Using an Alternative Catalog Profile

Use

Each notification type is normally assigned a catalog profile. The information in a catalog profile is usually general enough so you can use it to process a variety of problems. In some cases, however, you may have to use a catalog profile other than the one that is assigned to the notification type. In such a situation:

  • The system can copy another catalog profile automatically.

For example, if you specify a material in a notification which has a catalog profile assigned to it in the material master, the system automatically selects the catalog profile assigned the material.

  • You can change the catalog profile manually (see "Prerequisites" below).

Prerequisites

You can only change a catalog profile manually if Customizing allows it. If you change the catalog profile in a notification manually or if you manually enter defect codes that do not exist in the assigned catalog profile, the system responds differently depending on which message type is specified for the catalog profile in Customizing for Notification Contents .

System message (message type)

Effect

Information message

The system copies the new catalog profile

Warning message

The system copies the new catalog profile

Error message

The system does not copy the new catalog profile; instead, it retains the existing catalog profile

For example, if a catalog profile applies to a specific notification type and you only want this catalog profile and its codes to be used by the person processing the notifications, then the message type "error message" must be specified in Customizing. This prevents you from using any other catalog profile, which means you can only use the codes in the current catalog profile to process a notification.

Note Note

If Customizing does not specify a message type for a catalog profile, the system will copy a new catalog profile without issuing a system message.

End of the note.

Activities

To determine which catalog profile applies for a notification, choose Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Catalog Next navigation step profile Next navigation step Display End of the navigation path .