Event Type Determination 

Use

This function uses a classification of the event based on a condition or function that you define in Customizing.

You enable the application system to use the event type together with the tracking ID to assign the event to the event handler or event handlers in SAP Event Management (SAP EM).

Integration

This function is part of the process for reporting events.

Prerequisites

●      You have defined event types and their supply chain event management relevance (SCEM relevance) in Customizing.

●      You have assigned the event type to a business process type in Customizing.

●      You have specified the condition or function in Customizing whose evaluation is used by the application system to determine the event type and thereby SCEM relevance.

●      You have specified the main object table, and, if required, the master table, in Customizing for determining the event type.

If you want to define SCEM relevance conditions for document changes, you can also specify the main object table, and, if required, the master table, with the data record before the data is saved.

Features

By determining the event type, you can create the relationship between your business processes and the event type. Multiple event types can represent a business process type.

The application interface provides the function with the following information about the event type:

●      Whether the event type is active or inactive

You can deactivate the event type for test purposes. As a result however, the application object type is no longer available.

●      The condition to determine the SCEM relevance of this event type

●      The extractors for the event data that the application system is to send to the event handlers

●      The SAP EM system that creates the corresponding event handler

The application interface provides the function with the following information about the application object:

●      Whether this is a relevant event belonging to a business object

●      The business object tables that represent the event (main object and master table)

●      The tracking ID

The tracking ID is part of the event data and is determined by the extractor.

Example

The delivery generates five different events. The application system sends these to the corresponding event handler in SAP EM. The application system determines the event handler using the tracking ID specified in the extractor.

You save the following with the events:

●      The completion of a delivery

●      A change to the delivery date of a delivery item

●      A change to the delivery date of a delivery item if this date differs by more than three days from the original delivery date

●      The change in the delivery status from Picked to Goods Issue Posted

●      A reported quantity for a delivery item in goods receipt that deviates from the tolerance limit for the requested quantity of the corresponding purchase order item