In principle, a globally defined catalog profile underlies a maintenance notification on the basis of the notification type. If, for example, you specify a functional location in the notification for which a particular catalog profile has already been defined, or if a functional location with catalog profile has already been specified in the notification, and you now enter a piece of equipment with different catalog profile, you or the system must decide whether the original catalog profile should continue to be valid, or whether the new one should be copied to the notification.
This decision is made in Customizing by the central service and maintenance planning department for each catalog profile as follows:
System message |
Effect |
Information message |
The system adapts the new catalog profile. |
Warning message |
The system adapts the new catalog profile. |
Error message |
The system does not adapt the new catalog profile, but retains the original one. |
If, for example, a particular catalog profile is valid for certain pieces of equipment, and this catalog profile with its code should be compulsory for the service and maintenance employee, then it should be specified in Customizing that an error message is issued whenever other catalog profiles are used in the notification. As a result of this, no other catalog profile can then be copied and only the codes of this catalog profile can be used in the notification.
Note
If no specifications regarding catalog profiles have been made in Customizing, the system adopts the new catalog profile without issuing a system message.
To see which catalog profile is valid for a notification, choose