Creating Process Messages Manually

To create a process message, proceed as follows:

1. On the Process Management screen, choose  Message Create.

The initial screen for creating process messages appears.

Plant for which you want to create a process message

The message category

The test indicator if the message is to be created for test purposes

In the Sender field, your user name is displayed as a default value. You can change this value if required.

3. Choose  Goto Char. overview .

A dialog box appears where you can assign values to the message characteristics.

4. Enter the characteristic values.

You need to maintain a value for all characteristics marked as required in the message category.

If allowed values have been maintained for the characteristic in Customizing, you can display them for selection:

If your message contains the characteristics "event date" (PPPI_EVENT_DATE) and "event time" (PPPI_EVENT_TIME), the corresponding values are automatically proposed by the system. You can, however, change the proposed values.

If the message category you have chosen contains a characteristic for which you must enter a long text, proceed as follows:

a. Select the characteristic.

b. Choose  Edit Long text . The text editor appears.

c. Enter the desired text and save it.

5. Choose Back .

If your process message contains another long text characteristic, you can now repeat steps 4.a to 4.c for this characteristic.

Otherwise, the system takes you back to the characteristic overview.

6. Save your message.