Definition

An enhancement of the Equipment object type that includes additional properties needed to meet the requirements of armed forces, police, and aid organizations.

The Equipment business object is an individual, physical object that must be maintained independently. It can be installed in a technical asset or part of an asset. The master equipment, on the other hand, represents a complete object such as an aircraft.

Use

In the Support for Flight Operations area, an aircraft is mapped as the master equipment. Aircraft also contain components that require tracking, which are mapped as equipment.

The master equipment is used in the flight as the reference object. Flight-specific data is copied automatically. This means that the current data for the aircraft itself or for the components is also available in the flight at any time.

You can display master equipment in the following applications:

Status Board

The various documents such as flights, notifications, and measurement documents are displayed at lower levels.

Flight Plan

Controlled Usage Rate

Structure

The following fields and pushbuttons are provided for the master equipment on the Op. Equipment tab page in the Create Equipment (transaction IE01) and Change Equipment (transaction IE02) applications:

The Op. Equipment tab page is assigned an authorization object. It is displayed only if the necessary authorization is specified in the system for your role.

Identification and Localization

Tail No./ID

Tail number: A unique, customer-specific key for identifying the operational equipment.

Logical System

Name of the logical system containing the change authorization for the master equipment (holder of the master equipment). The system displays a symbol to indicate whether you can change data in the current system. Note that this information is available only if distributed maintenance is active.

Owner

Name of the owner responsible for the master equipment.

Utilizer

Name of the utilizer that uses and keeps stock records for the master equipment.

Area

Description of the area to which the site is assigned.

You can create, change, display, and delete areas by choosing Logistics → Support for Flight Operations → Master Data from the SAP Easy Access menu.

Site

The location of the aircraft on the ground.

You can create, change, display, and delete sites by choosing Logistics → Support for Flight Operations → Master Data from the SAP Easy Access menu. When creating and changing sites (transaction /ISDFPS/LMSI01), you can use the Site Can Only Be Used Once indicator to specify that a site can only be assigned to one piece of master equipment at a time.

Note: In Customizing for master equipment ( Define Model Identification Code (MIC) Customizing activity), you can set the Multiple Site Assignment indicator. You thus specify that an object mapped as master equipment can be assigned to more than one site at once. The single assignment check is thus deactivated. This applies even if you have set the Site Can Only Be Used Once indicator for a site.

From the Op. Equipment tab page, you can use the relevant pushbutton to display information about the assigned site and to create new sites.

If you require a site assignment for equipment and do not want to designate the equipment as master equipment, you can use the Site Equipment function.

Classification

MPO

Assigned material planning object

RIC

Assigned reportable item code

WS ID

Identification of the weapon system.

You make the Customizing settings for master equipment in Customizing, by choosing Defense Forces & Public Security → Support for Flight Operations → Master Equipment → Define Model Identification Code (MIC)

Foreign Equipment

The object is a piece of foreign equipment.

Status

Technical Sts

The technical status is set in a maintenance notification or an order/flight and is transferred to the master equipment.

Operational Sts

The operational status is derived from changes to the technical status in the order/flight. It is displayed in the flight.

ACTL Confign Cd

The configuration is defined as the configuration code in the master equipment. The actual configuration code describes the aircraft’s current configuration. This data is displayed in the flight.

Comments

Text field for comments.

Usage Rate

You can use the Usage Rate pushbutton to display the planned or actual use of an aircraft. The usage rate is calculated based on a predefined annual performance and displayed for a particular month.

You can use the default settings to configure the usage rate as follows:

By the prioritization category

You can use the prioritization category to choose between flying hours and priority.

By the priority

You can select priorities (for example, do not use, use often) in this selection field.

You make the Customizing settings for the usage rate in Customizing, by choosing Defense Forces & Public Security → Support for Flight Operations → Master Equipment → Define Usage Priorities

Create

You can use the Create Master Equip. pushbutton to make the input fields on this tab page ready for input when creating and changing equipment. Only then can you enter data on this tab page and thus save the master equipment.

Tech. Sts Overview

You can use the Overview of Technical Statuses pushbutton to call a new dialog box in which the technical status of the master equipment is displayed (transaction /ISDFPS/LMTST1 in display mode).

Chnge Docs. MstrEq

You can use the Master Equipment Change Documents pushbutton to display the change documents for this master equipment.

Integration

You can create a master equipment hierarchy in one of two ways:

You can assign the master equipment to the highest functional location in the hierarchy.

You can position the master equipment at the top of an equipment hierarchy.

A structure may not have more than one piece of master equipment.

The following graphic shows a structure with several functional locations to which equipment is assigned. The master equipment is assigned to the highest functional location in the hierarchy.

The master equipment is also integrated with the following objects:

Maintenance Notification

Means used to enter and manage operating notifications in the Maintenance area. Certain requirements (for example, those relating to breakdowns) are entered in notifications.

Flight

The master equipment is a reference object for the flight. If a flight is created with reference to the master equipment, certain data such as the operational status, technical status, and actual configuration is transferred from the master equipment. Some of the data can also be transferred in the opposite direction (for example if the technical status is changed).

Force Element

The master equipment is linked to the force element. This produces other relationships.

You make the Customizing settings for the equipment category in Customizing, by choosing Defense Forces & Public Security → Support for Flight Operations → Master Equipment → Assign Status Profile to Equipment Category