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Procedure documentation Creating a Resource Type  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

In this step, you create resource types. You store attributes that are typical to all resources of a given type with the resource type.

Procedure

On the SAP Easy Access screen, in the SAP Menu choose Human Resources ® SAP Learning Solution ® Settings ® Current Settings ® Resource Management ® Resource Type. The Resource Type: Initial Screen appears.

  1. Enter the validity start date of the object in the Validity field.

    2. Note

    For clarity's sake, you should enter 01/01/ of a calendar year.

  2. Choose Create. The Create Resource: Data Screen appears.
  3. Enter an abbreviation and a long text for the resource type.
  4. Select the category of the resource type Room, Instructor, Material, or Other Resources.
  5. Enter data as required for the new resource type. Do so by maintaining the relevant infotypes via the tab strips.

    6. Caution

    Refer to the information contained for the individual infotypes under the section Structure in Resource Type.

  6. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Result

You have created a new resource type.

Note

Once you have created your first object, or if an object already exists in the system, you can use this as a template for any further objects you want to create. To do so, you enter the ID or name of the object you want to use as a template in the Resource type field in the Copy from box. The data of the existing object is proposed on the data screen. You can overwrite data as required for your new object. You can find this function in the master data catalog under Create by copying.

Note

The settings made in Customizing under Training Management ® Basic Settings ® Dialog Control ® Current Settings ® Maintain Actions affect the data maintenance activities you can carry out for resource types. In this step, you specify what infotypes may be maintained for what object types.

 

 

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