Monitoring the Deadlines Automatically

Use

The deadline monitoring function consists of a report that allows you to:

  • Monitor the test dates for one or more testing schedules

  • Create inspection lots for impending test dates

  • Update the scheduling process

If you want to start the deadline monitoring function at regular intervals, you must predefine the selection criteria for executing this report in a report variant. In addition, you must plan a background job to specify when or in what intervals the report should be run as a batch job.

You can also run this report for deadline monitoring manually as described in the procedure below, if for example:

  • You want to create the call objects earlier than the batch job can do it

  • You changed the scheduling period in the testing schedule (for example, the stability study will be conducted longer than originally planned), and you now want to update the test dates.

Prerequisites

You have defined the start date for the stability study .

Procedure

  1. From the SAP Easy Access menu, choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Quality Management Next navigation step Stability Study Next navigation step Stability Planning Next navigation step Testing Schedule Next navigation step Deadline Monitoring End of the navigation path .

The initial screen for deadline monitoring appears.

  1. Enter the data for the maintenance plans or strategies for which the system should monitor the deadlines.

  2. Select Call transaction (batch input).

  3. The Call Transaction mode is proposed by the system.

  4. Enter the value N for the Call mode , if not already proposed by the system (ensures that the transaction will be run in the background).

Note Note

You can also select the BDC session mode, however, the system will then only create a batch input session and no calls will be created or test dates updated. To accomplish this, you must execute the BCD session separately from this operation.

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  1. Start the program by choosing Start of the navigation path Program Next navigation step Execute End of the navigation path .

The system generates test dates or inspection lots for the selected maintenance plan(s).

Note Note

The test dates are normally confirmed automatically (by means of a follow-up action for the usage decision) when you complete the stability tests.

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