Physical-Sample Record Creation (SAP Library - Process Management (PP-PI-PMA))

Physical-Sample Record Creation

Use

If you use sample management of the Quality Management (QM) component for quality inspections during production, the system also creates data records for all planned physical samples together with the inspection lot. You can use this function to create additional data records for unplanned physical samples together with inspection points for these samples from within the PI sheet. The system takes you directly to the Create physical-sample drawing function in quality management.

In a physical-sample record, you document and manage all data required for the inspection of a specific physical sample, such as sample-drawing instructions and inspection results. You record the inspection results for the relevant physical sample for the project.

See also:

Sample Management

Prerequisites

For you to create physical-sample records from within the PI sheet, the following requirements must be met:

An in-process quality inspection has been defined for the material you want to produce in the material master record (Quality Management view)

Sample management has been activated in the master recipe of the corresponding process order (see Planning the Physical Samples).

An inspection lot for quality inspection during production has been created for the process order

Features

You can use function call QMJMP_NS (function module QPRS_PI_NEW_SAMPLE_DRAW) available in the standard system to create physical-sample records.

In the master recipe or process order, you include the function call at the position at which you may require additional physical samples.

The function module contains the following import parameters:

The inspection lot number for which you want to create a physical-sample drawing
The number of the operation or phase for which you want to create an inspection point for the physical sample

If you assign the number of an operation or phase to the Operation number parameter, the system automatically sets the Create inspection points indicator on the Create New Physical-Sample Drawing with Reference screen and displays the operation number or phase number you have specified in the Operation field. You can change these settings.

As a result of these settings, the system creates an inspection point for the physical sample. This inspection point is displayed in the worklist of results recording below the relevant operation or phase. From here, you can jump directly to results recording for the physical sample.

If you do not specify an operation or phase, the system creates an inspection point for each physical sample and each operation and phase.

In automatic characteristic value assignment, the system transfers the inspection lot number and the operation or phase number from the process order to the function call.

In the PI sheet, you use the function call to start the QM transaction for manually creating physical-sample records. For more information on how to carry out this transaction, see New Physical-Sample Drawing with Reference ). The system does not execute the function call:

When you process a PI sheet for test purposes

When you display a PI sheet