Manual Creation of Physical Samples (SAP Library

Manual Creation of Physical Samples

Use

Beyond the planned, automatically generated physical samples, you can also create additional, unplanned physical samples manually for an inspection lot. When you create a physical sample manually, the system creates a corresponding physical-sample record.

Activities

You can create a completely new physical sample or you can create one by using an existing physical-sample record as a copy model.

Using a copy model

If you create a physical sample using a copy model, the system copies all information from the copy model into the record for the new physical sample.

All physical-sample records that are created manually receive the initial status CRTD (created). If the physical-sample record you are using as a copy model has a different status, this status is not copied.

Creating a completely new physical sample

If you create a physical sample without a copy model, you must enter all of the physical-sample data manually.

In addition to using a copy model, you can create physical samples with or without reference to an existing physical-sample drawing number.

With reference to an existing physical-sample drawing number

If you specify an existing physical-sample drawing number when you create a new physical sample, the system assigns the existing physical-sample drawing number to the new physical sample. The new physical sample is assigned to the existing group of physical samples with the same physical-sample drawing number.

Without reference to an existing physical-sample drawing number

If you do not specify an existing physical-sample drawing number, the system automatically creates and assigns a new physical sample drawing number the new physical sample.