Enhancements in the Area Engineering Change Management
Use
You can change some functions in the area of Engineering Change Management (ECH) with the use
of Customer Exits in order to optimize your work processes.When the person responsible saves a change master record you may want to run self-defined checks to discover any discrepancies in the data and also to keep this data from being saved on the database. You create an enhancement project by using the enhancement PCCD0004 (Check before saving a change number). The enhancement contains the function module EXIT_SAPMC29C_005. This exit refers to the include program ZXCCAU05. Enter the program code in the include program.
See also:
Enhancements to the SAP System in the Area of PDM and The SAP System Enhancement ConceptPrerequisites
When you use a function exit you must create an enterprise-specific include program that fits the program logic of the appropriate function module.
Features
The following overview shows the enhancements that are supported for the customer exits in the area of Engineering Change Management (ECH) (development class CC).
Enhancements for the Function Group XCCA
Description |
Enhancement |
Function Module |
Customer field in the change master |
PCCD0001 |
EXIT_SAPMC29C_001 EXIT_SAPMC29C_002 |
Check of the values of parameter effectivity |
PCCD0002 |
EXIT_SAPMC29C_003 |
Check when setting a system status |
PCCD0003 |
EXIT_SAPMC29C_004 |
Check before setting the change number |
PCCD0004 |
EXIT_SAPMC29C_005 |
Check at initial screen |
PCCD0005 |
EXIT_SAPMC29C_006 |
The documentation for the individual customer enhancements can be found in each of the enhancements itself in the SAP System. The following shows how to access the documentation for individual customer enhancements: