Creating or Changing a Master Inspection Characteristic 
Prerequisites
If you want to change a master inspection characteristic with history, you must have set the relevant indicator in
Customizing.
Procedure
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On the initial screen, enter the following data: |
Create a new master inspection characteristic |
Logistics ® Quality management ® Quality planning ® Basic data ® Inspection characteristic ® Create |
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Create a new validity period (version) for an existing master inspection characteristic |
Logistics ® Quality management ® Quality planning ® Basic data ® Inspection characteristic ® Create version |
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Change an existing master inspection characteristic |
Logistics ® Quality management ® Quality planning ® Basic data ® Inspection characteristic ® Change |
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Display an existing master inspection characteristic |
Logistics ® Quality management ® Quality planning ® Basic data ® Inspection characteristic ® Display |
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The general data screen for the master inspection characteristic appears.
Customizing.
You cannot change the characteristic type if you:
The system displays different dialog boxes for editing the control indicators for the master inspection characteristic, depending on the characteristic type that you have previously defined.
The general data screen for the master inspection characteristic reappears.

In the screen area Administrative data, the validity of the master inspection characteristic, the creator, creation date, and, if available, the person who made the changes and the change date.

If you change a master inspection characteristic that is referenced in a task list and you have made this change without history, the change is also included in the task list, since the system does not create a new master inspection characteristic version in the change procedure.
However, if you change the master inspection characteristic with history, the system creates a new version with the same validity period. In this case, the changes are not included in the task list, since this contains the old version of the master inspection characteristic.
You can make settings in
Customizing at client level, to trigger the replacement function automatically, when a master inspection characteristic is saved.
Additional Functions on the General Data Screen for the Master Inspection Characteristic
Function |
Menu Path/ Pushbutton |
What You Should Know |
Displaying the time line |
Time line pushbutton |
You can display a list of all valid versions of the master inspection characteristic (in chronological order, according to validity). From the list, you can display the version you require. |
Displaying the field history |
Field history pushbutton |
You can display the change history for a field. If you made changes to a master record without history, the system displays only the current entry in the field. If, however, you made the changes with history, the system lists all changes with the name of the user who changed the field, the date the field was changed, and all the previous values of the field. |
Creating/changing the long text |
Create /change long text pushbutton |
You can create or change a long text for the master inspection characteristic. |
Editing other languages |
Other languages pushbutton |
You can create, change or display the short text for the master inspection characteristic in other languages. |
Editing the sample-drawing text |
SampDraw text pushbutton |
You can create, change or display a sample-drawing text for the master inspection characteristic in several languages. |
Editing quantitative data |
Quant. data pushbutton |
You can create, change or display additional quantitative data. |
Editing the classification |
Classification pushbutton |
You can
classify master inspection characteristics, to systematically define, search for and re-use master inspection characteristics. |
Assigning inspection methods |
Inspection methods pushbutton |
You can assign inspection methods to the master inspection characteristic. |
Assigning catalogs |
Catalogs pushbutton |
You can assign code groups or selected sets to the master inspection characteristic |
Completion check |
List field |
If you choose the option Complete copy model or Reference characteristic, the system checks whether the master inspection characteristic has been fully maintained. The data that you must enter depends on the control indicator for the master inspection characteristic. You can copy or create a reference to a reference characteristic. You can only copy a complete copy model. An incomplete copy model can only be copied into a task list. For master inspection characteristics that are linked to a class characteristic, the system automatically sets the entry Reference characteristic, which cannot be changed. |
Displaying a class characteristic |
Environment ® Display class characteristic |
You can display the data for a class characteristic that is linked to the master inspection characteristic. |
Displaying a material specification |
Environment ® Material specification usage |
You can display a list of all material specifications that use the master inspection characteristic. From this list, you can display data in individual material specifications. |
Displaying certificate profile |
Environment ® Certificate profile usage |
You can display a list of all certificate profiles that use the master inspection characteristic. From this list, you can display individual certificate profiles. |