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This topic explains how to perform additional configuration steps necessary for certain SAPMEINT integration points to work properly.

Prerequisites

You have configured ALE for communication with SAP ME (see Customizing for ALE for Communication with SAP ME).

Activities

Creating User Status Profile for Maintenance Orders

This configuration is required for equipment data integration.

  1. In Customizing for Plant Maintenance and Customer Service, choose Start of the navigation path Maintenance and Service Processing Next navigation step Maintenance and Service Orders Next navigation step General Data Next navigation step User Status for Orders Next navigation step Define Status Profile Next navigation step Define User Status Profile for Orders End of the navigation path.

  2. On the Change Status Profile: Overview screen, choose the New Entry icon.

  3. On the New Entry screen, enter the following data:

    Field Name

    User Action and Values

    Status Profile

    Enter ZMAINT

    Text

    Enter SAPMEINT maint order

    Maintenance Language

    Enter the abbreviation for your language. For example, en for English.

  4. Choose Continue.

  5. On the Change Status Profile: Overview: screen, select new profile and choose the Details icon.

  6. On the Change Status Profile: User Status screen, enter the following data:

    Status N

    Status

    Short Text

    Long

    Init. St.

    Lowest

    Highest

    Posit.

    Priority

    1

    NEW

    New order

    Deselected

    Selected

    1

    2

    1

    1

    2

    SENT

    Sent to MES

    Deselected

    Deselected

    2

    4

    1

    1

    3

    COMP

    Completed

    Deselected

    Deselected

    2

    4

    1

    1

    4

    PROD

    Production up

    Deselected

    Deselected

    2

    4

    1

    1

  7. Choose Object Types.

  8. On the Change Status Profile: Allowed Object Types screen, enter the following data:

    Field Name

    Description

    User Action and Values

    X

    Selection checkbox

    Select the following:

    Maintenance order

    PP/PM: operation

    PP/PM: order header

    Obj type

    Description of object

    None

  9. Choose User Status.

  10. On the Change Status Profile: Allowed Object Types screen, enter the following data:

    Status N

    Status

    Short Text

    Long

    Init. st.

    Lowest

    Highest

    Posit.

    Priority

    1

    NEW

    New order

    Deselected

    Selected

    1

    2

    1

    1

    2

    SENT

    Sent to MES

    Deselected

    Deselected

    2

    4

    1

    1

    3

    COMP

    Completed

    Deselected

    Deselected

    2

    4

    1

    1

    4

    PROD

    Production up

    Deselected

    Deselected

    2

    4

    1

    1

  11. Save your entries.

  12. Return to the Choose Activity screen and choose the Assign User Status to Order Types activity.

  13. On the Change View “Status Profile f. Maint Orders”: Overview screen, enter the following data:

    Field Name

    User Action and Values

    StatProf

    Enter ZMAINT for PM01 order type

    OpStatPr

    Enter ZMAINT for PM01 order type

  14. Save your entries.

Defining a Filter for Planned Orders

Note Note

Defining a filter as described below is required for SAP ERP 6.00 – 6.04 and 6.05 only if the business function LOG_PP_MES_INT_02 is not activated or SAP Note 1555198Information published on SAP site is not implemented. Starting with SAP ERP 6.05, you can distribute planned orders by means of the Data Replication Framework (DRF) (see SAPMEINT: SAP ERP Configuration). You can define the criteria for distributing planned orders by maintaining suitable filter criteria within an ERP standard transaction. For more information, see Integration of Planned Orders (Repetitive Manufacturing).

End of the note.

You can define an action code for transferring created planned orders and assign it to the relevant orders using the transaction MDAC.

You also have to implement the User Exit EXIT_SAPLLOI1_001 in extension LOI00001 to prevent planned orders without a suitable action code from being distributed.

Creating a Cross System Business Area for Inventory IDocs

This configuration is required for inventory (floor stock) data integration.

  1. In Customizing for SAP NetWeaver, choose Start of the navigation path SAP Web Application Server Next navigation step IDoc Interface / Application Link Enabling (ALE) Next navigation step Modelling and Implementing Business Processes Next navigation step Global Organizational Units Next navigation step Cross-System Business Areas Next navigation step Choose Activity End of the navigation path.

