Processing of Methods
In connection with the EH&S-QM interface, it is important that you distinguish between methods as class characteristics in
specification management
and inspection methods in the SAP
Quality Management
(QM) component:
Method as a class characteristic
Characteristic that was defined in the classification system as a method.
Inspection method
Describes the procedure for how a characteristic is to be inspected.
From the method entered in a value assignment type, the EH&S-QM interface transfers an inspection method to the inspection plan when it creates the inspection plan. Quality inspections can then be executed as usual in
Quality Management
using this inspection method.
Procedure
You have two options for transferring inspection methods to an inspection plan:
Specify a phrase as the value of the
Method
class characteristic for a value assignment type inspecification management
.As methods have to be stored as phrases, you must also assign an inspection method from
Quality Management
to the phrase in the header data in phrase management .The key for an inspection method is made up from the plant, description of the inspection method, and version. As the version valid at the time the plan is created is always used, you do not need to specify a version.
Specify an inspection method directly from
Quality Management
as the value of the class characteristicMethod
for a value assignment type inspecification management
.This method is recognized and transferred automatically by the interface.
NoteTo be able to access QM inspection methods directly as input help at this point, you must integrate the function module EHQM15_INSP_METHOD_CHECK. This function module must be specified in the classification system for each characteristic in which the inspection methods are to be entered. For more information on processing characteristics in the classification system, see Value Assignment Types and Characteristics Setup .
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