Engineering Change Management for Phrases

Use

You use this function to make data changes using a change number. In this way, you can, for example, enter data now that is only valid in the future. Each change number is valid from a particular validity date so that the data has a validity period in accordance with the change number.

If you make changes without using a change number , the standard validity period used goes from 01/01/0001 to 12/31/9999 . The system enters the current date as the key date.
When you change a phrase for the first time using a change number , the SAP system divides the overall validity period into two adjoining validity periods. Whenever you use other change numbers that have different validity dates, the system further subdivides the validity periods.

See Example: Engineering Change Management .

Note
The SAP system writes change documents for phrases irrespective of whether you use engineering change management or not.

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For more information about the SAP Engineering Change Management (LO-ECH) component, see the SAP Library under Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Logistics General(LO) Engineering Change Management (LO-ECH) End of the navigation path .

Prerequisites

You have created a change number on the initial screen of the SAP system by choosing Start of the navigation path Cross-Application Components Next navigation step EngineeringChange Management End of the navigation path . In order to use the change number for phrases, you have to set the Actv. indicator for the Phrase object under Object Types .

Features

You can use engineering change management within phrase management to:

Import a more recent version of a phrase library

You must enter the change number in the phrase import dialog box.
Create and process phrases

You must enter the change number in the initial phrase management screen.

By choosing Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Administration Information End of the navigation path on the phrase management screens, you can find more information about, for example, the current validity period, the date of the last change, the name of the person who last changed the specification, the data origin , and the data provider .

You can work with or without engineering change management depending on your requirements. If you have used engineering change management to change the data of a data record, you must make sure that the correct key date is entered when you call the data or enter the relevant change number.

Note Note

The change number has higher priority than the key date (see Example: Engineering Change Management ).

The Change number , Valid from , and Valid to fields in the phrase header refer exclusively to the data of the phrase header.

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