Calculating the Consumption Data for Miles per Gallon
Use
Note the peculiarities described in this section for the calculation of the vehicle consumption data for “miles per gallon”.
Prerequisites
The following prerequisites must be met so that a non-metric calculation or an inverse calculation of vehicle consumption data (for example, “distance/consumption”) can be made. The non-metric consumption calculation is, for example, necessary for the American market.
For further information on general prerequisites, see Fleet Management .
Define Inverse Area
The
Inverse Area (SURINV)
is in Customizing under
General Settings
Check Units of Measurement.
The measurement units
M21
(square meters) and
MPG
(miles per gallon) are defined for this dimension:
The following settings are defined for
M2I.
Unit of measurment |
Commercial |
Technical |
Unit of measurement text |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
M2I |
M-2 |
1/M2 (means: 1/m²) |
1/M2 (means: 1/m²) |
SI unit |
Counters |
Denominator |
Exponent |
Additive constants |
Decimal place rounding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
The following settings are defined for
MPG.
Unit of measurment |
Commercial |
Technical |
Unit of measurement text |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
MPG |
MPG |
MPG US |
mi/gal US |
Counters |
Denominator |
Exponent |
Additive constants |
Decimal place rounding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
201.168 |
473.168 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
Define Consumption Unit Groups
In Customizing for
Plant Maintenance and Customer Service,
the entry
M2 (Volume Consumption/Distance)
is under
Make Settings for Units of Measurement for the Consumption Monitoring.
The entry
MPG (miles per gallon)
is in the detailed view for the valid consumption units.
By assigning a display unit (here:
MPG, Miles per gallon, Distance/Consumption),
which is inverse to the consumption unit group (here:
M2 (Volume Consumption/Distance),
the non-metric or inverse consumption calculation (distance/consumption, for example, miles per gallon) can be made. This assignment depends on technical conditions.
Define Special Measurement Positions for Vehicles
In Customizing for
Plant Maintenance and Customer Service,
under
Define Special Measurement Positions for Vehicles
you have defined a consumption-relevant distance counter (Measurement item
Distance
) and a consumption-relevant fuel counter (measurement position
Fuel
).
Define Costing Procedure for the Calculation
In Customizing for
Plant Maintenance and Customer Service,
under
Define Costing Procedure for the Calculation of Consumption Values
you have defined a costing procedure:
Costing procedure |
For example, A |
|---|---|
Procedure text |
mi/gal |
Display unit |
MPG |
Unit text |
mi/gal US |
Fuel counter |
FUEL |
Primary counter |
DISTANCE |
Day short |
For example, 10 |
Day long |
For example, 30 |
Create characteristics
In the characteristics management you have created the characteristics
Miles
and
Gallon
analog to the characteristics
Kilometer
and
Liter.
To do this, from the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
Cross-Application Components
Classification System
Master Data
Characteristics Management.
Assign Costing Procedure
You have created a vehicle with counters and assigned the costing procedure to it (here:
A
). For more information, see
Creating a Fleet Object as Equipment
.