Installing Equipment Without Simultaneous
Material Movement
Use
You want to install equipment in a superordinate piece of equipment or functional location without posting a goods issue.
Prerequisites
● Equipment must have a material number and serial number.
● Equipment must not be in stock.
Procedure
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1. Choose Logistics → Plant Maintenance → Maintenance of Technical Objects → Configuration Control → Installation and Dismantling of Components from the SAP Easy Access screen.
2. In the mode list field, select Install Equipment Without Material Movement if the appropriate screen is not automatically displayed.
3. There are different options available for entering the required data:
a. Enter either a piece of equipment or a material and a serial number in the Install Object group box.
■ Enter a reference order, if required.
■ Enter an installation location.
If the actual configuration of the object concerned is linked with its master parts list, you can choose Get Installation Location to have the system propose an installation location. This function is only active if the fields for the installation location are not filled.
b. If you have maintained a master parts list for the object concerned, enter an installation location in the Installation Location group box, and choose Get Material to have the system generate a proposal for the material to be installed.
■ Enter the serial number of the material that you want to install.
■ Enter a reference order, if required.
4.
If you want to
simulate the installation before saving, choose 
Check. You can display the search result in
a full screen application log. Choose 
Application Log to do this.
5. Save your entries.
You may have to
activate the forced installation to override an error message issued by the
system. In this case, choose 
Forced
Installation/Dismantling and confirm the message in the following dialog
box.
A forced installation is only possible after the simulation of the installation has taken place.
Result
● The equipment is installed in the superordinate object.
● If the corresponding Business Add-In is active, a notification is generated or updated.
● If you use the functions integrated in the Configuration Control Workbench, you may have installed the equipment in a structure gap. In this case, the structure gap is automatically deleted.
● If a forced installation was used to install the equipment, a corresponding indicator is set on the Configuration Control tab page in the equipment master record.
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