inbound Deliveries

Outbound Deliveries

Creates a vehicle and assigns it to one or more documents

Refer to Processing a Document.

Un-assign

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Inbound Shipments

Outbound Shipments

Inbound Deliveries

Outbound Deliveries

Vehicles

Un-assigns a vehicle from one or more documents

You cannot un-assign a vehicle from inbound documents after it has been checked-in to the yard.

Un-block

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Locations

Vehicles (Damaged, Reserved, Unidentified)

Un-blocks a previously blocked object

 

Unload

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Vehicles

Creates an unloading activity with status 4 Completed, and changes the vehicle’s stock status to 01 Empty

Refer to Unloading a Vehicle.

Unload by delivery

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Vehicles

Creates an unloading activity with status 4 Completed, and changes the vehicle’s stock status to 01 Empty or 02 Partially full


 

 

 

 

 

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