Basic Settings for Change Processes

Procedure

In the IMG activity Make Settings for Change Processes, you can define the input parameters for different change processes. You can define change processes at header and item level for financing, bundles, and services.

In the IMG activity Define Rules for Change Processes, you define the rules that influence a change process at item level. To do this, you use the Business Rule Framework (BRF). You define actions that control how field values are displayed on the user interface. Only those field values that you restricted using the BRF are processed via the Application Programming Interface (API) and displayed on the user interface.

The tool offers great flexibility: You can edit the rules delivered in the standard system and create and assign user-defined rules.

Activate the Business Rule Framework. To do this, set the following indicators:

BRF Active

X

BRF Active

Evaluate Changed Fields

X

Multi-Instance Logic On

BRF Active
X	BRF Active
	Evaluate Changed Fields
X	Multi-Instance Logic On

If you want to use rules for change processes, you have to define these in the IMG activity Define Rules for Change Processes. You use expressions to formulate the conditions for the rule. You use actions to define the restrictions on the fields.

In the event 0EVENT001 (application class CRM_CHANGE_PROCESS), you can enter rules for restricting the input fields of a change process. You can use the following BRF standard expressions in SAP CRM:

Implementing Class	Class Type	Description
0CRM3O001	F	CRM: Boolean Expression with Three Variables
0CRMCE001	F	CRM: CASE-Like Expression
0CRMCF001	F	CRM: Expression of Function Module/Method
0CRMCN001	F	Constant
0CRMDI001	F	CRM: Date Interval
0CRMFB001	F	CRM: SAP Formula Interpreter
0CRMFR001	F	CRM: Simple Formula
0CRMFS002	F	Application Class for BRF-1O Integration
0CRMPM001	F	CRM: Truth Table
0CRMRV001	F	CRM: Random Number Generator
0CRMSM001	F	CRM: Field of a Structure
0CRMTB001	F	CRM: Field of an Internal Table Row

You can use the Action for Controlled Propagation of Fields to define limits for one or more fields. First, you use a tag expression to refer to the field. You can then include or exclude individual values or intervals. In turn, you can refer to expressions.

The following rules are delivered in the standard system:

Condition	Action	Effect
0EXPR003	0ACTION001	If the change process TERM (Termination) is set for the financing item, the BRF automatically uses the change process TERM for service items as well and sets the contract end date of the financing item as the effective date.
0EXPR008	0ACTION002	If the change process TERM (Termination) is set for the product bundle item, the BRF automatically uses the change process TERM for the financing item as well.

You also define expressions, events, and actions in the IMG activity Define Rules for Change Processes, in the application class CRM_CHANGE_PROCESS.

You make settings in the IMG activity Determination of Target Transaction Type in Change Processes if there are several transaction types in the system for which the change processes are to be executed. If the only difference in the transaction types is in the Transaction Type (Quotation) and Transaction Type (Contract) fields, you do not need to configure a separate change process for each transaction type.

Example Example

Change Process	Transaction Category	Object Type	Transaction Type	Transaction Type (Quotation)	Transaction Type (Contract)
ETER	BUS2000114	BUS2000138	LEAO	LEAO	LEAS
ETER	BUS2000114	BUS2000138	LEAS	LEAO	LEAS
LCOO	BUS2000114		FSC1	FSO1	FSC1
LCOO	BUS2000114		LEAS	LEAO	LEAS
NEWL	BUS2000114	BUS2000138	LEAS	LEAO	LEAS

End of the example.

Note Note

Do not enter any values for the parameters Transaction Type (Quotation) and Transaction Type (Contract) in the change processes. In this case, the system transfers only the transaction types that are entered in the change processes.

End of the note.

Before you can execute change processes, you need to define search strategies.

You define search strategies in the IMG activity Define and Assign Search Strategies.

In the IMG activity Transaction-Dependent Settings for Change Processes, assign a combination of Transaction Type / Item Category to each search strategy for the different change process steps.

Transaction Type	Item Category	Search Strategy: Change Processes	Search Strategy	Search Strategy: Contract Inception	Search Strategy: Cancellation	Number
LEAO	LEFA	LSIT000201	LSIT000202	LSIT000203	0000000002
LEAO	LEFC	LSIT000201	LSIT000202	LSIT000203	0000000002
LEAS	LEFO	LSIT000201	LSIT000202	LSIT000203	0000000002	01
LEAS	LEFP	LSIT000201	LSIT000202	LSIT000203	0000000002	01
FSC1	FS36	LSIT000201	LSIT000202	LSIT000203	0000000002	03
FSC1	FS37	LSIT000201	LSIT000202	LSIT000203	0000000002