• A master record must exist for the piece of equipment
• The required classes and characteristics must exist

For more information, see Creating and Changing Characteristics and Classes.

1. Select the master record in the Technical Objects screen by choosing Equipment ® Change.

You can call up the classification function in the General Data, Location Data and PM Data screens.

2. Choose Goto ® Classification.



If several class types have been maintained in Customizing for Cross-Application Components under Classification System ® Classes ® Object types ® Class types, the system displays a dialog box in which you can select the required class type.

The screen Change Equipment: Classification is displayed.

3. Enter the classes to which you want to assign the piece of equipment in the column Class.
4. Select the class that is to be the standard class for the piece of equipment in the field StdClass.
5. To specify value entries for the class, position your cursor on the class you require and choose Edit ® Values.

The screen Change Equipment: Char.Val.Assigmt is displayed.

6. Enter the values for the specified characteristics.

Choose Goto ® Back to return to the screen Change Equipment: Classification.

7. When you have entered the values for all the classes you require, you can return to the master data screen from which you called up the classification function by using the menu bar sequence Goto ® Back.
8. Save the changes to master record.