Adding an Object Characteristic to a Configuration

Use

An object characteristic is not a configuration characteristic but rather a characteristic that is created with reference to a table . In VMS, this can be the vehicle table VLCVEHICLE or the additional data table VLCADDDATA. The vehicle table contains the standard vehicle data and additional vehicle data that you have created as vehicle attribute and assigned to the vehicle table. The additional data table is a separate table that also contains vehicle data, however only the data that you have created as qualifiers. Attributes and qualifiers are the same as far as business is concerned, but differ in their technical realization.

You can find further information on object characteristics in the documentation for the Classification System under Reference Characteristics and further information on additional data and the appropriate tables in the documentation for the IMG activity Define Additional Data for Vehicle.

If you add an object characteristic to the configuration as described below, you can store object dependencies for this object characteristic. This may be useful, for example, if you want to link specific sales campaigns to discounts.

Procedure

  1. Create the desired object characteristic in your characteristic group (transaction CT04) and assign it to your class (transaction CL04).

    No values are assigned to this characteristic.

    Enter the following data on the tab page Additional Data :

    • for a characteristic with reference to the vehicle table: table name VLCVEHICLE , <field name of desired field> (example: sales campaign: field name CMPGN )

    • for a characteristic with reference to the additional data table: table name VLCADDDATA , field name QAUSP

  2. Add the characteristic to the configuration (transaction VELOOBJC).

    Enter the table, field and characteristic name again for each object characteristic and define whether the characteristic should be displayed on the interface in the Vehicle Manager or not.

    In this table you have to specify which qualifier you want to use (for a characteristic with reference to the additional table). Enter the name of the qualifier in the field Field name . You can find this number in Customizing for VMS under Start of the navigation path Enhancements Next navigation step Define Additional Data for Vehicle Next navigation step Define Qualifiers End of the navigation path (transaction OVELO4).