Creating an Object Link 

Prerequisites

Before you start to create links between technical objects, you should be familiar with the overall structure of the area to which these objects belong. Only then will you be able to create links that have been carefully thought out, thus avoiding the need for subsequent, time-consuming changes that could have far-reaching effects.

Procedure

  1. Choose Logistics ® Plant maintenance ® Technical objects.

    2. You reach the Technical Objects screen.

  2. Then choose either FunctLocation ® Object link ® Create
    or Equipment ® Object link ® Create.

    3. You reach the Create Object Link initial screen.

  3. If your company has specified external number assignment for object links, enter the number with which the link should be managed. Note any rules which may apply specifically to your company.

    4. If your company has specified internal number assignment for object links, do not enter a number. The system will assign a number automatically when you save the link, and a message will inform you of the number.

  4. Press Enter to reach the screen Create Object Link:<Technical object>.
  5. In the first section of the screen, enter a short text that describes the link. If the link belongs to an object network that you want to keep separate from another object network, enter the network number as well.
  6. In the second section of the screen, enter the two functional locations or pieces of equipment between which the link exists. If both objects are linked by an object that is managed in the system as a functional location or piece of equipment, enter the number of the object as well.

    7. Note that the entries in the fields Link from and Link to only indicate that a link exists between the two specified objects. The order in which you enter the objects does not determine the direction in which the medium is transferred. This is determined when you enter the type of relation used in the third section of the screen.

  7. In the third section, enter the data that describes the link in greater detail.
  8. If you want to enter the short text and long text in other languages, choose Goto ® Multilingual texts. Enter the required data.

    9. For more information about SAP word processing, see BC - Basis-Services/Communication, SAPscript: Word Processing in the SAPscript Editor.

  9. If you want to classify the links according to technical characteristics, choose Classification. Enter the required data.

    10. For more information about SAP classification, see The Classification System.

  10. If you want to enter documents for the link, choose ® Documents. Enter the required data.

    11. For more information about SAP document management, see CA - Document Management.

  11. Save the master record.

The system informs you that the new object link has been created. In the case of internal number assignment, the system displays the number under which the link was saved.