Basic data used to describe the object.
Besides the base category already assigned at header level, additional categories from other hierarchies can be assigned to the object.
As an object always has the product type
Material
and always belongs to an object family, only those categories can be entered that are also assigned to the product type
Material
and, if assigned an object family, with the same object family as the base category.
The base unit of measure for objects is Piece (PC).
You can maintain gross and net weights, volumes, and dimensions (length, width, height) with the relevant units for the object.
Alternative units of measure cannot be maintained.
Bear in mind that when you change a unit of measure for a particular object, these changes will apply to any pricing records that exist for this particular object.
Set type containing the descriptions created for the object. You can create descriptions for an object for all languages defined in the system.
When an object is created, the description can be entered in the object header in the logon language as well as in the
Descriptions
assignment block for all defined languages. When changing objects however, a description can only be changed in the
Descriptions
assignment block.
Objects can be saved without a description. Descriptions can also be referenced from a reference product.
This set type contains general information identifying the technical object.
The information is generally replicated from the ERP system using an equipment download.
ERP |
ERP Field |
CRM |
---|---|---|
Equipment |
EQUNR |
Technical Asset Number |
Category |
EQTYP |
Technical Asset Category |
Object type |
EQART |
Technical Asset Type |
Structure Indicator |
||
Material |
MATNR |
Material |
Serial number |
SERNR |
Serial Number |
Master batch |
CHARGE |
Master Batch |
Note that the material number, serial number, and master batch are merely replicated as text fields, there is no reference to data, such as master records.
This set type contains time-independent data about the manufacturer, such as when and where manufactured, and by whom.
The information is generally replicated from the ERP system using an equipment download.
ERP |
ERP Field |
CRM |
---|---|---|
Manufacturer |
HERST |
Manufacturer |
Country of Manufacture |
HERLD |
Country of Manufacture |
Manufacture Region |
||
Model Number |
TYPBZ |
Model Number |
Manufacturer part number |
MAPAR |
MPN |
Manufacturer serial number |
SERGE |
Manufacturer Serial Number |
Construction year/month |
BAUJJ/BAUMM |
Manufacture Date |
This set type contains information derived from asset accounting in the ERP system.
It is used and filled in the leasing process, and records the company code, main asset number, and asset subnumber, as used in the ERP system. The asset number information is therefore used when assets are reused.
This set type is used purely to record this information. The data is not replicated from the ERP system.
This set type contains general purchase information about an object:
In an Internet Customer Self-Service scenario, for example, this allows you to register the product you have just purchased with the following details:
Purchase location
Purchase date
Time zone for purchase date
This allows companies to identify their customers and record the necessary data for warranty processing.
The status information is used to store the state of an object during the different phases in its lifecycle, such as:
Is saleable
Is sold
Is created
Initial state
The status information is set by the state manager and cannot be entered by the user.
States and their transitions can be freely defined in behavior profiles within the Object Integration Framework using the state manager.
For more information, see
States
and in the IMG
Customer Relationship Management
→
Master Data
→
Products
→
Objects
→
Object Integration Framework (OITF)
→
State Manager
→
Configure Object Integration Framework’s State Manager
→
Define Behavior Profile.
The status in the
Business Data
set type is not related to the general object status.