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 Enterprise Asset Management Part 6

 

Technical Data

Technical name of business function

LOG_EAM_CI_6

Type of business function

Enterprise Business Function

Available as of

SAP ERP 6.0

Technical usage

Central Applications

Application component

Plant Maintenance (PM)

Required Business Function

  • Operation Account Assignment (LOG_EAM_OLC) if you also want to change and display account assignments and costs at operation level in the basic order view.

  • Simplified Management of EAM Functions (LOG_EAM_SIMPLICITY) if also you want to see the call horizon in days/working days displayed on the Web user interface.

  • Simplified Management of EAM Functions 2 (LOG_EAM_SIMPLICITY_2) if you want to enter and change estimated costs per value category at order level on the Web UI or if you want to enter, change, and display the call horizon in days/working days on the Web UI.

This business function allows you to use various enhancements for processes in Plant Maintenance:

  • In the document flow, you can display more types of documents as well as additional table columns with information.

  • You can define the call horizon not only in percent, but also in calendar days and working days.

  • In the maintenance order, you can create and display documents and assign them at order level or operation level.

  • In the basic order view, you can enter costs per value category.

  • List editing for technical objects with characteristics has been improved.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the following components for the version mentioned and higher:

    Component Type

    Component

    Only Required for the Following Functions

    Software component

    EA-APPL 600

    SAP_APPL 600

Features

Enhanced Document Flow in Maintenance Orders

In the document flow for maintenance orders, you can display three additional documents: Request for Quotation, Service Entry Sheet, and Invoice Document. With the default implementation of Business Add-In (BAdI) Display Additional Columns in Document Flow (EAM_CC_DOC_FLOW_ADD_COLUMS), the system displays information in additional columns that are relevant for each of the various document categories. The navigation has been improved so that by double-clicking on the name of a document in the document flow, you now go directly to that document.

For more information, see Displaying Document Flow for Notifications or Orders.

Call Horizon in Days

Up to now, you were only able to define a percentage for the call horizon. The business function enables you to define the call horizon in days and working days as well. The system then generates maintenance call objects a specific number of days/working days before the planned date. If you define the call horizon in working days, the system bases scheduling on the assigned factory calendar and takes weekends, holidays, and your company's vacation shutdown into account. You can define the call horizon in maintenance strategies, strategy plans, and single cycle plans. If you define or change the call horizon in a maintenance strategy, the value you specify is then proposed in all maintenance plans created thereafter.

Note Note

As of enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 SP08, you can use this business function to display the call horizon in days/working days on the Web UI as well. As of enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 SP03, you can display, enter, and change the call horizon in days on the Web user interface. You can only use this function if you have also activated the business function Simplified EAM Applications (LOG_EAM_SIMPLICITY) if you have installed enhancement package 5 or business function Simplified EAM Applications 2 (LOG_EAM_SIMPLICITY_2) if you have installed enhancement package 6.

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For more information, see Call Horizon.

Document Assignments in Maintenance Orders

When you process maintenance orders, you can display, create, and assign related documents. You can also create a layout to define which information from the document info record you want the system to display in the columns of the document list. You can create new documents, assign existing documents, and change or remove document assignments at order level or operation level. You can navigate to the view of each document info record and display the original files of the assigned documents. You can also display the documents assigned to maintenance notifications and to the reference objects equipment, functional location, and assembly. In the list of documents, there are filter, search, and sorting functions.

If you assign documents to maintenance orders or dependent objects, you can display these object links in the respective document info records. You can also edit object links at order level in the corresponding document info record.

You define which document types you can assign at order level and operation level in Customizing for Cross-Application Components under Start of the navigation path Document Management Next navigation step Control Data Next navigation step Define Document Types End of the navigation path. Additional functions such as valuating and classifying links between objects and documents are not supported in plant maintenance orders.

For more information, see Document Assignments.

Costs in the Basic Order View

As of enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 SP08 (EA-APPL 605), you can also edit and display account assignments and costs in the basic order view at operation level, if you have also activated the business function Operation Account Assignment (LOG_EAM_OLC). On the detail screen for maintenance operations, the two new tabs Account Assignments and Costs are then visible. The system displays estimated costs, planned costs, and actual costs, and you can even enter and process estimated costs.

Note Note

Up to now, the cost overview has only been available in display mode when creating and changing maintenance orders on the Web UI. As of enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 SP03 (EA-APPL 606), this business function enables you to enter and change estimated costs per value category at header level in Web Dynpro. You can only use this function if you have also activated the business function Simplified Management of EAM Functions 2 (LOG_EAM_SIMPLICITY_2).

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List Editing for Technical Objects with Characteristics

In list editing for technical objects, you can use layouts for displaying characteristics and define user-specific layouts.

For more information, see Enhanced List Editing with Characteristics.