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 Report: Material Assignment

Use

You can use this report to assign materials to people, in order to map their functional or personal equipment. For more information, see Providing a Person with Material Equipment .

Prerequisites

You have learned about infotype 0800 (material assignment) .

Features

The Material Assignment report provides the following functions:

Selection

First the selection screen is display:

  • In the Period and Selection screen areas, you define the people to whom you want to assign materials, and in which periods.

  • Project Stock

    You select the required WBS element.

  • Functional Equipment

    You define that you want to carry out material assignments to provide people with functional equipment. You enter the required Usage Type .

  • Personnel Equipment

    You define that you want to carry out material assignments to provide people with personnel equipment. You enter the required Centr. Storage Loc.

Assignment

Once you have made your selection, the selected people are offered for selection in the Person screen area.

If you selected the Functional Equipment option, the Functional tab page is displayed after selection:

  • Available Material

    In this screen area, the system displays the position’s or higher-level force element’s MPOs that can be used to select material and assign it to the person.

  • Issued Material

    In this screen area, the material already assigned to the selected person is displayed (for information on the fields, see the documentation on infotype0806).

If you selected the Personnel Equipment option, the Personal tab page is displayed after selection:

  • Central Stor.Loc.

    In this screen area, you can use either an iPPE Object or material number to search for available material in the selected central storage location.

  • Available Material

    In this screen area, the material available from the central storage location is displayed.

  • Issued Material

    In this screen area, the material already assigned to the selected person is displayed (for information on the fields, see the documentation on infotype0806).

Storage

The assignment information is stored in infotype 0800 .

Activities

You are in the Material Assignment application (transaction /ISDFPS/MAT_ASSIGN or report /ISDFPS/MAT_ASSIGNMENT).

Selection

  1. On the selection screen, select the period, persons, project stock, and type of equipment.

  2. Choose Execute.

  3. Select the required person and choose Select Person .

Material Issue: Functional Equipment

On the Functional tab page, the available material identified via the MPOs is displayed.

  1. Select the required material.

  2. Choose Issue.

  3. Enter the following assignment attributes:

    • Validity period

    • Required serial number, if applicable

    • Quantity to be issued

    • Material Storage Status , that is, whether the material is issued directly to the person or is stored centrally

  4. Select the required material and confirm your selection.

  5. Save your changes.

    The material is assigned to the person and is given the selected material storage status. The system also assigns material assignment status Issued and displays the Output Document .

Material Issue: Personnel Equipment

The available material is not directly displayed on the Personnel tab page.

  1. In the Material Selection screen area, first select the required material in the central storage location.

  2. For the required material, enter the aforementioned assignment attributes.

  3. Select the required material.

  4. Choose Issue.

  5. Save your changes.

    The material is assigned to the person and is given the selected material storage status. The system also assigns material assignment status Issued and displays the Output Document .

Material Return

You want to map the partial or complete return of material with material assignment status Issued .

  1. In the Issued Material screen area, select the required entry.

  2. Choose Return.

  3. Enter the condition code, date, and quantity or number.

  4. Confirm your entries.

    • If you selected the complete quantity, the entry is given material assignment status Returned and the Return Document is displayed.

    • If you selected a partial quantity, an additional entry is created for this with the material assignment status Returned and the Return Document . The original entry only displays the remaining quantity.

All entries are still retained after the material has been returned.

Error Correction

You can also undo a material issue in order to correct an error.

  1. In the Issued Material screen area, select the required entry.

  2. Choose Undo .

  3. Enter the required date and confirm your entries.

    The material issue is undone. The entry is given the material assignment status Incorrectly Assigned and the Return Document is displayed.