Profile Characteristics (SAP Library - Quality Certificates (QM-CA))

Profile Characteristics

Use

You define the following data for characteristics that you want to print on the certificate, in the certificate profile on the Characteristic Data screen or on the Characteristic Details screen:

The order in which the characteristics are to be displayed
The characteristic category
The results selection level
The data origins for results, specifications, and short text
Additional data (for example, inspection method)
The output format for the mean value associated with a quantitative characteristic (for example, actual value or relation to tolerance)
The data for the output control (for example, column display, unit of measure, precision, exponential display)
The output strategy in case of a skipped characteristic

Features

The detail data you define for each characteristic in the profile can be required data or optional data.

Make sure you consider the following points in this respect:

You use the customer field selection to convert several data fields to required fields in your system.
When you enter characteristics, the system proposes default values for the data origins and the characteristic text element.
You can specify your own default values using a customer enhancement.

Note

The descriptions listed for the characteristic data correspond to the individual columns in the table on the Characteristic Data screen. The descriptions for the corresponding fields on the Characteristic Details screen can be different.

Required Data for a Characteristic

You must enter the following information for each characteristic:

Column	What you should know
Category	You can enter the following types of characteristics: Master inspection characteristic Class characteristic
Results origin	The results data shown on the certificate can originate from: Inspection results Batch classification Inspection/batch from the production chain Material classification Self-defined sources (for example, from your own function modules defined in Customizing)
Short text origin	The short text for a characteristic can originate from: A master inspection characteristic A class characteristic Language-dependent text in the certificate profile itself Self-defined sources (for example, from your own function modules defined in Customizing)
Origin of the specifications	The printed specification data (for example, tolerances) can originate from: Inspection specifications from quality management Batch specification Material specification from the production chain No specifications Self-defined sources (for example, from your own function modules defined in Customizing)
Strategy for skipped characteristics	If you entered an origin for the results data for which inspection lots are selected, a skip may occur for the affected characteristic. You specify how the system should react in such a situation. The following data can be displayed in such a case: A text that specifies no inspection occurred The characteristic result from the batch The specification limits from the inspection specification or batch Self-defined data (for example, your own function modules defined in Customizing)
Text element	You must reference a text element in the form, which is assigned to the certificate profile. The text element describes the data displayed for a characteristic (generally, within a line). Make sure you consider the following points with regard to data origins: The origin does not have to be the same as the characteristic category. For example, this means that you can specify a class characteristic and still display the data from the inspection; or, for example, you can specify a master inspection characteristic and still have the system read the specifications from customer-specific selection criteria for the batch determination. You can mix the origins within a characteristic. For example, the results data can originate from an inspection and the specification data can originate from batch determination. In both cases, however, a link must exist between the master inspection characteristic and the class characteristic. Constraint: If you base the origin on the materials in the production chain, the characteristic category defines which one of the two lists is used in the selection. For more information, see Text Elements for Characteristics in a Form.

Optional Data for a Characteristic

Column	What you should know
Material sort number	Defines the order in which the system searches for characteristic data in the list of materials in the production chain, when it creates a certificate.
By column	If you set this indicator, you define that characteristics are displayed in columns. For more information, see Text Elements for Characteristics in a Form.
No. of columns	Defines the number of columns if you display the characteristics in columns.
Required	If you set this indicator, you define that the characteristic is so important that the data for the entire certificate may only be printed, provided all of the data for the characteristic can be found.
Inspection method	You can indicate whether you want to print a short text, a long text, or no text for the inspection method.
Additional text when not OK	You can define that an additional text is printed, if the value for the characteristic lies outside the specifications. For quantitative characteristics, the system uses a limit comparison instead of the QM characteristic valuation. For qualitative characteristics, the system uses the characteristic valuation.
Characteristic ID	This description acts as the characteristic identification during the sending of a quality certificate via EDI. For more information, see Mapping Characteristics for the Transfer of Quality Data.
Additional Information for Quantitative Data
Output format	You can specify whether you want to print the actual value, a reference to the limits, or (depending on the comparison of the value with the values) a text. If you do not make an entry, the system prints the actual value. If you define a reference to a limit (for example, greater than the lower limit), but the result lies outside of the specifications (for example, below the lower limit), the system prints the actual value.
Unit of measurement	The unit of measurement is proposed from the corresponding master record (master inspection characteristic or class characteristic). You can specify a different (convertible) unit of measurement in this field. Note that you cannot convert non-dimensional units into one another. The unit conversion is based on the mean value, maximum and minimum values, and limits (tolerance limits, plausibility limits, and additional limits).
Output length	If this value is exceeded during the print sequence, the system prints asterisks on the certificate. This field relates to the output of all quantitative data. That is, the mean value, the minimum and maximum values, the limits and the statistical values (variance, 2nd and 3rd central moments, inner variance, standard deviation, range), but not the estimated share of nonconforming units. If you want to make sure that the desired data is printed out in all cases, even if certain output lengths are exceeded, do not make an entry in this field.
Decimal places	This field relates to the same quantitative data described under Output length. The estimated share of nonconforming units is printed out with six decimal places, regardless of the setting in this field.
Exponent	The system uses the exponential display automatically for very large values. If you anticipate very small values, you may want to set this indicator to prevent the system printing zeros. This indicator relates to the same quantitative data described under Output length.

User-Defined Functions for Characteristics

You can change the following columns using your own SAPscript standard texts:

Inspection method

Additional text when not OK

Output format "Text" (Value "05") after comparing the value with the tolerances

You can define your own function modules for the following data origins:

Results origin

Short text origin

Origin of the specifications

Strategy for skipped characteristics

See also:

Customer Enhancements