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 Catalog Profile

Definition

A combination of code groups from several catalogs that have been grouped together as allowed values for notification processing or defects recording.

The catalog profile is defined in Customizing and assigned to the notification type. You can also assign a catalog profile to a:

  • Material in the material master

  • Report type in defects recording

A catalog profile assigned to a material master or report type has priority over a catalog profile assigned to a notification type.

Standard catalog profile

This is the catalog profile assigned to a notification type in Customizing for Notification Types . The system proposes this catalog profile for all quality notifications of the corresponding notification type.

Using other catalog profiles

You can also copy a catalog profile other than the standard one in a notification, provided this is allowed by Customizing. If you copy another catalog profile into a notification, the new catalog profile becomes the standard catalog profile for this notification only.

For more information, see Selection of an Alternative Catalog Profile .

Use

The catalog profile has two primary functions for notification processing:

  • It controls which code groups you can access from the individual catalogs, to record defects, tasks, and activities in a quality notification.

  • You can store a default class in the catalog profile under which a defect item can be classified in the SAP System’s Classification System (provided theClassification System was activated for the notification type in Customizing).

You can use the catalog profile, for example, to restrict the selection of codes to specific types of defects or damage, based on the notification type.

With the help of classes in the Classification System , you can record additional problem attributes if the criteria in the quality notification (for example, defect type, defect location, defect cause, and so on) is not sufficient for your needs. For example, if you maintain the class "problems in production" along with the class characteristic "cause," you can record the causes of production problems as characteristic values.

For notification processing and defects recording, the catalog profile specifies the unit of measurement and the degree of accuracy to be used when you record the quantitative defect valuations. You can valuate the defects quantitatively and, if necessary, assign a unit of measurement to the value. For example, you can use the damage potential or the time and effort necessary to eliminate a defect as a criterion for weighting the defects.