Entering Measurement and Counter Readings in the Internet (PM-EQM-SF) 

Use

With this Internet Application Component, you can enable your customers to take measurement or counter readings at service objects and enter them in the Internet themselves.

In this way, the information that you require for your materials planning is supplied directly from the customer without having to pass via fax, telephone, or a technician at the customer company.

Savings can be made, for example, in the costs for your personnel, who would otherwise have to:

·        Enter the counter or measurement readings at the customer company

·        Enter the written data or data received by fax/telephone into the system

Internet Application Component Type

Consumer-to-Business (usual case when using the Internet)

Business-to-Business (conceivable when using an Intranet system)

 

Prerequisites

Authorizations/Security

The person entering the measurement or counter readings must be authorized to access the following data:

 

Authorization Object	Description
I_BEGRP	General maintenance authorization
I_TCODE	Transaction code

 

No particular security measures are necessary.

Standard Settings and Predefined Data

None

 

Features

This Internet Application Component does not include the following functions of the standard transaction IK11:

·        External setting of the total counter reading

·        Counter replacement

·        Navigation possibilities in the SAP environment

(for example, displaying the technical object belonging to the measuring point, the object structure, or the measurement document list)

Modification Options

Each change made to SAP development objects that are used for Internet Application Components is a modification. You should never make changes to the development objects of the standard system.

The following options are available when creating your own transaction based on the standard application:

·        You use less functionality than is actually available

In this case, you deactivate the fields that you do not require.

·        You use more functionality than is actually available

In this case, you analyze transaction IK71 using the ABAP Workbench (function group IMRI), and install the additional functionality required into your application component.

This enables the user to specify, for example, the difference between the last reading when entering the current counter reading.

It also enables the user to enter a damage code or short text (40 lines maximum).

Service Name

The service name of this Internet Application Component is IK11. You can find all the relevant data under this service name in the SAP@Web Studio.

SAP Development Objects

Data exchange on the Internet takes place within ERP using transactions and function modules. The following function modules are necessary for entering and transferring measurement and counter readings:

 

Development class:	IMRI
Transaction:	IK71
Function group for screens:	IMRI
Function module:	MEASUREM_DOCUM_DIALOG_LIST_1