Maintaining the Create Initial Screen (SAP Library - Engineering Change Management (LO-ECH))

Maintaining the Create Initial Screen

Choose Logistics ® Central functions ® Engineering change management ® Change master ® Create.

The Create Change Master: Initial Screen appears.

Enter an change number.

Do not enter anything if you want the system to assign a number itself. For more information, see Number Assignment for the Change Master Record.

Select the type:

Change master
Engineering change request (ECR)

To find out about the differences between the two types, see ECR/ECO.

Select the change master record's function:

Without release key
With release key
Lead. chg. mast. (leading change master record)
Change package

For more information, see Determination of the Function of a Change Master Record.

If you want to create an engineering change request, select a change type.

For more information, see Change Type Affects Change Process.

If you want to create a change master record with parameter effectivity, enter an effectivity type.

For more information, see Creating a Change Master Record with Parameter Effectivity. If you enter an effectivity type, the system creates a change master record with date validity.

If you want to transfer the pre-defined settings from a profile defined in Customizing to the change master record, enter the name of the profile.

For more information, see Creation of a Profile.

In the Copy from dataset, you can enter the change number of an existing change master in order to copy data (for example, change header data or object type indicators) to the new change master as default values.

Here the system also copies all object management records from the change master record you are using as a reference. Check which object management records you require and delete any superfluous object management records from the new change master record if necessary.

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