Use

You require business event types (object type D) to create and maintain business events and academic units w/o dates. Business event types are elements of a module such as lectures, Internet courses, tutorials, labs, or homework.

The delivery mode of the business event type determines whether you use a business event or an academic unit w/o dates for this business event type. Unlike business events, academic units w/o dates do not require a schedule or resources such as rooms and instructors. The category assigned to the business event type determines whether or not you can create individual work.

Business event types contain planning information such as capacity, resource types, or a schedule model. When you create a business event for the business event type, the system proposes this planning information as default values. The schedule model is not mandatory because you can override the schedule data of the business event type when you create a business event. However, you must enter the capacity and the relationships to the resource types for the business event type.

Prerequisites

The resource types and the resources you require for the business event type are defined. Your system administrator makes the required settings in Customizing for Student Lifecycle Management in the section Student Lifecycle Management Master Data → Academic Structure → Integration of Training and Event Management → Training and Event Management → Business Event Preparation → Resource Management . In Customizing, resource types such as room and instructor are assigned specific resources. Note that resource types can be location-dependent and mandatory.

The categories, delivery modes, and teaching methods you need to maintain business event types are defined. You may also need the contact hours unit. Your system administrator makes the required settings in Customizing for Student Lifecycle Management in the section Student Lifecycle Management Master Data → Academic Structure → Business Event Types . The values have the following meaning:

Category

The category determines the form in which a business event is presented (lecture, tutorial, lab, etc.). The category also defines whether or not you can create individual work for this business event type.

Teaching method

The teaching method describes the way in which the content of a module or business event type is offered (classroom instruction, distance study, etc.).

Delivery mode

The delivery mode determines how the content of an academic event is presented to students (in a lecture, as a tutorial, in an e-learning session, etc.). The delivery mode also determines whether you have to create a business event or an academic unit w/o dates for the offering.

Unit for contact hours

You can define the expected duration of an academic offering by specifying the contact hours and unit for contact hours .

Procedure

From the SAP menu, choose Student Lifecycle Management → Academic Structure (Curriculum) → Study Planning → Module Catalog .

The Module Catalog screen appears . The module catalog uses the object manager , which is a convenient user tool for object search and selection.

Choose the module for which you want to create or maintain a business event type.

To create a business event type, proceed as follows:

Select the desired module, and choose  ( Create one level lower ).

Choose relationship507( consists of ) with the object typeD( business event type ).

Enter an abbreviation and a name for the business event type.

On the Category tab page, enter the category , teaching method , and delivery mode .

Category : The category you enter determines whether the student is required to submit individual work.

Delivery mode : The delivery mode determines whether you can create academic units w/o dates or scheduled business events for the business event type.

Choose the tab page Relationships , and create one or more relationships to the resource types.

To create a relationship, choose in the Requires resource type line.

If the resource type contains no capacity data, you must enter this data manually.

To enter capacity data, choose the Capacity tab page and enter the minimum , optimum and maximum capacity .

Enter the required data.

Choose  (Save).

Further Hints

You can also create and maintain business event types when you maintain the business event offering . On the Create Business Event Offering or Edit Business Event Offering screen, choose

Goto → Create bus. event type or Change bus. event type

or the

 Academic events tab page. Set the indicator Bus. event types and choose  Bus. event type .

Result

When you have assigned a business event type to a module, you can create and maintain a business event offering for the module.