  2. Choose the Cross system business areas activity.

  3. On the Change View “Cross-System Business Areas”: Overview screen, choose the New Entries icon.

  4. On the New Entries: Overview of Added Entries screen, enter the following data:

    Field Name

    Description

    User Action and Values

    Comment

    X-sys. business area

    Globally unique business area

    Enter the key for business area

    Typically given the same name as the financial business area

    Description

    Business area description

    Enter a short description

  5. Save your entries.

  6. Return to the Choose Activity screen and choose the Assign Business Area to Cross-System Business Area activity.

  7. On the Change View “Assign Business Area to Cross-System Business Area screen, enter the following data:

    Field Name

    Description

    User Action and Values

    Comment

    X-SysBusAr

    Globally unique business area

    Enter the key for business area created in previous step

    Typically designated the same name as the financial business area

  8. Save your entries.

Changing Serial Number Profile Settings

This configuration is required for service order integration.

  1. In Customizing for Plant Maintenance and Customer Service, choose Start of the navigation path Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service Next navigation step Technical Objects Next navigation step Serial Number Management Next navigation step Define Serial Number Profiles Next navigation step Change View “Serial number profile”: Overview End of the navigation path.

  2. On the Change View “Serial number profile”: Overview screen, select the profile assigned to the materials you use in the integration with SAP ME.

  3. On the Change View “Serial number profile”: Overview screen, change the SerUsage value for SDAU Serial numbers in SD order to 02.

  4. Save your entries.

    If required, create a transport request by pressing Enter.

Configuring Batch Management

This configuration is required only for batch and batch characteristic data integration.

  1. In Customizing for Logistics - General, choose Start of the navigation path Batch Management Next navigation step Specify Batch Level and Activate Status Management Next navigation step Batch level End of the navigation path.

  2. On the Define Batch Level screen, select Batch unique at material level.

  3. Save your entries.

  4. In Customizing for Logistics - General, choose Start of the navigation path Batch Management Next navigation step Creation of New Batches Next navigation step Define Batch Creation for Production Order / Process Order End of the navigation path.

  5. On the Change View “Production Scheduling Profile for Batch Handling” screen, select an entry and choose the Details icon.

  6. Set Aut. batch creat. to No automatic batch creation in production/process order.

  7. Set Classif.batches to No branching to batch classification.

  8. Save your entries.

  9. In Customizing for Logistics - General, choose Start of the navigation path Batch Management Next navigation step Creation of New Batches Next navigation step Define Batch Creation for Goods Movements End of the navigation path.

  10. On the Change View “Definition of initial data creation for batch per mvmnt” screen, set 101 (Goods receipt for purchase order or order) and 261 (Goods issue for an order) types to Automatic / manual without check.

  11. Save your entries.

  12. In Customizing for Logistics - General, choose Start of the navigation path Batch Management Next navigation step Batch Where-Used List Next navigation step Make Settings for Batch Where-Used List End of the navigation path.

  13. On the Change View “Batch Where-Used List”: Overview screen, choose BaWU sychron.postng checkbox for specific plants to use batch where-used analyses.

    Note that you must activate the plant here to define the use and automatic creation of batch where-used records.

  14. Save your entries.

  15. In SAP Menu, choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Materials Management Next navigation step Material Master Next navigation step Material Next navigation step Change Next navigation step Immediately End of the navigation path.

  16. On the Change Material (Initial Screen) screen, enter the material number for the material to be managed in batches and press Enter.

Note Note

The Batch Management checkbox appears on several different views, depending on the material type. For example, for raw materials ( ROH type) it first appears on the Purchasing tab page. For finished and semi-finished materials ( FERT and HALB types) it first appears on the Sales: general/plant tab page. The checkbox is also available on the Purchasing and Work Scheduling tab pages. If first selected on a preceding tab page, the checkbox transfers to the other tab pages automatically.

The indicator cannot be changed if stocks exist in either the current period or in the previous period. The reason for checking the previous period is because stocks can be posted to this period when goods movements are entered.

End of the note.
Maintaining Repetitive Manufacturing (REM) Profile for the Planned Order Integration

You maintain the REM profile so that SAP ME planned order confirmation reduces order quantity in SAP ERP.

  1. In Customizing for Production, choose Start of the navigation path Repetitive Manufacturing Next navigation step Control Data Next navigation step Define Repetitive Manufacturing Profiles End of the navigation path.

  2. On the Change View "Overall Maintenance for Repetitive Manufacturing Profile" screen, select and open Final backflsh w/o activities.

  3. On the Control data 2 tab page, select the Reduce planned orders assigned to version checkbox and specify the reduction period.

  4. Save your entries.