Classifications (SAP Library - Engineering Change Management (LO-ECH))

Classifications

Use

Using the classification system, you can describe change masters by means of characteristics and their characteristic values. If you group together similar change masters into classes according to your own criteria (characteristics), this can help you find a change master quickly in the system.

Prerequisites

The following requirements must be met before you can classify a change master:

At least one class type must be defined for change masters.

In the SAP standard system, class type 025 - Change master is defined for change masters.

In the classification system, at least one class must exist for the defined class type.

The class should have characteristics. Characteristics with values assigned to them are an important search criterion for change masters. You obtain a hit list that is precisely on target, and there is less workload on the system.

If you want to assign the class to a class group, this group must be defined in Customizing for Classification. Select in Customizing Cross-application Components → Classification → Classes → Define class group.

Features

The classification system provides you with additional options for processing the change number. You can access a change master using the Find object function, which is a very efficient search method thanks to the powerful search options of the classification system.

If you classify your change masters, you have the following advantages:

When processing a change master, you do not have to enter the exact change number. On the initial screen, you can choose the change number using the possible entries function.

You can expand the fields in a change master record and process them on a special classification screen.

To do this, you must define these fields as characteristics and allocate them to a class. The class type of this class must be defined for Engineering Change Management. From the processing functions for the change master, you can assign values to characteristics on the classification screen.

If you group together similar change masters into classes according to your own criteria (characteristics), this can help you find a change master quickly in the system.

See also:

Classifying a Change Master Record