New Development in Parameter Effectivity: Effectivity Profiles

Scope of Functions

Effectivity profiles are new in Release 4.6. An effectivity profile functions like a filter for effectivity types. With an effectivity profile you limit the number of effectivity types that are visible to the end-user.

You define effectivity profiles in Customizing for engineering change management under Parameter effectivity in the Maintain effectivity profiles step. Here you assign up to ten effectivity types to an effectivity profile, which will pass through the filter.

You can use effectivity profiles client-wide or only for certain materials.

Client-wide setting for an effectivity profile

If you define your own effectivity types for your organization and do not want to use all effectivity types that are available in the system in a particular client, you use an effectivity profile as a client-wide filter. Then, in this client, only those effectivity types that you defined in the effectivity profile are available.

• When you create change master records you can only choose those effectivity types that are set in the effectivity profile.

• When you assign values to the effectivity parameters, only those effectivity parameters are displayed, that are assigned to the effectivity types set in the effectivity profile.

You define a client-wide effectivity profile in Customizing for engineering change management in the Set up control data step.

Material-specific setting for an effectivity profile

When you set up an effectivity profile for a material, only those effectivity parameters that are relevant for this material are displayed when you assign values to the parameters.

You assign an effectivity profile to each particular material. In this effectivity profile you have defined the effectivity types with which you want to process the material. When you assign values to the parameters, only those effectivity parameters are displayed, that are assigned to these effectivity types.

You can use material-specific effectivity profiles in addition to a client-wide effectivity profile in order to further limit the number of effectivity types for certain materials.

To assign an effectivity profile to a material, choose Logistics -> Central functions -> Engineering change management -> Environment -> Parameter effectivity -> Assign material to profile .