Adding Object Characteristics to a Configuration 

Use

Object characteristics are not configuration characteristics but characteristics that are created with reference to a table. In VMS, this can be the vehicle table (VLCVEHICLE) or the additional data table (VLCADDDATA). The vehicle table contains the standard vehicle data and additional vehicle data that you have created as vehicle attribute and assigned to the vehicle table. The additional data table is a separate table that also contains vehicle data, however only the data that you have created as qualifiers. Attributes and qualifiers are the same as far as business is concerned, but differ in their technical realization.

You can find further information on object characteristics in the standard documentation under Object Characteristics and further information on additional data and the appropriate tables in the documentation for the IMG activity under Vehicle Management System ® Enhancements ® Define Additional Data for Vehicle.

If you add object characteristics to the configuration as described below, you can store object dependencies for the object characteristics. This may be useful, for example, if you want to link specific sales campaigns to discounts.

Procedure

  1. Create the desired object characteristics in your characteristic group (transaction CT04) and assign them to your class (transaction CL04).

    2. No values are assigned to these characteristics.

    Enter the following on the tab page Additional data: for characteristics with reference to the vehicle table: table name VLCVEHICLE, field name of the desired field (example sales campaign: field name CMPGN); for characteristics with reference to the additional data table: table name VLCADDDATA, field name QAUSP.

  2. Add the characteristics to the configuration (transaction VELOOBJC).

Enter the table, field and characteristic name again for each object characteristic and define whether the characteristic should be displayed on the interface in the Vehicle Manager or not.

In this table you have to specify which qualifier you want to use (for characteristics with reference to the additional table). Enter the name of the qualifier in the field Field name. You can find this number in the Customizing transaction OVELO4 (under Define Qualifiers).