Entering Values for Parameter Effectivity 

Use

Effectivity of a change status can not only be controlled in a time cycles such as Valid from but also with other conditions such as customer, serial number and so on. For special effectivity conditions you can use the functions of Parameter effectivity .

Because changes statuses of objects within a product structure can be used for different effectivity conditions it is possible to enter the effectivity parameters for the explosion of a product under unique effectivity conditions.

The initial object is class K-1 with temporal effectivity (date Valid from). This class classifies a material. A bill of material (BOM) exists for this material. This BOM was created in relation to a change status. The change status’ effectivity parameters were defined by the effectivity type customer (parameter customer and country).

In this example, different product versions can be made for different customers and for one customer there can be different version for different countries. In order to explode the product structure according to the desired effectivity parameters you must enter in addition to the date the parameters Customer and Country.

Obligatory Entry of Parameters

When the following indicators for the initial objects Material or Class are set the entry of the following parameter values for parameter effectivity is obligatory:

Initial Object

Settings in …

Indicator

Materials

Material master record
(basic data 1)

Assign effectivity values / override change numbers

Classes

Customizing Classification
(class types: Detail screen)

Engineering Change Management (ECH) with parameter effectivity for classification

The entry of parameters is optional when this indicator for materials or classes is set and the materials or classes are in a deep level of the explosion (no initial objects).

Prerequisites

You are in the Product Structure Browser screen: Initial Screen.

See: Product Structure Browser

Entering Obligatory Parameters

When the initial object (material or class) requires the assignment of values to the effectivity parameters you will see the dialog box Parameter effectivity at the start of the product explosion .

See: Assigning values to effectivity parameters

Entering Optional Parameters

  1. On the Product Structure Browser screen: Initial screen select (Parameter effectivity).

    2. You see the Effectivity parameter dialog box.

  2. Assign values for the effectivity parameters.

See: Assigning values to effectivity parameters

Result

The system read the effectivity parameter you entered ion the local SAP System all the way to the deepest explosion level.