Changing or Deleting Subscription Generators 

Use

You are able to change specific customer-defined attributes for a generator. Generators delivered by SAP cannot be changed. These have to be copied. See: Copying Subscription Generators

It is only possible to delete a generator indirectly by changing its active status.

Prerequisites

You have selected the object type subscription generator in the Object type list box.

Procedure

Double-click to select the subscription generator you require in the navigation window.

       1.      Switch to change mode and, under Object information, change the following:

                            a.      The generator name

                            b.      The active status The following values are possible:

Active status

Active status	Value
Blank	Inactive This status is set automatically if: ·        When creating a generator you did not set the active indicator. ·        A generator was set to status P or R beforehand.
D	To be deleted (delete objects generated) Set this status if you no longer need the generator and the objects and assignments generated by it are likewise to be deleted. Generated sites and sites used by the generator are not deleted. Objects that are otherwise used are also not deleted. After the objects and assignments have been deleted the generator checks whether there are any transport orders still open. If not, it deletes itself.
K	To be deleted (retain objects generated) Set this status if you no longer need the generator but, however, the objects and assignments generated or used by it are to be retained. The generator checks whether there are any transport orders still open. If not, it deletes itself.
P	To be deactivated (retain objects generated) Set this status if you want to set the generator to inactive and the objects and assignments generated or used by it are to be retained. The status is changed to inactive (blank).
R	To be deactivated (delete objects generated) Set this status if you want to set the generator to inactive and the objects and assignments generated or used by it are to be deleted. Generated sites and sites used by the generator are not deleted. Objects that are otherwise used are also not deleted. After the objects and assignments have been deleted, the status is changed to inactive (blank).
X	Active Set the generator to active. Generator is scheduled in background job.

If generated objects remain, deleting them is then only possible manually.

                            c.      The run frequency of a generator

                            d.      The indicator for generating subscriptions

                            e.      The namespace for generating subscriptions

The names of previously generated subscriptions are retained.

                              f.      Set the indicator Generate all subscriptions, also if subscriptions are to be generated that do not have assignments to employees.

                            g.      Change the safeguarding of generated objects (sites, subscriptions and assignments between sites and subscriptions).

Remove the safeguard so that objects can be deleted by other users. Safeguarded objects can only be deleted by the generator itself.

                            h.      Choose Documentation to determine the name of the text module in which you have determined what the generator generates.

       2.      Choose the tab page Exclude/include employee and  (Change).

A list of all the employees excluded or included is displayed in a dialogue box.

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                            a.      To add new employees to the list, choose  (Assign). If you want to remove employees from the tab page who have already been selected but not yet saved, select the respective entries and choose  (Remove assignments).

                            b.      To submit the changes, choose  (Copy).

       3.      Choose the tab page Site types and  (Assign).

The Assigning new site types screen is displayed.

                            a.      To specify the site type to be generated, choose  (Assign). The list of site types that can be assigned is displayed. Select the required site type and choose  (Copy).

                            b.      Using  (Remove assignment), site type assignments can be removed.

                            c.      To determine the site attributes for the respective site type, select your entries in one after another and choose  (Site attribute) for each one.

All site types for which the attributes are already determined have a green traffic light symbol.

                            d.      Set the active indicator for the sites to be generated, in case they should be active when generated.

Whether or not it is possible to set the active indicator depends on the entries in the site provider table. See also: Customer-Defined Site Types for Other Components.

       4.      Save your changes.

 

In the Dependent information area the following is also shown on the tab page:

·        Criteria rules for determining the criteria values

·        Subscriptions generated or used by the generator

·        Sites

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