Creating Configuration Folders 

Use

You place objects (for instance documents, materials BOMs) in a configuration folder to make these objects available to participants in the CEP process. This procedure describes how you create a new configuration folder together with a new configuration definition.

For information on how to create a new configuration folder for an existing configuration definition, refer to the Configuration Management documentation.

Structure

A configuration folder is identified by the following attributes:

For more detailed information, see Creating Folders in Configuration Management (LO-CM) or in the SAP Library under Logistics -> Configuration Management.

Prerequisites

You must have previously defined a CEP profile in Customizing (Project System -> Collaboration -> Define CEP Profile).

Procedure

  1. Choose Logistics/accounting -> Project System - > Collaboration -> Create and publish folder (Configuration Management).

The initial screen for Configuration Management (CM Workbench) appears.
  1. To create a new folder, choose Config. def on the right-hand screen area.

The Create a Configuration Definition dialog box appears
  1. Enter a Configuration definition and a Description of the definition

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    A configuration definition contains all the configuration folders for a particular product or project in all life cycle phases under a common name.

  2. Use F4 help to select the standard Life cycle profile CEP.

    3. You can also define your lifecycle profile for CEP in Customizing under Project System -> Collaboration -> Define Lifecycle Profile. For more information, see Lifecycle Profile and in the Implementation Guide.

  3. In Configuration folder enter a name for the new configuration folder or use F4 help to select an existing folder. Enter a Description for the folder.
  4. Choose and then .

Result

A new configuration folder is created and saved. You can create successor folders for this folder later. For details on how to create a successor folder, see Creating Successor Folders.

You now assign the configuration folder a controlled object. See Assigning a Controlled Object