The results of in-process inspections can be recorded in the R/3 PI sheet or an external system and reported to QM using a process message of category PI_QMSMR to the destination PI06. This is possible if the following conditions are fulfilled:

• Inspection planning:
  An inspection during production has been defined for the material produced in the order.
  The inspection characteristics have been set up for summarized recording of measured results.

• Inspection processing:
  A corresponding inspection lot has been created for the order. The inspection lot is created automatically during order release if an inspection has been planned for the material to be produced.

The message data is processed in the following way:

The message can only be assigned to an inspection characteristic in the inspection lot, if it contains at least one of these numbers. If a message contains neither the operation nor the phase number:

• A corresponding error message is written to the message log and

• The status of the process message is set to "destination error"

If a message contains both the numbers of the phase and the superior operation and the inspection characteristic is assigned to both, the inspection result is assigned to the phase.

The reported values will be available as default values within the QM function for reporting inspection results.

As the message is processed, the system checks whether the values contained in it are valid and consistent with one another. If an inconsistency is discovered (for example, an invalid inspection lot number or a characteristic which is not contained in the specified inspection lot):

• A corresponding error or warning message is written to the message log and

• The status of the process message is set to "destination error" or "sent with warning"