Process Management: New Functions in Release 3.0E
Description
As of Release 3.0E, the following new functions are available in process management:
Displaying process messages in the PI sheet
You can display the message created for a process data request or process data calculation formula in the PI sheet by double-clicking on the corresponding requested values or the formula result. In addition to this, you can still use the familiar menu functions for displaying messages (Menu Edit).
Specifying the production date/shelf life expiration date using process messages
When you post a goods receipt using a process message of category PI_PROD, the value assigned to characteristic PPPI_EVENT_DATE can be reported to inventory management as the production date. For the system to be able to do so, the following requirements must be met:
- In Customizing for inventory management, you have specified that a shelf life expiration date/production date is to be entered and checked when a goods receipt is posted.
- You have maintained the total shelf life in the material master of the corresponding material.
The system determines the shelf life expiration date using the total shelf life and the production date.
Note:
If you do not use the standard message PI_PROD to post a goods receipt but
have defined your own message category for this, the system uses the
characteristic allocated to target field EVENT_DATE of destination PI04 as the
production date.
Message destination for posting general goods movements
In Customizing for process management, you can define a message destination to post general goods movements using function module COCI_CONFIRM_MATERIAL_MOVEMENT. The function module supports all movement types which can be posted using the transaction "Record goods movement".
For further information, please refer to the documentation on function module COCI_CONFIRM_MATERIAL_MOVEMENT.
Change system parameters in customizing
To be able to post goods movements for all movement types using process messages, you must make the following settings in Customizing for process management.
- You must specify the function module COCI_CONFIRM_MATERIAL_MOVEMENT as the message destination.
Set
up message destination- You must assign this destination to the message category you want to use to post the goods movement.