Entering a Notification Header Text 

  1. Call up the notification in create or change mode.
  2. Enter a notification short text in the field Description. This text has the following meaning:

Notification type

Meaning

Malfunction report

The problem or malfunction that has occurred

Activity report

The activity performed to solve the problem or rectify the malfunction

Maintenance request

The activities requested by the maintenance department

  1. If the short text line is not of adequate length for the description, select the icon Create text.

    2. A word processing screen is displayed.

  2. Enter a long text, and then return to the notification screen by choosing Back, and save the data.

If you have defined for a notification type in Customizing for Plant Maintenance that the long text may not be changed, then you can no longer change a long text entered previously when you change the notification.

The text is blocked for entry. However, you can enter the new text in a new block at the end of the existing long text.

You can also define in Customizing that changes to a long text are logged by user name and change date for particular notification types.