Application Settings

You must be an organization administrator to perform the activities using Application Settings. This application allows you to configure and customize the SAP Asset Intelligence Network pertaining to creation of invitee users, configuring mapping of business object data with external systems and document upload limit.

You can perform the following tasks with this application:
  • Users

  • External Systems

    • Configure external systems: Add an external system that has your business object data. This configuration allows you to map business object data from an external system. For more details, see Configuring External Systems
  • Object Types

    The object types are used for external systems integration.

    To support external object ID mapping, you are provided with a capability to add custom object type, in case a relevant object type is missing in the standard list using Start of the navigation pathApplication Settings Next navigation step Object type Next navigation step AddEnd of the navigation path.

    You can use it later for corresponding External ID mapping in Company Profile app.

  • You can add new object types using the Add button.
  • General Application Settings

    • Configure document size limit: Use this functionality to set the maximum document size limit. This setting determines the allowed maximum upload size of your documents from the Documents application. For more information, see Configuring Document Upload Size
    • Configure Prefix: Configuring the Prefix for the Object ID of your Organization.

      Objects created in the SAP Asset Intelligence Network have IDs generated for them. You have to define the prefix in the Application Settings app. For example, for instruction the ID can be I. ABCD.1, where <ABCD> is the prefix defined by you. Another example for ID for a document can be D.ABCD.1.

    • Configure incoming improvement cases from business partners: You can choose those business partners who can send you improvement cases. For more information, see Configuring Incoming Improvement Requests from External Organizations
    • Configure model requests: You can choose the business partners who can send you model requests. For more information, see Configuring Incoming Model Requests from External Organizations.

    • Configure equipment requests: You can choose the business partners who can send you equipment requests. For more information, see Configuring Incoming Equipment Requests from External Organizations.

    • Maintain customer-specific list of object types. In the reusable dialog to maintain external IDs, you can optionally select the previously maintained object types to create multiple <External IDs for a system>.

    • In the section Organizational Configurations you can:
      • Enable User Authorization, and Spare Parts Obsolescence.

      • Define the Retention Period for the deleted users after which the users will be permanently deleted from the system.

        For more details, refer to Deletion of Personal Data in the Security Information for SAP Asset Intelligence Network.

        You can set the maximum limit of retention period as follows:
        • Years: maximum of 2 years

        • Months: maximum of 24 months

        • Weeks: maximum of 104 weeks

        • Days: maximum of 730 days

      • Define retention period for off-boarding objects.

        As a Premium account, you can set a retention period for your business objects. This retention period will be applied after the offboarding of an organization to all not shared business objects, which may still be available in the offboarded organization’s account.
        You can set the maximum limit of retention period as follows:
        • Years: maximum of 2 years

        • Months: maximum of 24 months

        • Weeks: maximum of 104 weeks

        • Days: maximum of 730 days

      • Define the Default Scope (in case your organization is working with multiple scopes).

      • You can enable the automatic sharing feature using the Start of the navigation pathGeneral Application Settings Next navigation step Organizational Configurations Next navigation step Automatic SharingEnd of the navigation path button. For more information, see Automatic Sharing.

    • Define the automatic e-mail domains for user under Start of the navigation pathGeneral Application Settings Next navigation step Automatic User CreationEnd of the navigation path.For more information, refer to Automatic User Creation.

      As a premium organization administrator, you have to maintain allowed e-mail domains, relevant for premium organization users, if there are one or more invitee organizations onboarded using Company Profile app.
    • Under Start of the navigation pathGeneral Application Settings Next navigation step Bar Code ConfigurationsEnd of the navigation path, you can define the <Prefix> and <Suffix>. You can then use the RFID feature in the Lookup application in devices that support RFID reader.

    • You can define Personal Dashboard app as the entry point for your invitee accounts by enabling Personal Dashboard as Landing Page under Start of the navigation path General Application Settings  Next navigation step Invitee ConfigurationEnd of the navigation path.

    • If you have the role DATAFEDERATION_ADMIN, you can view a section Start of the navigation pathGeneral Application Settings Next navigation step Data FederationEnd of the navigation path. Using the toggles in this section, you can provide consent for federating data to various data centers.
    • If you have the admin role AC_CUSTOMER_ADMIN, you can view a new section Start of the navigation pathGeneral Application Settings Next navigation step General Application Settings Next navigation step Tenant Data DeletionEnd of the navigation path. You can select the object types to delete and the ERP systems from which you want to delete the data. Unshared objects as per the selection will be deleted from the selected tenants.
  • Object Page Configurations

    • You can maintain the default configuration settings for the equipment, model, system, and functional location object page under Object Page Configurations. Choose Edit to change the default settings.

  • Extensions

    • Create an extension for the object pages of models, equipment, locations, spare parts, or improvement cases and use as a plug-in in the respective object pages. For more information, see Creating an Extension for Business Objects
  • Header Status

    • You can maintain two default indicator names in the header information of all the equipment in your organization using the Header Status section.

  • Offline Analytics Dashboards