Inheritance Template (SAP Library - Specification Management)

Inheritance Template

Definition

Filter in which the data transferred from a source specification to a target specification in inheritance is defined. Furthermore, the inheritance template controls whether data that has been passed on can be changed in the target specification.

Use

The inheritance template is required in inheritance in order to create inheritance relationships between specifications. In an inheritance relationship, only data that matches the criteria in the inheritance template is passed on by the source specification.

The inheritance template is not dependent on a specification, in other words you can use an inheritance template for as many different specifications as you like.

Structure

Controlling the Data to Be Passed On (Data Filter)

In the inheritance template, you specify the identifiers (identification category and type) and value assignment types whose data is passed on by the source specification to the target specification. Furthermore, you specify the usage (rating and validity area) that this data must have in order to be passed on. You have the following options:

You can specify that the data for the identifiers and value assignment types is always passed on, irrespective of the usage.
You can specify that the data for the identifiers and value assignment types is only passed on if a specific usage is specified for this data in the source specification.

The data that you specify in the inheritance template cannot overlap. The system checks whether there are any overlaps between validity areas, ratings, or identification types (see Editing Inheritance Templates).

Controlling Permitted Changes to Data That Has Been Passed On

In the inheritance template, you can specify whether data that has been passed on can be changed temporarily or permanently in the target specification and whether the inheritance relationship can be deactivated and reactivated (see Editing Inheritance Templates).

Integration

The inheritance templates are created and edited in the group overview.

An inheritance template that has already been used in an inheritance relationship can only be changed if data that has already been passed on is not deleted by the change (see Editing Inheritance Templates). In addition, changes to inheritance templates of this type cannot be undone once they have been saved.