You can change the data origin for equipment master records in the following situations:

• When you install a piece of equipment at a functional location or dismantle it from a functional location

• When you install a piece of equipment in an equipment hierarchy or when you dismantle it from an equipment hierarchy

For the fields in the PM data screen and the location data screen of an equipment master record, you can display an overview which tells you whether the data

• Comes from the functional location or from a superior piece of equipment

• Was maintained individually for this master record

You can specify from where the data should originate for the individual master data fields in the location data and PM data screens for pieces of equipment.

When you want to change the data origin for pieces of equipment, you can specify for the data in the master record fields:

• Whether it should originate from the functional location or from the superior equipment at which the piece of equipment is installed

• Whether it should be maintained individually for the piece of equipment