Automatic Creation of Configurable Equipment 
Use
If you want to perform a service and a new piece of equipment is to be created as a result of this service.
Prerequisites
The following requirements must be met if you want to be able to use this function with configurable equipment:
Logistics ® Central functions
® Classification
® Master data
® Characteristics
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Logistics ® Central functions
® Classification
® Master data
® Classes
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Logistics ® Materials management ® Material master, and then Material ® Create (general) ® Immediately
Logistics ® Materials management ® Material master ® Material ® Environment ® Configuration profile ® Create
Customer service ® Sales processing ® Environment ® Sales ® Conditions ® Create, and then Prices ® Material price
Logistics ® Customer service ® Service processing ® Environment ® Sales ® Service products
Logistics ® Customer service ® Management of technical objects ® Equipment ® Create (general)
Logistics ® Customer service ® Service processing ® Order ® Sales order ® Create
Features
During service processing using a sales order with item, when you save the sales order, a service order is generated automatically. In addition, if you enter the reference type 03 (technical reference object created automatically) when creating the service product, a piece of equipment can be generated automatically when you save the order. This piece of equipment is entered as the technical reference object in the service order. The piece of equipment is first assigned the system status 'UNCO' (= Under construction). Once the service order is technically completed, the status 'UNCO' is canceled.
The data for the new piece of equipment is copied from a master equipment. You can either enter directly the master equipment when processing the service product, or specify it when you create the order.
The system copies from the master equipment all data that has been entered. In addition, the sales data and the partner data is copied from the sales order. In the case of the partner data, it depends on the partner determination procedure as to which partners are copied. The system only copies the partner data that is suitable for this equipment profile. The technical reference object is created even if not all mandatory partner functions are provided. The missing partner functions can be added later. You can read and change the data of the master equipment where necessary using customer exit ITOB0002.
If the master equipment is configured, this data is also copied and transferred where necessary as default values into the configuration of the service product. In this case, the configuration of the equipment is reserved in case you want to use a general task list for your service. The update of the configuration at the new equipment also takes place at the time of technical completion for the service order.

This function is only available in the sales order, not in the service order.
If a service item is canceled or deleted, the dependent service order is then locked.
The following limitations should be noted:
If you create an SD document with reference to a sales order with item (copy reference), no configuration data is copied from the equipment and the equipment is not reserved.
If you create a sales order with reference to the item in the SD quotation (follow-on document), the service order always makes reference to the SD quotation and not to the sales order. This has the consequence that when performing technical completion of the service order, the data of the SD quotation item is copied into the configuration of the technical object, and not the data from the sales order item.