Fixing Objects 

Use

When you create a Baseline, the system also fixes the master data along side the complete structure for specific object types. This ensures that the processing status of the fixed object can be reproduced later.

Prerequisites

Material master records and document info records are only fixed if the indicator Relevant for Configuration Management is set in the master record. However, in all cases the controlled object of a configuration folder is fixed.

Furthermore, various prerequisites apply for the different object types. For more information, see the documentation on fixing individual object types.

Features

In Release 4.6C objects can be fixed for the following object types:

For all other objects, the system simply defines a reference for the object in the structure of the Baseline. However, the object itself is not fixed.

Processing Objects after Fixing

To process the object further after fixing the following features apply:

In Release 4.6C the system locks all fields in the material master record that are flagged as relevant for fixing. No changes are possible to these fields.

For BOMs, fixing is controlled by Engineering Change Management. When a BOM is part of a Baseline, you can only change the BOM with reference to a change number that is not contained in the Baseline.

After a document info record has been fixed you can make no changes to this document info record. If you want to process the document further, create a new document version.

See also:

Fixing a material master record

Fixing a BOM

Fixing a document info record