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Definition

Indicates the screen sequence control for a notification type

Use

The screen sequence control is determined in the system for

• malfunction reports

• activity reports

• maintenance requests

• service notifications

• customer complaints

• notifications of defects to vendors

• internal problem notifications

If you define your own notification type, you must enter which of the notifications listed above is to be used for the screen sequence for your notification type. If for example your notification type is to contain the screens defined in the standard system for activity reports, enter the origin indicator for activity reports. In this way you can, for example, enter activity reports in two different plants which you can differentiate on the basis of the notification types.

Dependencies

The following applies for quality notifications:
All notification types with the origin Complaint against a vendor are taken into account in the Complaints area for vendor evaluation, if the status caused externally is set after processing is complete.