Structure Indicator
Definition
Before you can create functional locations and reference functional locations in the system, you must define the structure you want to use for them. You do this with the help of structure indicators .
You define the structure indicator in Customizing for
Plant Maintenance
under
Create structure indicator for ref.funct.locs/funct.locs.
Use
Using structure indicators, you can:
Specify and monitor the generic structure of the functional location label
Portray the hierarchy levels within the functional location structure in the functional location label
Make use of the system's automatic functions for generating the structure when you create functional locations
Caution
The generic structure of the location label enables the system to determine a superior functional location and to copy specific data from it into the new functional location. However, this is only possible if the functional locations have been created strictly according to the top-down principle, in other words starting with the uppermost functional location.
After you have created a functional location, the system no longer determines the location hierarchy of this particular location from its label, but from the entries in the
SupFunctLoc
. fields of the individual master records.
The following shows an example of a structure indicator and the resulting structure of a functional location label:
Structure element
|
Structure of structure indicator and location label
|
Location text |
Structure indicator |
CLARF |
|
Text for the structure indicator |
Clarification plant structure |
|
Edit mask |
XX-XNN-NX/X |
|
Hierarchy levels |
1 2 3 45 6 |
|
Functional location label according to structure indicator |
C1 |
Clarification plant |
C1-B |
Biological purification |
|
C1-B02 |
Filter station |
|
C1-B02-2 |
Filter cell |
|
C1-B02-2A |
Inlet |
|
C1-B02-2A/1 |
Valve 1 |