Creating a Functional Location

You create a functional location based on an existing model, and add additional information such as operator, functional location information, and assign equipment or systems relevant to the functional location.

Prerequisites

  • Your user ID has the roles FLOC_DELETE or FLOC_EDIT assigned.

Context

You use the Functional Location application to:

  • Create a functional location for your own operations purposes
  • Create a functional location for another customer

    For simplicity purpose, we describe the procedure to create a functional location for your own operations.

Step # Description
1 Open the Functional Locations application.
2 Choose New.
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In the New Functional Location dialog box:

  1. You can optionally assign a model for the funnctional location. Select the model in the Model ID.

    In the Model ID dropdown, select an existing model from which you want to inherit the properties for the functional location.

    Once the model template is selected the <IoT Sync> field is enabled. This field enables you to replicate the selected object in SAP Internet of Things and maintain connection between these systems. You can choose a <Yes> or <No>. By default, the sync is always set to <Yes>.

  2. SAP ERP Synchronization: This switch is relevant if the data needs to be synced with the connected SAP ERP system.

    You need to have a custom implementation based on external events available for functional location (until the inbound integration is part of standard S/4 release). Only then, you must set the SAP ERP Synchronization switch to ON.

    In case the switch is enabled, an additional field SAP ERP System is displayed. You can select the relevant structure indicators and SAP ERP system from the list.

    Structure indicators are mandatory to synchronize functional location data into the ERP system. For more information on structure indicators in SAP ERP, refer to Structure Indicator.

  3. In the Functional Location ID field, enter a unique name for a functional location.

  4. In the Description field, enter a short description for a functional location.

  5. In the Functional Location Template field, select an existing functional location template from which you want to inherit the properties for the functional location.

  6. In the Product Relevance, you can select the relevant products in which you intend to use this functional location:

    • Asset Network

    • Strategy and Performance Management

    • Predictive Maintenance

  7. In the Long Description field, enter a long description for a functional location, if necessary.

  8. In the Operator field, enter an operator for the functional location. Your company is selected as default value.

  9. In the Phase, select:
    • Fully Operational or Partially Operational status if a functional location exists.
    • Planned if a functional location does not exist, or you have chosen to update the functional location details later.

    • Not Operational

  10. In the UID field, enter the unique ID that could be used to identify the functional location in any system.
  11. Choose Save to create a single functional location. If you have assigned a model template with hierarchy, enable the Create Components switch to create functional location hierarchy from the model template. In the Set Components tab, you can define the individual sub-functional locations. Create Components creates the individual functional location, use Save to finalize the activity.
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Add values/infomation to the attributes of the underlying templates in the functional location information, business partner information, sales organization data, or installation location. Choose Edit to add values. Refer to Adding Data in the Information Section
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Add structure components, you can add equipment, systems,and other functional locations as components. If the Single Installation field under Functional Location Information is set to YES, you can assign only one equipment. If it is set to NO, then you can assign multiple equipment and systems to the functional location.

Choose Edit and assign the components:

  1. To add equipment/system/functional location, choose Start of the navigation pathAssign Next navigation step Equipment/System/Functional LocationEnd of the navigation path

  2. From the Select Component dialog box, select the appropriate component.

  3. Choose Add.

  4. Choose Save
8 You can view and configure the list of indicators inherited from the model template under Indicators.

You can add/remove an indicator to the favorites list using the star icon in the <My Favorites>.

For numeric and numeric flexible datatypes, <Reset>, <Normal>, <Max>, and <Min> fields are available while definition the threshold. You can also define threshold value range for these datatypes (only threshold value not range is available for other data types). The Reset button is functional only for these two datatypes and will delete all the existing values and insert the reset value wherever applicable.

The values defined at the model level are considered.

You can maintain a manual entries for the indicators by selecting an indicator and choosing New Manual Entry. You can edit or delete these manual entries by selecting the indicator and choosing Start of the navigation pathManage Manual Entry Next navigation step EditEnd of the navigation path or Start of the navigation pathManage Manual Entry Next navigation step DeleteEnd of the navigation path.
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To publish a functional location, choose Publish.

System publishes the functional location and creates a first revision of the functional location.
12 To create revisions of a functional location and to switch between the published and revision states, see the steps provided in the procedure Creating Revisions and Switching Between Revisions and Published State.